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business partners of Sakata carried on the resort operations during the war at a lessened state of grandeur. After release from the
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a redwood water tank was built in 1913 and the first concrete pool for mineral water was installed at this site in 1917. In the early 1920s
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from that same year. The property is also listed on the
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Automobile use was rising dramatically in this era, so that a frenzy of tree cutting occurred in the early 1920s all along Gilroy Hot
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caused resort activity to dwindle. Accelerants to the decline were the death of
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games, swimming parties, Saturday night dances and local service club socials. Over 500 registrants per day would visit the resort in the peak summer season. The
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