Pottery Canyon LbNA #25315
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Add Location| Owner: | Mas  |
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| Plant date: | Sep 6, 2006 |
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| City: | La Jolla |
| County: | San Diego |
| State: | California |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Found by: | JoySong |
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| Last found: | Sep 14, 2022 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Nov 23, 2021 |
Cornelio Rodriguez, an accomplished potter, came to La Jolla in 1928 from Tomatlan in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. He was looking for a suitable site where he and his brothers, Abraham and Ubaldo, could start a pottery works. Here, at the bend of what was then called La Jolla Canyon Road and which was the main route to Los Angeles, he found potter's gold, the perfect clay deposit, otherwise known as "barro."
He purchased the property and he and his brothers established the La Jolla Canyon Clay Products Company and built it and their houses here. Their families and their company flourished. They produced handmade roof tiles, unglazed floor tiles, and adobe brick for more than 20 years. Tiles were used in the restoration of Mission San Diego de Alcala, the construction of the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club and La Jolla's Mary Star of the Sea Church.
In the 1950s the brothers were no longer able to use the large oil-fired kiln of earlier days. Many in the large family moved but Abraham and Cornelio lived out their days here. Cornelio and his wife, Matiana, continued making pots and other clay products on amore limited scale. Using hand-dug clay shaped on a potter's wheel and fired in a circular wood-burning kiln of ancient Roman design, they supplied the community with unique pottery and delighted generations of school children with demonstrations of their skill.
All that remains of the original tile works is the old wood-burning kiln, which continued in use until the 1980s.
To get to Pottery Canyon Natural Park take La Jolla Parkway west. Turn north on Torrey Pines Road. Go approximately ½ mile to Pottery Canyon Drive and turn right. Be aware that this driveway is shared by private residences and is locked from 6pm to 8am.
11/22/21 NEW CLUES:
Locate Pottery Canyon Park (check website for days and hours). Park in designated area for cars at the top of the driveway. Walk to the sign and note the warnings about rattlesnakes. From this sign, take the path that goes left past many fallen eucalyptus logs. Cross the "concrete bridge" and follow trail until you see the sea-foam green sewer cover. From the sewer cover, sign 316 degrees NW and take the faint trail. It's just left of a fallen tree log.
Follow the trail northward as it meanders along a stream bed. At the far end of the trail you will find a place where water (if there was any) would spill over a wide, flat, rock ledge. From the rock ledge, sight 192 degrees south. Walk 24 paces and look for a half-buried boulder on your right.
*Update: I carved a new stamp and used the old one as a bonus. To find out where the bonus stamp is, read the clues on the last page in the logbook.
**Note (June 23-2010): I have heard from the last 2 finders that one of the trees may have been cut or fallen down. I will check on it soon and redo the clues as needed**
*** 1-7-2011 Here's the latest from one of the finders about the bonus box: "Yes, there was a fallen tree. It was one of the twins that fell. We looked right of the fallen tree and found the LB under lots of bark. So you may want to change the clue to read to the right of the fallen tree, look for the standing tree, it is under lots of bark and sticks to the backside of the tree. Or something like that.
You just have to be a little clever. Some times mother nature changes the clues or the location."
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Park in the designated area for cars. Walk to the sign and note the warnings about rattlesnakes.
From this sign, take the path that goes left past many fallen eucalyptus logs. Cross the “concrete bridge” and either start counting (about 120 steps) or just look for the sea-foam green, painted sewer cover. You should see some more large logs along the path on the left. You will see some homes along the rim of the canyon on the left. Is anyone watching you? No, then turn your back to the houses and go across the path to the other logs that are lying along the right side of the pathway. One of these logs has an “arch” on the top. Below this arch and under some bark, you will find the letterbox you seek. **** Remember the snake warning***
Please replace everything exactly where you found it. Please replace and double bag stamp and book. Please seal the container tightly. I want to be able to see your beautiful stamps too!
Enjoy the canyon, pack out your trash and stop to see photos of the Rodriguez brothers on the placard along the driveway.
He purchased the property and he and his brothers established the La Jolla Canyon Clay Products Company and built it and their houses here. Their families and their company flourished. They produced handmade roof tiles, unglazed floor tiles, and adobe brick for more than 20 years. Tiles were used in the restoration of Mission San Diego de Alcala, the construction of the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club and La Jolla's Mary Star of the Sea Church.
In the 1950s the brothers were no longer able to use the large oil-fired kiln of earlier days. Many in the large family moved but Abraham and Cornelio lived out their days here. Cornelio and his wife, Matiana, continued making pots and other clay products on amore limited scale. Using hand-dug clay shaped on a potter's wheel and fired in a circular wood-burning kiln of ancient Roman design, they supplied the community with unique pottery and delighted generations of school children with demonstrations of their skill.
All that remains of the original tile works is the old wood-burning kiln, which continued in use until the 1980s.
To get to Pottery Canyon Natural Park take La Jolla Parkway west. Turn north on Torrey Pines Road. Go approximately ½ mile to Pottery Canyon Drive and turn right. Be aware that this driveway is shared by private residences and is locked from 6pm to 8am.
11/22/21 NEW CLUES:
Locate Pottery Canyon Park (check website for days and hours). Park in designated area for cars at the top of the driveway. Walk to the sign and note the warnings about rattlesnakes. From this sign, take the path that goes left past many fallen eucalyptus logs. Cross the "concrete bridge" and follow trail until you see the sea-foam green sewer cover. From the sewer cover, sign 316 degrees NW and take the faint trail. It's just left of a fallen tree log.
Follow the trail northward as it meanders along a stream bed. At the far end of the trail you will find a place where water (if there was any) would spill over a wide, flat, rock ledge. From the rock ledge, sight 192 degrees south. Walk 24 paces and look for a half-buried boulder on your right.
*Update: I carved a new stamp and used the old one as a bonus. To find out where the bonus stamp is, read the clues on the last page in the logbook.
**Note (June 23-2010): I have heard from the last 2 finders that one of the trees may have been cut or fallen down. I will check on it soon and redo the clues as needed**
*** 1-7-2011 Here's the latest from one of the finders about the bonus box: "Yes, there was a fallen tree. It was one of the twins that fell. We looked right of the fallen tree and found the LB under lots of bark. So you may want to change the clue to read to the right of the fallen tree, look for the standing tree, it is under lots of bark and sticks to the backside of the tree. Or something like that.
You just have to be a little clever. Some times mother nature changes the clues or the location."
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Park in the designated area for cars. Walk to the sign and note the warnings about rattlesnakes.
From this sign, take the path that goes left past many fallen eucalyptus logs. Cross the “concrete bridge” and either start counting (about 120 steps) or just look for the sea-foam green, painted sewer cover. You should see some more large logs along the path on the left. You will see some homes along the rim of the canyon on the left. Is anyone watching you? No, then turn your back to the houses and go across the path to the other logs that are lying along the right side of the pathway. One of these logs has an “arch” on the top. Below this arch and under some bark, you will find the letterbox you seek. **** Remember the snake warning***
Please replace everything exactly where you found it. Please replace and double bag stamp and book. Please seal the container tightly. I want to be able to see your beautiful stamps too!
Enjoy the canyon, pack out your trash and stop to see photos of the Rodriguez brothers on the placard along the driveway.