History of Bodega Bay and the Sonoma and Marin Coast of Northern California


 

For all the same reasons we love Bodega Bay and the Sonoma-Marin Coast now, it has been loved throughout history. Wildlife, Native tribes, early explorers and traders, and settlers from Mexico, Russia, Europe, and America all discovered wonderful weather, stunning natural beauty, and the rich bounty of food and resources from the land and the sea. 
 

Coast Miwok The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock

Christo's Running Fence

Early History 1963 The Birds

1976 Christo's Running Fence

 

Early History

 

Coast Miwok

 

Pomo

 

Sir Francis Drake

 

Sebastian Vizcaino

 

Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra

 

Russian Settlements

 

 Mexican Land Grants:

 

Rancho Bodega and Captain Stephen Smith

 

Rancho Muniz

 

Rancho Estero Americano

 

Rancho Canada de Pogolome

 

Rancho Blucher

 

Rancho Laguna de San Antonio

 

Rancho Roblar de Miseria

 

Rancho German

 

Twentieth Century Bodega Bay Area History

Hole in the Head Bodega Bay Atomic Park

1961 Hole in the Head
How Bodega Bay Nixed The Atomic Park

The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock

1963
Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"

Christo's Running Fence

1976
Christo's Running Fence

 
 

Regional History

 

Native Amercian Tribal Groups

 

Simone Wilson's Features

 

Tour of Historic Petaluma

 

Two Rock Valley

 
 

Archives, Museums, and Historical Societies

Sonoma County

 

Rancho Bodega Historical Society

 

Sonoma County Historical Society

 

Sonoma County Historical and Cultural Resources

 

Sonoma County Library-Local History and Genealogy

 

Petaluma Historical Library and Museum

 

Western Sonoma County Historical Society

 

Russian River Historical Society

 

Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin

 

Marin County

 

Marin History-Museums/Landmarks

 

Tomales Regional History Center 

Regional/State County

 

SSU-North Bay Regional Information Center

 

 


 


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