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For many centuries the Miwok tribe lived off the coast particularly on the peninsula we call today Reyes Point. The ocean provided abalone's, mussels, clams, crabs, oysters and fish more then often gathered by the women. Not only were Abalones utilized for food but also ornaments and jewelry. Just as the Washington clam was used as a form of currency to trade with other local tribes.

The Miwoks were an advanced tribe as they used dip and woven surf nets to catch fish off the beaches. Just as they set up traps of gray willow in the creeks and tributaries surrounding the peninsula. More then often halibut and rock fish were caught regularly. Just as in the spring Indian lettuce, young nettle leaves and clover were harvested. Tule which is prominent on the island was used to make skirts and baskets. In the summer the grasses and flower seeds were gathered. Then in the fall nuts such as acorns, buckeye, hazel and bay were gathered. Also tule could be uses to make houses, mats and even boats. The baskets could be used to harvest and store such finds for the winter months.

The men would use Tule traps but also hunted with bows and arrows for furs. At times they would hunt rabbits, deer, quail, acorn woodpeckers and elk. They would use antler tips for shaping arrowheads, sinew which is muscle tendons to fasten the points to the wood shafts and leg bones for needle work and hairpins. At one time the peninsula was home to many more forms of wildlife then today for example the great grizzly bear which is no longer in existence surrounding Reyes Point and Bear Valley region. However the point provided a means at one time for the Miwok to survive and thrive comfortably. Its been proven that the Miwok may have settled the peninsula for thousands of years prior to the Europeans exploring the area.

One of the first Europeans to sight the peninsulas sheer cliffs and traverse the rough currents that surround Point Reyes was Sir Francis Drake in 1579. This is how Drakes bay received its name which we have photos of its beach if you search through our photos. Sir Francis Drake had gone around the tip of South America through Spanish trade routes into the Pacific Ocean. More then often his ship the Golden Hinde, would seize gold, jewels and porcelain taken from Spanish galleons traveling from the Philippines to Acapulco. In Drakes journal he described a very thick fog that consumed the area also mentioning the peninsulas wildlife and inhabitants. He claimed this land for Queen Elizabeth as he repaired the hull of his ship while setting up a camp somewhere within the Drakes Bay area.

More then like the Spanish in the 1500's would sail from the Philippines back to Mexico with their goods. Anotherwards the galleons would travel east being pulled along side of Point Reyes then head south to Mexico. They could then later sell their trade goods such as spices and porcelain to Europe entering some of Mexico's ports. Sadly some of them ships never made it to Mexico as the seas of Point Reyes were treacherous sinking many ships. One ship in 1595 in particular sank just off the shores of Point Reyes when Sebastian Cermeno anchored in Drakes Bay. Although the captain and his men survived they were forced to abandon ship and row to Mexico in a long boat. Other captains however were not so lucky they went down with their ships and today the entire peninsula is littered with various ship wrecks which is why over a century ago the lighthouse and life saving station were erected which is found today below Chimney Rock.

Only after Drakes expedition to the peninsula would the Spanish eventually map out the Point Reyes area. In 1603 a Sebastian Vizcaino sighted the headlands on the Roman Catholic feast day of the three wise men. The headlands were named after these religious figures "la Punta de Los Reyes" or Point of the Kings. This is how the peninsula technically received its name. When the Spanish entered Tomoales Bay they sighted the Miwok village at a place known today as Tom's Point or Segogolue. The Spanish would trade their metals to the Miwok's for their baskets. As you know the discovery of the Miwok tribe eventually led to Evangelical purposes which led to the growth of "Mission Delores" and a strong Spanish presence in the region which eventually led to them farming Point Reyes to provide the Mission as a means for their survival.

Not only did the Point Reyes peninsula provide a home for the Miwok tribe or a means for explorers to trade with them but allot of the region is known for its maritime history. Between the foggy seas, sheer cliffs, heavy winds and strong currents dozens of ships went down along its coast. The history runs deep here between miners of the gold rush, lumber men, dairy farmers and sailors all depending on the waters for transporting and receiving their goods. Some of the ranchers who lived on the peninsula depended on these goods when ships went down it hindered not only the crews of such ships but those in need of such goods.

