A Brief History of Tassajara: From Native American Sweat Lodges to Pioneering Zen Monastery

by Marilyn McDonald

A look at the history of Tassajara Hot Springs, for millennia used by Native Americans who went there to cure their ills. In the 1800s the Spanish came, then trappers and homesteaders. First accessible only by foot or horse, a road was cut through the mountains by Chinese laborers so that horse-drawn wagons could make the treacherous trip. With photos and stories of those times up to the mid-eighties: tents, log cabins, fish and game, the early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1732287708
• ISBN13: 9781732287709
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Cuke Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"