Bolinas and Stinson Beach / Phil Frank for the Bolinas Museum ; Kendrick Rand and Tamae Agnoli for the Stinson Beach Historical Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Phil., Author.

Agnoli, Tamae., Author.

Rand, Kendrick., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bolinas (Calif.)--History--Pictorial works.

Bolinas (Calif.).

Bolinas (Calif.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Stinson Beach (Calif.)--History--Pictorial works.

Stinson Beach (Calif.).

Stinson Beach (Calif.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2004]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part I : Bolinas

life on the edge

Coast Miwok Village

Mexican land grant

Boom and bust

Building Bolinas

By land or by sea

Nature rules

Making do

Part II : Stinson Beach

between the ocean and the mountain

Early days as a tent city

Birth of the town

The community grows

Progress takes place.

OCLC:

885207583