Happy Valley History

Happy Valley Ranch Hotel


NEW HOTEL AT HAPPY VALLEY
“Three stories tall with surrounding porches, dining room, sitting room and kitchen. On each of the upper floors are ten guest rooms, each having a closet and hot and cold water. Happy Valley Ranch Hotel was wired for electricity, the community profited by this enterprise that brought the first electric lighting to this area.”
Santa Cruz Surf - February 21, 1913

Happy Valley Poem

Happy Valley, lovely vale,
Famed for legends, fairy tales;
From the city’s deafening roar,
To its rest I fain would soar;
Far from labor, pain and care,
To its woods and fields so fair;
Morning mist that rise and fall
O’er the treetops dark and tall;
Flowers of rainbow tinted hue
Raise their heads to drink the dew;
Roses blushing in the sun;
Violets nod when day is done;
Apples luscious, fresh and sweet;
Berries ripening at your feet;
Water gushing from the springs,
Health and happiness it brings.
Auto rides by day and night;
Dancing in the pale moonlight.
Perfect ease and rest and pleasure,
This resort has without measure.

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