Before Applejack Gabrielle owned this famous roadhouse it was a blacksmith shop constructed by John Sears in 1879. It was also a general store for a while.
In the 1920s John B. "Applejack" Gabrielle converted the building into a roadhouse much as is today. He made Apple Jack with apples from his own orchard. It may have been called the Old Cider Mill at one time, but the Old Cider Mill may have in a separate building also owned by Applejack Gabrielle. It was also rumored to be a speakeasy during prohibition, but I haven't found a record of a raid at Applejacks and those raids always made the newspapers.
During the 1960s, after Applejack himself was gone, it was a favorite hangout for author Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters as well as members of the Grateful Dead when they were still calling themselves the "Warlocks". Now it's a favorite stop for weekend riders.
It's likely that Peninsula Ambulance Service owned by my uncle Ralph Ratliff (1903-1963) transported both Applejack in 1954 and his wife in 1946 to the hospital since it was the only Ambulance service in most of San Mateo County at the time. He knew Applejack and spoke of him in many of the stories about his trips to La Honda. Driving an ambulance at high speed on La Honda Rd. back then was much more of an adventure than it is now.
In the 1920s John B. "Applejack" Gabrielle converted the building into a roadhouse much as is today. He made Apple Jack with apples from his own orchard. It may have been called the Old Cider Mill at one time, but the Old Cider Mill may have in a separate building also owned by Applejack Gabrielle. It was also rumored to be a speakeasy during prohibition, but I haven't found a record of a raid at Applejacks and those raids always made the newspapers.
During the 1960s, after Applejack himself was gone, it was a favorite hangout for author Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters as well as members of the Grateful Dead when they were still calling themselves the "Warlocks". Now it's a favorite stop for weekend riders.
It's likely that Peninsula Ambulance Service owned by my uncle Ralph Ratliff (1903-1963) transported both Applejack in 1954 and his wife in 1946 to the hospital since it was the only Ambulance service in most of San Mateo County at the time. He knew Applejack and spoke of him in many of the stories about his trips to La Honda. Driving an ambulance at high speed on La Honda Rd. back then was much more of an adventure than it is now.
Before Applejack Gabrielle owned this famous roadhouse it was a blacksmith shop constructed by John Sears in 1879. It was also a general store for a while.
In the 1920s John B. "Applejack" Gabrielle converted the building into a roadhouse much as is today. He made Apple Jack with apples from his own orchard. It may have been called the Old Cider Mill at one time, but the Old Cider Mill may have in a separate building also owned by Applejack Gabrielle. It was also rumored to be a speakeasy during prohibition, but I haven't found a record of a raid at Applejacks and those raids always made the newspapers.
During the 1960s, after Applejack himself was gone, it was a favorite hangout for author Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters as well as members of the Grateful Dead when they were still calling themselves the "Warlocks". Now it's a favorite stop for weekend riders.
It's likely that Peninsula Ambulance Service owned by my uncle Ralph Ratliff (1903-1963) transported both Applejack in 1954 and his wife in 1946 to the hospital since it was the only Ambulance service in most of San Mateo County at the time. He knew Applejack and spoke of him in many of the stories about his trips to La Honda. Driving an ambulance at high speed on La Honda Rd. back then was much more of an adventure than it is now.
In the 1920s John B. "Applejack" Gabrielle converted the building into a roadhouse much as is today. He made Apple Jack with apples from his own orchard. It may have been called the Old Cider Mill at one time, but the Old Cider Mill may have in a separate building also owned by Applejack Gabrielle. It was also rumored to be a speakeasy during prohibition, but I haven't found a record of a raid at Applejacks and those raids always made the newspapers.
During the 1960s, after Applejack himself was gone, it was a favorite hangout for author Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters as well as members of the Grateful Dead when they were still calling themselves the "Warlocks". Now it's a favorite stop for weekend riders.
It's likely that Peninsula Ambulance Service owned by my uncle Ralph Ratliff (1903-1963) transported both Applejack in 1954 and his wife in 1946 to the hospital since it was the only Ambulance service in most of San Mateo County at the time. He knew Applejack and spoke of him in many of the stories about his trips to La Honda. Driving an ambulance at high speed on La Honda Rd. back then was much more of an adventure than it is now.
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