The historic logging community of Felton was named for John B. Felton, a Bay Area investor, judge and mayor of Oakland. Felton was the location of the lower end of the San Lorenzo Valley Logging Flume constructed in 1874 which ran from Boulder Creek to Felton and on to a rail line which transported logs to the Santa Cruz Wharf.
In 1880 another rail line was constructed which ran from Alameda and San Jose over the hill and through several tunnels to Felton. The limekilns (cement) and trees of the area around Felton provided a majority of the repair materials after the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. CONGRATULATIONS TO MaoMaoChong-de-Jia on the FTF!