Author Archives: June Morrall

Attention Nature Geeks! Mike Merritt here…

June, Hi, Mike Merritt here. I thought, with all the talk about tunnels and such, I would throw in a few things I’ve come across in my history “digging”. Last summer I talked with Gregg Timms of the Pescadero Historical … Continue reading

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Fabulous Gordon’s Chute at Tunitas Creek

Image from “The Illustrated History of San Mateo County,” Moore & DePue, 1878, reprinted in 1974 by Gilbert Richards, Woodside

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Duarte’s Sweet & Yummy Berry Pies

are now available at Draeger’s in San Mateo. Photo: Ron Duarte and his daughter, Kathy, who is in charge of everything and does it perfectly.

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The Coburn Mystery: Chapter 45

By June Morrall On the South Coast, you didn’t see fences cutting off one property from another. They weren’t horse friendly; they weren’t people friendly. Fences meant “keep out.” Loren Coburn sealed his reputation as a mean landowner when he … Continue reading

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“Oldest” Tree in California?

While working on “The Coburn Mystery,” in the late 1980s, Carolyn Dias accompanied me on some car rides in and around Pescadero. She remarked that this tree on Pescadero Creek Road was the oldest in California. I wonder if it’s … Continue reading

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1870s: Pescadero Feed Mill, John Tufly, Prop.

From “The Illustrated History of San Mateo County,” Moore & DePue, 1878, reprinted in 1974 by Gilbert Richards, Woodside

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Is the Butano Dairy the Cloverdale Dairy?

Mike Merritt(MM): I do have a question about you latest posting of the Coburn Mystery. In chapter 44 you mention the how Coburn ran “the Butano Dairy with 100 milk cows and 50 head of cattle. There was a house, … Continue reading

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1870s: Ranch/Residence of John Mc Cormick, Pomponia Creek

From “The Illustrated History of San Mateo County,” Moore & DePue, 1878, reprinted in 1974 by Gilbert Richards, Woodside

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Still Unsolved: Mystery of AMBS Beach & Who Is Monty Parker?

If you know, please email John Vonderlin ([email protected])

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The Coburn Mystery: Chapter 44

By June Morrall Wally Coburn was never going to work side-by-side with his millionaire landowner father; he had an illness, that, at the time, seemed incurable. But as often happens in life, fate intervened and presented Loren Coburn with another … Continue reading

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