2021
Vignette 274 > Alto and Almonte
Alto In 1873, construction began on a railroad from Sausalito to Corte Madera. The tracks crossed Richardson Bay to Strawberry Point on a trestle. The roadbed wound its way up…
Read MoreVignette 273 > Montford Eucalyptus Trees
The photo was taken in 1910 from Reed Creek looking up toward the 400 block of Montford. The land is part of the eight-acre Alexander Eells farm between Montford and…
Read MoreVignette 272 > The “T” on the Hill
In 1924, Tam High students poured a concrete pad in the shape of a large “T” on a barren hillside on the Wilkins Ranch just below what is now Seaver…
Read MoreVignette 271 > Tam High School Early 1940’s
In 1941, Ernest Everett Wood had been principal since the school opened in 1908. After almost twenty years, the Northwestern Pacific Railroad decided to abandon its school train service in…
Read MoreVignette 270 > Mosher’s
In 1975 Carl Mosher sold his thriving shoe store on Lytton Square after almost 30 years in business during which he had seen many changes in Mill Valley. In his…
Read MoreVignette 269 > A Letter from Home
Dear Grandma: Mom probably told you that Jack’s company transferred him to San Francisco. Neither of us had ever been to California. We found a nice house to rent in…
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