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Story by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) [Image: “The Ocean Shore Railway is developing San Francisco and Santa Cruz  and the country between. It is an enterprise of merit and one which will make business in this section of the … Continue reading →

Story from John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, This is the earliest description I’ve found of the beach passage below the Waddell Bluffs, that helped to sidetrack development of the Coastside.  This is from the Coast Dairies document I’ve … Continue reading →

Story by John Vonderlin Email John: ([email protected] Part II: Whaleman’s Harbor Hi June, A second feature I found interesting on the Coast Survey Map of Half Moon Bay Harbor from 1863, was Whaleman’s Harbor. You’ll find it just north of … Continue reading →

Story by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, These are descriptions of our coast by the earliest Europeans to see the Coastside. This is from the Coast Dairies document. Sebastian Cermeno and Francisco del Bolanos in a makeshift canoe? … Continue reading →

Story from/by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) I forget where I got this newspaper article, but it has more detailed information about William Waddell’s efforts then I have seen before. I had heard about the frustrated first attempt to build a … Continue reading →

Story by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, With my opportunities to explore the Coastside so limited these days, I was quite pleased on a recent trip, when I discovered some of the more interesting  geologic, coastal mini-wonders I’ve seen in quite a while. … Continue reading →

[Image: L-R: Bill Hewlett & Dave Packard after WWII.] A History of Hewlett & Packard An old-new story by June Morrall In 1963 William R. Hewlett and David Packard made Fortune magazine’s list of America’s “Centimillionaires,” millionaires 100 times over. … Continue reading →

Story from John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) “Coastsiders Fight Back”    Hi June,   The excerpt below, from Ano Nuevo’s General Plan, tells an interesting story of the Coastsiders’ first efforts to stop the encroachment of outside developers. Well sort … Continue reading →

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Story from John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, This is the sketch of Ano Nuevo mentioned by George Davidson in the excerpt from his “Directory …” book I just sent. There are also ScreenShots of the larger map it is from, … Continue reading →