Mr. Klumpke and his wife, Elizabeth Catherina Bernardina, a noted linguist, were the parents of eight children, but only six were alive at the time of Klumpke's death. Because of the fame that four of their daughters achieved in academic and artistic fields, Mr. Klumpke's obituaries in the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner were mostly comprised of information about their careers.

Anna Klumpke was a noted artist and the partner of Rosa Bonheur (1821-1899), one of the most successful painters of the 19th century, who specialized in the portraits of animals. Bonheur was also noteworthy for her lifestyle, which was rather shocking for Victorian times. She smoked cigarettes in public, rode astride on horses, and wore her hair short. To study the anatomy of animals, Bonheur visited slaughterhouses, and for this work she favored men's attire; she was thus required to obtain an official authorization from the police to dress in trousers and a smock. After Bonheur's death Anna Klumpke inherited her fortune and chateau near Paris, which Klumpke converted into a Red Cross hospital during World War One.

The other famous Klumpke daughters were Augusta Dejarine, a noted physician of Paris who specialized in the study of cancer and rheumatism, and Julia Klumpke, a well known violinist and instructor of music. As for Klumpke's sons, in 1916 one was serving at the western front in World War One (it is presumed that he died in the war, for he was not alive at the time when Klumpke's estate was divided), and the other was a resident of Berkeley, California.

After his death most of John Klumpke's estate (excepting for gifts to non-family members who were dear to him) was divided between his five remaining children, and although their interest in the Pine Ridge property was undivided, I was not able to find any information about inter-family conveyances of the property. In any case, in March of 1948 Julia Klumpke and Dorthea Austin (a granddaughter of John Klumpke) granted to Yvonne Sorrel a one-fifth interest in the property, and in September of 1953 Julia Klumpke granted full ownership of the property to Sorrel, apparently as a gift. At that time both Klumpke and Sorrel were residents of San Francisco.

In April of 1958 Yvonne Sorrel sold the Pine Ridge property, for $9000, to G. Raymond and Rosalie Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius were residents of Solvang, Santa Barbara County, who later purchased two properties in nearby Miller Canyon. The Cornelius' retained the Pine Ridge property until April of 1961, when they sold it, for $12,500, to the U. S. Forest Service. According to the Land Status Book of the Monterey Division of Los Padres National Forest (T19S R3E, line 21), the transaction also included a land exchange. The property is now part of the Ventana Wilderness.

In conclusion I want to mention that many years ago someone told me that they had found the remains of a foundation near the spring at Pine Ridge Camp, but I can no longer recall who my informant was. I have subsequently made many inquires about this subject to other aficionados of the region, but thus far without success. If this lead is correct, I would suspect that the cabin was built by either Yvonne Sorrel or Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius, or perhaps by someone who used it for their own recreational needs. Any information about this subject will be greatly appreciated by the author.

1. Although serpentine is relatively common in the eastern and western Franciscan crustal blocks that lay on both sides of the Salinain block, it is extremely rare in the Salinian block, and occurs only in the Ventana Wilderness region.

2. The permittee for grazing rights to this range (number 6) was William B. Lambert, who at that time owned properties in the Church Creek area. In the same year that section 16 was included into the Ventana Primitive Area (1937), Lambert sold his Church Creek properties to Bruce Church, who transformed the ranch into a summer home for his family.