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Historic Jack London Village in Glen Ellen California
In the quaint village of Glen Ellen, situated along the Sonoma Creek, the buildings still standing were once a winery and a grain mill. Built in the 1800’s, today they house restaurants and many retail businesses, most of which are food related. It is rumored that Jack London spent a fair amount of time here and favored a “water hole” just up stream during the warmer summer days.
Jack London lived, farmed and wrote in Glen Ellen from 1905 until his death in 1916. He and his second wife built a dream home which London called Wolf House, only to have it burn down the day before they planned to move in. Jack London State Historic Park was created in 1959 with about 40 acres of London's 1,400-acre Beauty Ranch.
One of Jack London's books "Valley of the Moon" is named for the section of the Sonoma Valley around Glen Ellen with the same name. Father Jose Altimira called the area around San Francisco de Solano—the mission he founded in what is now Sonoma—"The Valley of the Moon", after the Native American observation that the moon in winter made seven successive appearances between distant mountains.
Jack London lived, farmed and wrote in Glen Ellen from 1905 until his death in 1916. He and his second wife built a dream home which London called Wolf House, only to have it burn down the day before they planned to move in. Jack London State Historic Park was created in 1959 with about 40 acres of London's 1,400-acre Beauty Ranch.
One of Jack London's books "Valley of the Moon" is named for the section of the Sonoma Valley around Glen Ellen with the same name. Father Jose Altimira called the area around San Francisco de Solano—the mission he founded in what is now Sonoma—"The Valley of the Moon", after the Native American observation that the moon in winter made seven successive appearances between distant mountains.
