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Kate Matheson Fraser,daughter of Alexan.d er and Ethel Fraser, was

born at the station on April. 23,1892.
Jean W.Gd]Jftey is the daughter of Kate Fraser

Tolefree' s "Saugus Eating House" was sold to Martin. and Richard Wood.
in 1898, who changed the n.a.m._e to "Saugus Cafe.tt It occupied what was
later called the Baggage_ Rooa and is presently a museua. Photographs
frolll the period show a Wells Fargo Express Offi:ce, Western Umom Tele-

graph ·and a Post Office.
Helen Wood Come
On January l..8,, 1899 Richard R. Wood filed. on a .. piece o:f. land w:e.s,t
of the railro~ tracksf'comm:elllcing at. _the telegraph pol.e.> near the
-north.east ·corner of th.e presemi.t blacksmith shop at Saugus." This

is ·true first indication th.at·· there _was anything in Saugus other
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than the station. Martin Wo-od had · the Smithy.
-Los Ang,eles County Assessor
Cowhoys used to sh.oot,.up the. station. as their way of greeting in-
commi.Illlg traias. ~- ...... : .
-l¼ele:n Wood Cone

President Theodore Roosevel.t visited the statio&. ill May of 1.903.
then went out to the·Acton Hotei as a guest of Governor, Henry T.

Gage, who owned; several. mines ' i:n the area.
: Anita Ruby Jenki1ur Kellogg

Richard Wood buil.t .. a ·smali .. brick ·building on. ms property ,m.oving
the Sa.u~us Cafe across the tracks,mi.ext door to his brother's blacksmith.
shop in_ l.905.
Ore w. Bercaw became Station Ma&ter in December l.906., bJuildi.ng; a
gemeral store south of the Saugus Cafe a year later(l.907). Cil.arl.es.

Kel1.ogg, who owned a fara. at Bouquet Junction, do:ruated a piece of
land in 1907 for a school.. Bercaw,Martin Wood alllid Mr. Osborn .. kicked
im SlOO each for a hoard and batt schoolhouse,hiril!ll.g Miss" Margaret O •
GorJ1Dell, .fron San Jos.e.:,, as: the :.t:'irs_t teacher •.

The Surrey Post Office m.ov.ed into Bercaw's Store, then~ on. September
4, 1_9].5, becaae Saugus P.O.
Arthur W. PerkiDJ.s
T)Ne Saugus Station shipped cattl.e vega.tables,ore and holli.ey,droppi.nig
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off supplies for merchants, faraers and miners,. while providing passenger

service •. Elias Jr."Luck.y" Bal.dwim,William Work.nian.,Fraruci~ P.L.F.Tem.ple and.
J:alnles A. Reavis( "The Baron of Ariz.cm.a") were som.e of the early visitors
on. their way to the Lazy z Ra:ach of Bil1- Jenkins at Ca st aic.

Am.ta Ruby Jel\llkins Kellogg,