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Posts here on haunted places in Los Gatos have been very well received, so I wanted to let this audience know that I've begun a new blog on Haunted Real Estate this week.
The Haunted Real Estate Blog can be found at www.HauntedRealEstateBlog.com or for short, use the redirect of simply www.HauntedRealEstate.com.
Meanwhile, I will continue to occassionally add posts here on haunted spots in beautiful Los Gatos. Visit the blog and click on the category for "Haunted Los Gatos" and you'll see the stories of our hauntings here in this historic part of Silicon Valley.
Would you be interested in a tour of Haunted Los Gatos? I'm collecting stories to post here and to offer on a walking tour in downtown (and perhaps also to assemble into a book at some point).
If you have stories to share of ghosts, hauntings, spirit visits or impressions in Los Gatos, please let me know. I would love to learn more and share the stories, if at all possible. I am especially interested in events and experiences in downtown Los Gatos (near Main Street, University Avenue and North Santa Cruz Avenues), and particularly those happening in commercial or pubic buildings.
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Built along the Los Gatos Creek, Forbes Mill was started early in the town's history (1854) and basically the town sprung up around it. Alexander Forbes thought that having a flour mill would be a great idea since the 49'ers gold rush was on.
So it was off to a rocky start and was never profiltable with the original owner, Forbes. Under other ownership, things fared better, By creating and using a reservoir up near the current Holy Names Convent (on Reservoir Road), later owners enabled the water to flow year-round, and not just in winter. So the mill did better - though by then there was no monopoly on flour mills for feeding the forty-niners. 
Oh, and I almost forgot to add: it appears that this is yet another one of the town's many haunted spots. I know, you won't read that anywhere but here, but I had a conversation with a gal who works at Forbes Mill and she told me of a couple of stories that indicate the ongoing presence of an unseen resident. 
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