Lathrop and Hélène Brown left Big Sur for Florida in 1956, where Lathrop died in 1959. It supplied power to three residences, a blacksmith shop, and a funicular railway. The undershot wheel ran a 32-volt generator and was the first electric power in the Big Sur area. He installed the wheel on McWay Creek in 1932. He used hand-split redwood from the canyon and other materials he bought. ĭuring construction of Carmel San Simeon Highway through Big Sur, Saddle Rock Ranch foreman Hans Ewoldsen worked in the machine shop of the highway construction crew to build a Pelton wheel. The interior was decorated with fine furnishings and classic paintings. The entryway was inlaid with an ornamental brass fish, a gold octopus, and a compass rose. They replaced that in 1940 with a modern two-story home named Waterfall House. The Browns first built a rough redwood cabin on a site at the top of the cliffs opposite McWay Falls. Julia's great-niece Esther Julia Pfeiffer and her husband Hans Ewoldsen were caretakers of the Saddle Rock Ranch for many years. ![]() Hélène was a good friend of Julia Pfeiffer Burns until Julia died in 1928. They bought Saddle Rock Ranch, a 1,600-acre (650 ha) property that included a seaside promontory known as Saddle Rock that overlooked Saddle Rock Cove, from pioneer homesteader Christopher McWay. Congressman Lathrop Brown and his wife Hélène Hooper Brown visited Big Sur. ![]() Main article: Lathrop Brown § Big Sur Saddle Rock Ranch
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