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Landmarks Area landmarks include the Glenwood Boys Ranch, (located along Alpine Road.) The school is referred to by locals as the Log Cabin School For Boys. The camp has two schools: Log Cabin High School, an alternative high school, and Glenwood Boys Ranch School, an elementary and middle school. Additionally, along Alpine road is the "Sherriffs honor camp". This camp serves as a correctional facility for non-violent offenders. Apple Jack's, also written Applejacks, is a famous restaurant and bar located at 8790 La Honda Road. It's a long-time cultural presence in the community, (see 1960s History below). 1960s History La Honda is well known as one of the birthplaces of the Psychedelic era. Ken Kesey, the author of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Sometimes a Great Notion, Demon Box, Sailor Song and other books, owned a home in La Honda which served as the base of operations for The Merry Pranksters; they used LSD and other drugs, legal at the time, in order to open their minds to the vast potential of human ecstatic experience. It was around this time that software developer (and current La Honda resident) Paul Vixie, said to be under the influence of LSD, drafted standards for what would later become BIND, the Internet's core name server software. The escapades of Kesey and the Merry Pranksters are documented in Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, which describes the wildly painted school bus, 'Furthur,' driven by Neal Cassady, who had been the frenetic driver in Jack Kerouac's On The Road. The La Honda house where Kesey's adventures became famous - one mile west of Applejack's saloon - has been faithfully restored after years of neglect and a near catastrophic flood in 1998. Sources See also | ||||||||||
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