One of the first well known ship wrecks is found in Drakes Bay which sank in 1595 in California's history years later after Drake sailed these waters. Later on not just ships would sink or be thrown into the sheer cliffs by the Pacific Oceans waves but also planes have gone down later on in the 1900's such as a United Airlines postal aircraft. This may have led to the reason the U.S. Lighthouse Service built the Point Reyes Lighthouse in 1870 which has been in operation for over a century to help provide sailors with guidance through the foggy waters of Point Reyes. The problem was that many ships continued to sink despite the fact that the lighthouse was built which led to Lifeboat Station at Drakes Beach. Good women and men risked their lives in these waters some of them died and are buried within the Point Reyes Cemetery which we did do an investigation at.

The hurricane force winds were to treacherous for most sailors who more then often ended up wrecked along the peninsulas beaches or smashed onto the granite rocks. Even per say you were to survive the sinking of the ship the cold waters would kill you just as quickly not to mention the great white sharks which are often found swimming along its rocky shores. Nearly a million dollars in ships and cargoes were lost due to storms today treasure hunters still continue to search wrecks as they serve today as archaeological sites which tell a story about the men who lost their lives. Even today boats, vessels, fishing schooners still continue to sink or end up lost to the seas. Nearly yearly an inexperienced sailor gets caught in a storm and ends up crashing right into the rocks. Believe me my first visit to Point Reyes was very chilling not to mention that I hiked along the cliffs in nearly 80 mph winds so in my thoughts I can only imagine how rough the seas are below and how hard it would be to navigate them as easterly winds would throw your vessel ashore. Which has led to perhaps as many as 100 ship wrecks since the 1500's which met their doom here.

If you truly want to get into statistics the Point Reyes peninsula is rumored to be the windiest place along the Pacific Coast and the second foggiest place in North America. Fog here last for weeks thus visibility can be limited to nearly a couple hundred feet. The peninsula extends nearly 10 miles out over the ocean thus it posed a threat to any ship even entering its waters. In my opinion I feel the ghosts of all those that are lost haunt the peninsula and its cliffs. Hell maybe I am wrong but sometimes its nice to leave things for the imagination. I am an explorer not just a paranormal investigator so where their is history their is also ghosts.

Anyhow, the Point Reyes Lighthouse was actually constructed in 1867 in France which was then shipped on a steamer around the tip of South America and to San Francisco. This including the clockwork mechanism, housing and glass prisms. When the lighthouse arrived at the San Francisco Bay it was then transported onto a second vessel which ported at Drakes Bay which then were loaded onto ox carts and moved three miles to the very tip of Point Reyes which resides about 600' above the sea. You can tell this based on our scenic photos that its a very long ways down to the bottom of the sea and not only have ships wrecked here but their have been some who have gone over these cliffs.

It took a couple months to get the lighthouse running as the materials had to be transported down a rocky ridge from its ox carts. It was so rocky that a crew had to use dynamite to flatten out an area to house the lighthouse. The lighthouse had to be built below the fog line so that ships sailing the coastline could see its light from afar. Today the lighthouse still exist and one can see it by walking down a set of 300 steps so that should tell you how tedious it was just to get the materials down to where it stands. When a fog signal would be emitted it would provide ships a warning they were to close to the rocky shores and reefs. It would allow the mariners to navigate along the coast avoiding any incidents surrounding Point Reyes although even a lighthouse was no guarantee of escaping the storms that often came on in. Despite the fact that a Fresnel Lens was used the largest of its kind it could be seen nearly for over twenty miles that is of course on a clear night with about one flash every five seconds. The light would only be turned on at sunset then turned off at sunrise however work was divided amongst the light keeper and his three other assistants who split the day into four six-hour time shifts.

