Robert Louis Stevenson State Park 2017. Robert Louis Stevenson State Park Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is a California state park, located in Sonoma, Lake and Napa counties. The park offers a hike to the summit of Mount Saint Helena from which much of the Bay Area can be seen. On clear days it is possible to see the peak of Mount Shasta, distant. The park is named after Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of "Treasure Island" and "Kidnapped". In 1880, Stevenson and his new wife Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne spent their honeymoon living in a cabin at a played-out mine on the mountain along with
D. E. Stevenson refused to send her to university, lest she become a bluestocking. In 1916 Stevenson married James Reid Peploe, a captain in the 6th Ghurkha Rifles. Her 1932 novel "Mrs. Tim of the Regiment", which describes her life as a British army wife, was based on her personal diary. She wrote most of her books while living in the town of Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Her novels were best-sellers, with more than seven million copies printed and translations in multiple languages. Her last book was published in 1969. Stevenson died in 1973. Stevenson published under the name "DE Stevenson" or