A Gentle Utopia: The California Years of the Spirit Fruit Society, 1914-1930
A previously photocopied article about the sectarian "utopia" Spirit Fruit Society and its founder, Jacob Beilhart, and later leader, Virginia Moore.
Notables: Hilltop Ranch, Lou Beilhart, Healdsburg College, C W Post, John Harvey Kellogg, La Vita Inn, Irvin E Rockwell, Mary Beilhart, Ralph Galbreath, Kate Waters, Gene Clarke, Ed Knowdell, Dave Stanforth, Emily Leonhardt, Frederick Reed, Rachel Reed / Rachael Reed, Carol Noel, Evelyn Beilhart, Buster Beilhart / Robert Beilhart, Rose Duffer, Jeanette White, Spirit Temple, Tent City, Benjamin Frank Moore, LeRoy Henry, Freedom Hill Pressery, William Wilsdon / Uncle Billy Wilsdon, Charles Ritchie, William Large / Billy Large
Notables: Hilltop Ranch, Lou Beilhart, Healdsburg College, C W Post, John Harvey Kellogg, La Vita Inn, Irvin E Rockwell, Mary Beilhart, Ralph Galbreath, Kate Waters, Gene Clarke, Ed Knowdell, Dave Stanforth, Emily Leonhardt, Frederick Reed, Rachel Reed / Rachael Reed, Carol Noel, Evelyn Beilhart, Buster Beilhart / Robert Beilhart, Rose Duffer, Jeanette White, Spirit Temple, Tent City, Benjamin Frank Moore, LeRoy Henry, Freedom Hill Pressery, William Wilsdon / Uncle Billy Wilsdon, Charles Ritchie, William Large / Billy Large
Creator:
H Roger Grant
Source:
The Pacific Historian
Date: 1986
Type:
EXCERPT; JOURNAL; ARTICLE
Coverage:
- Santa Cruz
- Biographies
- 1980s
- 1910s
- 1920s
- University of Akron
- Soquel
- Santa Cruz County
- Lisbon
- Ohio
- Agriculture
- Mysticism
- Religion
- Architecture
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-BIOGRAPHY A TO F-4
Collection
Citation
Grant, H Roger. “A Gentle Utopia: The California Years of the Spirit Fruit Society, 1914-1930.” The Pacific Historian. 1986. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/138437. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.