Author Archives: June Morrall

Pigeon Point: Shipwrecks, Scalawags and Scavengers

“Shipwrecks, Scalawags and Scavengers” by JoAnn Semones. Haven’t read it yet, but I’m going to! Available at the bookstores in Half Moon Bay. Click here to choose your local bookstore.

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1873: A Trip to Pigeon Point With “Novice”…

[Note: I wrote this in 1992; the photo appeared with the article.] [Photo: The Keeper of the Lighthouse and his family and an assistant resided in this comfortable home at Pigeon Point light station built before the turn of the … Continue reading

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…Friends of the Calamari…Just Wear Them…

1970s Friends of the Calamari (Photo: Paul Schraub)

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New to Me….Davenport & WWII….

Thank you John Vonderlin ([email protected]) for emailing this… From: Coast Dairies Property: A Land Use History, click here “The Davenport cement plant (it became Pacific Cement and Aggregates in 1956, Lonestar Cement Corporation in 1965 and RMC Pacific Materials in … Continue reading

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“The Quest,” Part 5 by John Vonderlin

 Story by John Vonderlin (email John: [email protected]) Please read Parts 1-4 below Hi June, Driving a few miles north from Pomponio Beach and the Merry Prankster’s tsunami tunnel, we arrive at San Gregorio Beach, and its California Landmark 26 plaque, … Continue reading

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“The Quest,” Part 4 by John Vonderlin

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1995: “La Honda is a slingshot at the sky,” says Ken Kesey

In August, 1995 I mailed a letter to Ken Kesey–the famous novelist, counterculture hero and former controversial La Honda resident–asking him to contribute a story, even “a fragment,” to an issue of “La Peninsula,” the San Mateo County History Museum’s … Continue reading

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Part III: The Quest by John Vonderlin

email John: [email protected] Please read Parts I and II below Hi June, The next day, full of anticipation, but tinged with doubt, we headed for the beach. Parking along Highway 1, above Long Gulch, I decided a little cliff-top exploration … Continue reading

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Pigeon Point Lighthouse

From: Cultural Resources of San Mateo County, 1980 Pigeon Point Lighthouse: Coast Highway, Pigeon Point “First illuminated on November 15, 1872, this lighthouse was named for the clipper ship, Carrier Pigeon, that hit the rocks here on May 6, 1853. … Continue reading

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Steele Brothers Dairies

From “Coastside Cultural Resources of San Mateo County,” 1980 Steele Brothers Dairies Gazos Creek to Ano Nuevo “In 1862, Rensselaer Steele and his three cousins established a chain of dairies between Gazos Creek and Ano Nuevo known as the Steele … Continue reading

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