Before the U.S. Coast Guard installed an automated light in 1975 the lighthouse had to be manually powered so here is how it worked. Prior to sunset the lighthouse keeper would walk the 300 steps down to the light house to light an oil lamp. After lighting the wick the keeper then would wind the clock work mechanism which had a very heavy wait attached to a hemp rope about 9' off the floor. The weight would then sink through a small trap door to ground level 17' below. It would take over two hours for the weight to make its descent to 17' thus in doing so the clockworks mechanisms spun. The Fresnel lens then would turn as its 25 panels would reflect the light caused by the burning wick. When time nearly ran out the light keeper would make his way back to the lighthouse to repeat this process the work was tedious considering that you had to take 300 steps to get to it with winds at times exceeding over 100 mph.

During the day the assistance keepers would clean the lens, make repairs, stoke the steam-powered fog signal and polish all the brass. Trips between the cabins and the lighthouse were made often no matter how treacherous the weather was. I also read that the keepers had to crawl sometimes on their hands and knees as the winds at the point were so high it often knocked them down. Today despite the light is automated the U.S. Coastguard now maintains the lighthouse still polishing the brass as they did over a century ago. Being a keeper was a lonely job and their was never no time off. The light always ran at night and daily no matter what day of the week it was.

In 1906 when the big Quake struck San Francisco it caused the entire Point Reyes peninsula to move 18' in one minute moving the lighthouse northward. Despite this fact the only damage it received was the lens slipped off its tracks. The lighthouse keeper and their assistance immediately made the repairs necessary and within twelve days had it up and running again. If you look further below on this page you will see a B&W photo of a train that fell over on its side. This train suffered a major blow from the 1906 quake as overtime early settlers tried to use other forms of transportation on the peninsula which varied from ships to the train and eventually the automobile. Very few are aware of this but the San Andreas fault separates the peninsula from the state of California. Some theorize that another major quake could cause the land surrounding San Francisco which includes Point Reyes to permanently separate from California while others feel that one day it could fall into the ocean. More then likely this scenario could occur over thousands of years into our future as I am sure millions of years ago the peninsula didn't exist until the fissure came to be. San Andreas is one of the most active yet dangerous faults in the United States nearly the peninsula serves as ground zero for any major quakes that could occur in the future in this region.

Although the lighthouse gets credit for saving many vessels the true heroes were the men and women who operated the lifesaving station in 1890. This was a tedious job as the operators of the station would walk the beaches watching for shipwrecks or those needing rescue. Some people who wrecked would drown the waters were frigid and the currents were relentless. Establishing the lifesaving house meant that more lives could be saved not all but most! Back before the station was established the locals would watch as helpless people screamed and drowned. The USLSS gave hope to these mariners when it was organized in the 1870's hence came the lighthouse then the lifesaving station.

Being a lifesaver for the station was a dangerous job and these men were not paid very well. The work would involve regular patrols on the beaches of Point Reyes day and night. These men would be hit with sheer winds and be shining their lights into the fog at night. When they witnessed a wreck they would use a surfboat with eight surfmen rowing while the keeper steered. They would then halt those in the water into the boats taking the distressed mariners back to shore at the station where they could be treated. Sometimes rescues would be done by hauling survivors up the cliffs using ropes while other times Lyle Guns and Breaches buoy's were used. Basically what this was is a small cannon that would fire a life preserver ring at the wreck. The passenger and crews of the shipwrecks then could be hauled to the surf boats one at a time. Good men died sometimes while trying to rescue stranded shipwreck victims at least four I know of buried within the Point Reyes Cemetery are found here.

Eventually in the early 1900's the US Coast Guard would be formed which eventually would be responsible for building a much larger station at Chimney Rock which btw still stands today. The new station was equipped with better gear including motorized lifeboats to replace the old surfboats. The motor boats could be launched from a pier and a marine railway that descended from the lifesaving station to the water. By 1927 the lifesaving station on Drakes Bay was active till about 1968 and today it still stands and can be seen when the trail isn't closed leading down to it.

Back in the day before the motor boats when the surfmen left the beach and made it out into the open ocean many times surf would capsize their boats. In the first three years three men died in these cold waters during lifesaving drills alone. This is where the motto "You have to go out, but you don't have to come back in." resonated from! You can only imagine that if large ships were thrown into the rocks below Point Reyes how well a small row boat would fend against such currents.

