Early Mendocino Coast (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738559469)

Driving Highway 1 along the Mendocino coast is a scenic adventure that draws thousands of visitors every year. Following the coast from Gualala on the south to Needle Rock in the north can be a challenge and features back-road driving. But imagine 100 years ago. Were there roads then too? How did people move along the coast? And what were they doing? Why did they settle here? Forget the Gold Rush and the forty-niners--timber was king here. Logging, milling, and shipping wood was the focus of the economy. Railcars steamed through the forests, and ships pulled up to rickety landings to load shipments for faraway places. Today some coast views remain the same, while others have changed dramatically, and whole towns have vanished over the century.

Author: Katy M. Tahja
ISBN-10: 0738559466
ISBN-13: 9780738559469
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.90w x 0.50d