Alice Wilder: a Legend in Her Own Time

Article about Alice Wilder and her family establishing a home in the San Lorenzo Valley. It mentions two of her favorite treasures as books that her father published that captured all of the bedtime stories her parents used to read to the four children at night in Ben Lomond. Known as the Indian Legends and Songs and The Enchanted Valley, they along with the family homestead remain important legacies of the family home in Ben Lomond
Creator: Stephen Dean
Source: Santa Cruz Weekly
Date: 1980-11-26
Type: NEWS
Coverage:
  • 1980s
  • San Lorenzo Valley
Identifier: FE-BEN-Wilder-71

Citation

Dean, Stephen. “Alice Wilder: a Legend in Her Own Time.” Santa Cruz Weekly. 1980-11-26. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/141034. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.