Koeppel, Gary M.

Lillian Bos Ross and her husband Harry Dicken Ross first backpacked into Big Sur in the summer of 1923 from Telegraph Hill in San Francisco where they were booksellers and part of a bohemian writers group. Inspired by the land's beauty and residents' lifestyle, they chose to free themselves from their regulated lifestyle and live a life of 'pioneer spirits' in an environment of their choice, and they choses Big Sur. After opening the first art gallery in Salinas, then spent a stint at the Hearst Castle where Dicken worked as a tile setter and wood carver, after which they hitched a 22-mile rid...