A Brief Biography of Theodore Jesse Hoover

The first document, a two-page biography, details the life of T.J. Hoover, as told by his daughter, Ms. McLean. The second document is a letter from Mr. Dangermond to the chairman of the State Park and Recreation Commission, where he urges a natural preserve to be declared in Big Basin Redwoods State Park and for it to be named the T J Hoover Marsh Natural Preserve.

Notables: Hulda MacLean, T J Hoover, Hooveri / Audobon Warbler, Mildred Crew Brook Hoover / Mildred Hoover, Standard Gold Mine, Theodore Hoover Wilderness, Mrs C G Willis / Mildred Hoover Willis / Mildred Willis, Mrs Charles McLean / Hulda Hoover McLean, Mrs Lou Stevenson / Louise Hoover Stevenson / Louise Stevenson, Herbert Hoover, Rancho del Oso, William Waddell, Ocean Shore Railway, Branner U. S. Geologic Stanford Quadrangle, Big Creek Lumber Company, Grateful Mountain, James Whitehead, Waddell Marsh Natural Preserve
Creator: Hulda McLean; Pete Dangermond Jr
Date: 1981
Type: ARTICLE; LETTER
Coverage:
  • State parks
  • Santa Cruz
  • Biographies
  • 1980s
  • Iowa
  • Science
  • Ornithology
  • Stanford University
  • Education
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-BIOGRAPHY G TO M-02

Citation

McLean, Hulda and Pete Dangermond Jr. “A Brief Biography of Theodore Jesse Hoover.” 1981. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/138443. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.