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The Coburn Mystery: Chapter 20 (original draft)

(The original draft of the Coburn Mystery contains many more details than the final, edited version of the book.) (Photo courtesy Tony Pera) While the Pacific Ocean crashed at Pescadero’s sandy feet, this extraordinarily beautiful place remained deeply isolated. And … 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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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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Chapter 19: The Coburn Mystery (Original Draft)

I call this chapter “The Fifth Township” In 1851–the year Loren Coburn arrived in San Francisco aboard the steamer Panama–the village of Pescadero was difficult to get to. The wall of mountains to the east and the often foggy stretch … Continue reading

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