Category Archives: Ano Nuevo

…..Pescadero during Prohibition…..(1)

[Note: I wrote this in 1977.] More than 20 prisoners watched in misery as Sheriff T. C. “Brick” McGovern shattered 1,000 bottles of illegal whiskey with a hatchet in 1925–at the peak of Prohibition. It was the “father” of our … 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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