Real Estate Blog - Tracy, Ca

If anyone reading this has any memories of the hot springs, please give me an email. Especally if you were an attende of the "Great 1890’s International Bazaar" a festival at the springs in the sevendies.


When I first read the email it gave me chills.....I am so happy to get this email and that someone choose to let me know that I effected them on a personal level means a lot to me. I want to publish the email because I believe there is some genuine historic information here or at least some in site into what the hotsprings was like in the 1970s as a "hippie commune". After the email is a little history.......

The Email:
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 5:47 PM
To: Brian@TracyHomes.com
Subject:

I know this email may seem a bit offbase and out of the blue, but I recently was skimming your website with pictures of Byron Hot Springs. I used to live there as a child and your pictures took me completely out of my element and returned me to another place and time. I lived there at a time when John and Dixie Adams lived in the Victorian home in the center of it all. (I remember going into the kitchen with Dixie to eat yogurt and cottage cheese while baby Love napped) My days were filled with exploring the Hotel with my brothers; Hide and seek was our favorite, or riding my pony over the spacious land.

I just wanted to let you know that the pictures are almost exactly as I remember it. However, I refer to that period of time as my mother's choice to have us children live on a "Hippie Commune" I wouldn't change it for the world. Most of my childhood memories are somehow enveloped within that community.
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The Comment:

I recently learned of the book Byron Hot Springs and it has brought back a multitude of memories for me. I lived in one of the bungalows in the early 70's when John and Dixie Adams lived in the great Victorian home. My days were filled with exploring the Hotel with my brothers. It is one of my greatest memories as a child. The pictures you have posted only bring me closer to those memories. I am so amazed at how these pictures can carry me back into that time of my life. I cannot thank you enough for this.


This is taken directly from http://www.byronhotsprings.com/ History:
The most promising was purchase of the property by Jon and Dixie Adam in 1972. Jon Adams made his reputation as the real estate sales manager for Tahoe North Star Resort at Lake Tahoe, CA. He relocated to the Byron area and is credited with creating the residential home development now known as "Discovery Bay." Development rights to Discovery Bay were sold and Jon used his proceeds to acquire the Byron Hot Springs. Jon and his wife, Dixie, sought to improve the property, renovate the structures, restore the resort, and dredge a large lake. Perhaps its greatest notoriety came during the summer of 1972 as the site of the "Great 1890’s International Bazaar" in 1972. The "Bazaar" was created by the "Harbingers" best know for their creation of the Renaissance Faire first staged on Mt. Tamalpias in 1969


Here is some links to my past Byron Hot Springs posts:
Pictures I took of the Byron Hotsprings Hotel on 4/29/06

More pictures & reading on Byron Hotsprings Hotel....

History of the Hotsprings

Byron Hotsprings AKA Camp Tracy.

The Future of Byron Hotsprings







The Hotsprings needs its own wikipedia page! For those of you who dont use wiki please check it out. It is a wealth of information on just about every subject imaginable. Its a great real-time online encyclopedia that's user driven. That means we have to make it and anyone can be a author. There are whole communities online dedicated to insuring accuracy and making it work. Its been around for at least 10 years now and just about covers every topic.

Brian Barringer