2021

Prohibition meant more vigilance for the Outdoor Art Club. In 1923, a raid on the Mill Valley Hotel cost the proprietor $500 plus 30 days in jail.  In January 1922,…

Barry Spitz in his book, Mill Valley – The Early Years, refers to the decade as the Golden ‘20’s.   “Real estate prices surged, automobile ownership grew and business was booming.” …

In 1938, Leonard Buck, a medical doctor, married Beryl Hamilton, a nurse. Leonard had inherited a sizable fortune. The couple built a home on a seven-acre lot in Ross. There…

Today, Panoramic Highway starts at Highway 1 in Tam Valley, passes by Four Corners, Mt. Home Inn and the Pan Toll Rd. junction. It ends at Highway 1 in Stinson…

From certain locations, the view of Mt. Tamalpais now includes a big white sphere that is a radar dome. In 1906 the view was quite different. There were two big…

John Goddard grew up in Mill Valley. He attended Park School, Edna McGuire School, Alto School and Marin Catholic High School. He went to work for Village Music when it…