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By Nita Spangler

On the eastern slope of Edgewood County Park, Henry C. Finkler purchased land in 1908, and with his wife, built a home which they occupied until his death in 1930. They eventually owned 200 acres.

Finkler bought a building which came from a closed San Francisco exposition, and had the structure barged to Redwood City where he reconstructed it in the area now known as the Old Stage Day Camp. He had a concrete bridge built which is still in use as the entry to the park, and he designed his own on-site water supply from a hillside spring. Finkler’s Bridge is the only landmark in the area that keeps his name.

Finkler and his wife, who was one of the founders of the Redwood City Women’s Club, entertained frequently at their country home, and he is credited with keeping the weather statistics that were used when a prize-winning slogan in a Chamber of Commerce promotion declared Redwood City to have "Climate Best by Government Test."

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