February 16, 1978 SENATOR BENJAMIN F. LANGFORD Benjamin F. Langford's main business interests Bere in the San Joaquin Valley, as an engineer, industrialist, rancher, and capatalist. lie repre:*rned thut area in the State Senate for 4 terms, beginning in 1899. Like many others from the San Joaquin and Santa Clara valleys, Le owned a sur=ier home iii Pacific Grove; a handsome Vic toi'lan house ·Ablch stood just inside the main gate to the Retrart area C it is still the re at Central. and Evans Ave.) to 0,}tich h.3 cume .4-1 th his family for susie vacations. Curing that Dericd in the history of the Retreat, Iic vehicles were allowed inside the Retreat Urea excer)t foI the immeciate lead- ing or unloading of goods old in order to open the locked main ga Go to allow tbrj pascirk: of' ths; vehi,>ie, tiic, oriver had to enter on foot over· a stiles ualk a wile to tht: house of the Sup/- Superintendent to obto in a key and then welk back to the gate. Nhen leavin·<. tho whole nroce:33 9/9,5 ruvel' Sed. -. Senator Langford decided th Nithin the .,etreat + 1 ' I ..1/8 Was ali up before th€ gate, brought fort openly demolished the gate and p, never renlaced. Pit since tie owlied his own house imposition, 50 one day, he drove h an axe from his carriage, and art of the fence. Thev ware , OCR Text: February 16, 1978 SENATOR BENJAMIN F. LANGFORD Benjamin F. Langford's main business interests Bere in the San Joaquin Valley, as an engineer, industrialist, rancher, and capatalist. lie repre:*rned thut area in the State Senate for 4 terms, beginning in 1899. Like many others from the San Joaquin and Santa Clara valleys, Le owned a sur=ier home iii Pacific Grove; a handsome Vic toi'lan house ·Ablch stood just inside the main gate to the Retrart area C it is still the re at Central. and Evans Ave.) to 0,}tich h.3 cume .4-1 th his family for susie vacations. Curing that Dericd in the history of the Retreat, Iic vehicles were allowed inside the Retreat Urea excer)t foI the immeciate lead- ing or unloading of goods old in order to open the locked main ga Go to allow tbrj pascirk: of' ths; vehi,>ie, tiic, oriver had to enter on foot over· a stiles ualk a wile to tht: house of the Sup/- Superintendent to obto in a key and then welk back to the gate. Nhen leavin·<. tho whole nroce:33 9/9,5 ruvel' Sed. -. Senator Langford decided th Nithin the .,etreat 1 ' I ..1/8 Was ali up before th€ gate, brought fort openly demolished the gate and p, never renlaced. Pit since tie owlied his own house imposition, 50 one day, he drove h an axe from his carriage, and art of the fence. Thev ware , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,L through M File Names,Langford,LANGFORD_007.pdf,LANGFORD_007.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: LANGFORD_007.PDF, LANGFORD_007.pdf 1 Page 1