Author Archives: June Morrall

Squid- Art: Story by John Vonderlin

Story & Photos by John Vonderlin Email John: [email protected] Hi June, Thanks for the Squid story link. I had seen a short video with people gah-gahing at the gooey mess of tentacles, but didn’t know all the details. I recently … Continue reading

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The Coburn Mystery: Chapter 45

By June Morrall After the Levy brothers came to town, the trouble down at Pebble Beach typically went like this: The locals ripped up the gate blocking the entrance. Loren Coburn sent one of his men to fix it. Oh, … Continue reading

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Did Pomponio leave behind buried treasure? Local legend thinks so.

A few years ago while I was interviewing Daylight Nursery’s John Muller, the conversation turned to local legends. (John Muller was born in San Gregorio in 1946) HalfMoonBayMemories (HMBM):  When you were growing up, what was your favorite Coastside story? … Continue reading

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Meet the Produce Guys from New Leaf Market in HMB

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Garden Pot of Extraordinary Cacti

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1920s: Coastside Oil Operations & Notes from the 1880s

In the 1920s people looked for black gold—oil—in the Purissima-Tunitas Creek country. Notes from 1884-88 (San Mateo Times & Gazette?) May 1884: Purissima Oil Co. (with offices on Montgomery St. in San Francisco) started “sinking” for oil on George Shoults’ … Continue reading

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The Coburn Mystery: Chapter 44

By June Morrall In the 1890s the Pescaderans looked forward to the coming of the railroad, an event that would solve their economic isolation, but there had  been disappointments. Local lumberman Alvinza Hayward began the grading work for a railroad … Continue reading

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July 4, 1924: Memorial Park

I wrote this in 1999 Giant Dedication to the Redwoods By June Morrall “Memorial Park. July 4, 1924, dedicated in honor of those who gave their lives in the defense of freedom and liberty.” It was school’s Superintendent Roy Cloud’s … Continue reading

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1930s: Pigeon Point from the perspective of the rocks

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