Category Archives: Pescadero

1891: The Battle Over Pretty Pebbles At Pescadero…. (1)

Pebble Beach, a contrast of stark, moonscape-like rock formations, peaceful tidepools and nature’s amazing cache of colorful, smooth stones, lies between the village of Pescadero and the Pigeon Point lighthouse. More than one hundred years ago Pescadero was a remote … Continue reading

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….The town…..

Hard to believe this is Pescadero. The pole is the famous flagpole, once used to measure distances from one place to another. Photo courtesy Tony Pera.

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Chapter 21: The Coburn Mystery

[This is from the original manuscript–and contains many more details than the final, edited version.] Pressure to illuminate the hidden reefs off the coast of Pescadero intensified as more shipwrecks occurred. Lighthouse advocates argued that the heavy fog lured sailors … Continue reading

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William Steele Moves His Cows: Story by Coastside Artist Galen Wolf

William Steele Moves His Cows by Galen Wolf Long before daybreak, the cows of William Steele were milked that memorable morning, at Steele’s barn on the shore of Tomales Bay, by milkers under weak lantern light. This was the day … Continue reading

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….Pescadero Folk….

The pine tree in this photo tells me that the folks are standing near the Lone Pine Inn, which was formerly the site of the famous Swanton House. In the background I see a building that might have been Stryker’s. … Continue reading

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The Coburn Mystery: Meet Two of the Main Characters

(Pescadero’s litigious Loren Coburn testifying in court.) (Sarah Coburn, Loren’s second wife and the sister of his first wife. Sarah was murdered in Pescadero in 1919.)

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….Pigeon Point Lighthouse….

The wreck of the Hellespoint fed fuel to a growing movement seeking government funds for construction of a lighthouse along this notorious stretch of shoreline…but when they first chose to buy Ano Nuevo, and finding the asking price too high, … Continue reading

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Notrocks….from Invisible Beach

(Photo by John Vonderlin) To reach more of John and to catch up with his definitions and the names he has given the South Coast beaches, click here

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Invisible Beach’s 3 Claims To Fame/#2 Driftwood (2)

Story by John Vonderlin ——-many of John’s terms are described here Flotsam in the nearshore takes that path in our area because it is driven by the longshore current (littoral drift)–which in turn is driven by the prevailing northwest winds. … Continue reading

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Invisible Beach’s 3 Claims To Fame/#2 Driftwood

Story by John Vonderlin–but his friends call him “Dr. Science.” Part II Hi June, When I first started taking the long hike to Invisible Beach, to see the colorful pebbles, I noticed a nearby area where a number of rafts … Continue reading

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