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From John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected])’ Note: Photography was “invented” about 1839, so although this story takes place nearly 50 years later, the illustrator was still “king,” Here are the pictures that go along with the  Mr. Butwell’s (unfortunate name!) … Continue reading →

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Stories from John Vonderlin and Angelo Mithos Hi June,    Here’s Angelo’s next to last email. I actually now believe he was right that the former Pescadero tunnel by the parking lot, seemingly going nowhere useful was by the OSR. I’m … Continue reading →

Story from John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June,    I’ve attached the ScreenShots from an article entitled “Our Shipwrecks,” that lists the  shipwrecks of the San Francisco Bay Area and local coast from 1849 to 1869, The article appeared … Continue reading →

Story by John Vonderlin Email John: [email protected]   Hi June,   While reviewing my Pomponio info for the “explosives” question, I ran into this story that I had grabbed a reminder of, but not followed through with a full set … Continue reading →

What is a Red X? A Red X seems to appear when a photo doesn’t. I have a mac; John has something else. He sends wonderful images and sometimes, too often, they refuse to cooperate and we get RED X’s.  … Continue reading →

Story by Dominic Lelli Hi June from Dominic A number of years ago 10-15 with a few classmates we decided to fish a pond at top of Pomponio Creek we had found on map.We parked on side of Pescadero Rd. … Continue reading →

[Image of millionaire Pescadero landowner Loren Coburn]   From the Coastside Comet “Dr. W. A. Brook, as public administrator of San Mateo county, Monday, through Ross  & Ross, attorneys, filed a petition for special letters of administration in the state … Continue reading →

Story from John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June,   Here’s an interesting fork in the road in the history of Half Moon Bay’s development. This story is from the May 11th, 1905 issue of the “San Francisco Call.”  It … Continue reading →

Storty from John Vonderlin’ Email John ([email protected](SE i June,   This page I’ve attached ScreenShots of popped up when I was researching Gordon’s Chute (not a lot out there). It’s a geocities webpage. I’ve not been able to find out much … Continue reading →