DIVISION FIVE — NAMES. 365 



From Martin's camp the party walked up to the summit outlook of the 

 promontorj^, which afifords a wonderfully fine view of the valley below, and a 

 less obstructed view of the settlements along the foot of the range eastward 

 than any other point, on account of its jutting out almost at a right angle 

 from the main range ; and at this time, as a compliment to Presid^-nt Elliot, 

 it was christened " Mount Harvard."* At its base lies the ranch of Abbot 

 Kinney (known to old settlers before 1880 as the Seabury place), which he 

 has named " Kinneloa," — (an Anglo-Sandwich-Island word modeled after 

 Maunaloa and other "loas" in the region of Honolulu — and meaning 

 Kinney's home). Mr. Kinney tried to get this conspicuous mountain spur 

 named Kinneloa by government authority, but was frustrated in it by Pasa- 

 dena parties. 



Pyramid Peak. — In front of the promontory, or a little eastward, and 

 a little lower down is a small pyramidal peak, so distinct in its outline as to 

 name itself. 



Henniger's Fi^at. — About half way down the west slope of Mount 

 Harvard there is a very distinct mountain terrace known as " Henniger's 

 Flat." This body of land was taken as a squatter's claim in 1880 or '81 by 

 an old-time Californian named Wm. K. Henniger, residing at San Gabriel 

 and known as " Capt. Henniger," who went up there to stay for the benefit 

 of his health. He was the first sheriff of Santa Clara county ; and gained 

 his title of Captain by service in some of the local expeditions of white 

 settlers against Indians, which were very common in California thirty to 

 forty years ago. During the "dry" season of 1882 83 his water supply 

 failed, and he left the place for a few months. But the copious rains of 

 1884 made the water supply good again ; and he returned, built a house, 

 developed water, made a storage cistern, cleared and cultivated some of the 

 land, and established himself as a permanent resident there. Henniger had 

 made only the rudest sort of a footpath up the mountain, over which him- 

 self and a mule could pass. In 1885-86, E. L. Mayberry had a mind to 

 build a house up there as a health home for his invalid wife ; and with this 

 idea he made a bridle road so that he could go up and down on horseback, 

 but intended if he did finally build a house there to make a carriage road 

 up to it. However, the complete isolation of the place and its difficulty of 

 access was too much, and Mayberry dropped the project after making his 

 bridle road and riding over it a few times ; and Henniger continued his her- 

 mit life, with only an occasional mountain cHmbing visitor to break the 

 monotony, until the Mount Wilson Toll Road was constructed in 1890-91. 

 This road extends about a mile along the east edge of Henniger's Flat, and 

 at a point near the farm house there is a watering place for man and beast 

 making the ascent. Capt. Henniger claimed to have from 30 to 40 acres of 



*" At Martin & Lynch's the visitors never tire of sitting under the awnings or out on the promon- 

 tory of Mount Harvard (Kinneloa), watching the glorious prospect," etc.— Pasadena Star, Sept. 22. i8g2. 



