Bolinas and Stinson Beach (CA) (Images of America) [Paperback]

Bolinas Museum (Author), Stinson Beach Historical Society (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 6, 2004

This is the story of two small towns, Bolinas and Stinson Beach, and the body of water that separates and joins them. Although San Francisco's packed urban skyline is visible from its shores, this part of West Marin is isolated in spirit and in fact. For thousands of years the territory of the Coast Miwok Indians, this land became the six-mile-long Briones Mexican land grant, a ranch that lasted less than a decade before being overrun with entrepreneurs, farmers, and failed gold miners. The towns that they built have been visited by earthquake, shipwreck, forest fires, ranchers, rumrunners, bohemians, and the National Park Service, and all of these have shaped their story. While Bolinas maintained its spirit of isolation, removing the road sign that might beckon visitors, Stinson Beach grew from a tent camp for urban refugees to a favorite coastal beach town visited by millions annually.

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Viewing selections from the fine photographic collections of the Bolinas Museum and the Stinson Beach Historical Society, readers are led from centuries of Coast Miwok Indian life on the windswept coastal hills to the joyously partisan tug-of-war between the two towns across the Bolinas Lagoon every Fourth of July. Viewing selections from the fine photographic collections of the Bolinas Museum and the Stinson Beach Historical Society, readers are led from centuries of Coast Miwok Indian life on the windswept coastal hills to the joyously partisan tug-of-war between the two towns across the Bolinas Lagoon every Fourth of July.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (December 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738528951
• ISBN-13: 978-0738528953
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,523,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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