Vignette > Redwood’s Age

Startling news headline on June 3, 2015, “Oldest Muir Woods redwood is only half its estimated age. At 777 years old, Tree #76 is just a babe in the woods.” …

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Vignette > Almonte

Almonte is an unincorporated community of about 650 residences mostly located on the hill between Tam High and Tam Valley. The 1902 Tamalpais Land & Water Co. Map No. 6,…

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Vignette > Six Heroines

Women have played a significant role in making Mill Valley a city to be proud of. Laura White founded the California Club of San Francisco in 1897. In 1902, Laura…

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Vignette > Mill Valley’s 2nd School

Homestead School opened on January 13, 1908 with 50 first and second graders who had been attending the grammar school on Summit Ave.  Only 19 pupils lived in Homestead Valley;…

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Vignette > Historic Painting

High up on the rear wall of the Mill Valley City Council Chambers is a 5 ft. by 20 ft. painting of Mount Tamalpais. The breathtaking landscape was originally one…

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Vignette > Sulphur Spring

In a 1984 article, Mill Valley historian Henri Bussy wrote, “One of the commercial ventures of Mill Valley was a gratuitous one.  Around 1891, a sulphur spring was discovered in…

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