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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.
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.
About the Author
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.
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The rich bottomland that is today's Gospel Flat, where churches stood in the 1870s, was once a native village site, known in the language of those who dwelt here as Bauli-N. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Stinson Beach, San Francisco, Willow Camp, Gospel Flat, Wharf Road, Brighton Avenue, Gregorio Briones, Bolinas Beach, Bolinas Museum, Fourth of July, Mill Valley, San Rafael, Stinson Reach, World War, Coast Guard, Airey's Store, Frank Waterhouse, Hotel Airey, Nellie Waterhouse, Point Reyes, West Point, Almer Newhall, Bolinas Bay, Gertrude Southworth, Little Mesa New!
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The rich bottomland that is today's Gospel Flat, where churches stood in the 1870s, was once a native village site, known in the language of those who dwelt here as Bauli-N. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
outside road Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Stinson Beach, San Francisco, Willow Camp, Gospel Flat, Wharf Road, Brighton Avenue, Gregorio Briones, Bolinas Beach, Bolinas Museum, Fourth of July, Mill Valley, San Rafael, Stinson Reach, World War, Coast Guard, Airey's Store, Frank Waterhouse, Hotel Airey, Nellie Waterhouse, Point Reyes, West Point, Almer Newhall, Bolinas Bay, Gertrude Southworth, Little Mesa New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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