Despite the fact that with modernization not all lives would be saved and over the years some were lost. Within two months of the new station opening the station responded to a burning vessel. It sometimes makes you wonder if the peninsula and its coves are a recipe for disaster. As it was not always the seas that sunk a ship other disasters attributed to ships sinking. Tales of bravery even told today are found amongst the log books that the Coast Guard left behind.

Sadly besides the surfmen dying to protect others even the Coast Guard suffered blows. A mystery today is still shared and told that occurred on Thanksgiving eve in 1960. On that fateful night both men were responding to a call for assistance and went out to Bodega Bay to secure a disabled vessel. The two men then radioed on in their arrival time to the Life Boat Station only to never have been heard from again. Thanksgiving morning the boat was found on the beach grounded propellers still turning but the crew mysteriously had vanished. Nobody knows what happens but those men's graves can also be found at the cemetery we did our investigation at. Despite the tragedies for nearly a century more vessels, lives and cargo were saved outnumbering the lives lost. The bravery of these men will never be forgotten especially not by The Paranormal & Ghost Society who honors them through our hard work.

Not only did Point Reyes use the technology of a lighthouse and lifesaving station but in 1913 radio stations were built on the peninsula. The transmitting and receiving stations were built at the Great Beach, Bolinas and Tomales Bay. This would allow them to communicate with ships and thus distress signals could be heard at the lifesaving stations. Guglielmo Marconi was a pioneer of wireless radio was responsible for using this technology on the peninsula and today on some of the peninsulas peaks you can see radio antennas even still today which have been abandoned in 1997.

Today as it was over a century ago the peninsula is full of grasslands full of ranches and cattle roaming its cliff sides. Prior to crossing over onto the peninsula their are small towns which still exist today to remind us of the history that once surrounded this region. As you cross over the pine and fur forest you encounter rolling hills and even some old homes built out of redwood from the 1800's. When Mexico began to sell their land they broke it up allowing ranchers to take it over. The peninsula's coastline and rolling hills are very similar to Ireland's perhaps this is why I fell in love with the area as I didn't even have to go overseas to witness this beauty.

The real immigration that took place on the peninsula occurred in 1849 this is when the Gold Rush took place. Sure allot of those who entered the golden gate headed eastward to the sierras to mine while others resided around San Francisco to farm. The Gold Rush brought in merchants, ranchers, laborers, agriculturist, capitalist and tradesmen. While others chose to get into dairy farming where cheese, milk and butter could be provided to the residents of San Francisco.

The ranchers knew that the peninsula was more then perfect for raising dairy cattle here. Lets face it the peninsula is covered in grass lands, ponds and a cooler climate. Even throughout the seasons the grass was abundant as well as water locally. The Miwok grew their crops on this land so the soil was rich thus such ranches thrived for over a century and even today they still do.

However, cattle were on the peninsula long before those arrived in the region due to the gold rush. Cattle were introduced at least wild free roaming ones in the year of 1817. The Franciscan missionaries were responsible for this as they grew their own crops and raised their own live stock. Mission Dolores had set up various annexes surrounding San Francisco which served the Mowok and Ohlone natives in the region. Secularization of the missions which took place when Mexico became free from Spain led to subdividing its lands and due to this factor consistent cattle ranching took place on Point Reyes. If you click the link about the mission you can read more about this as Point Reyes was technically part of the mission before secularization.

Today many of the ranches been either bought out or abandoned although their are at least 17 large operations found on the peninsula over a 10 mile track. Their is even an elk wilderness habitat that was established by Congress in 1976 when the Pierce Ranch operations had ceased. Today although much wildlife is plentiful on the peninsula many forms of mammals that once ruled here are no longer found such as the grizzly bears. However, the Coyotes, Tule Elk, Deer, Cattle, Dolphins, Sea Lions, Seals and the Gray Whales are often sighted here. Two times a year the Gray Whale migration can be seen from Point Reyes especially surrounding the lighthouse area. The Elephant seals which can weigh up to 4 tons are often seen on Drakes beach photographed in our wildlife gallery so check it out.

Let me also make it a note that the trains arrived at Point Reyes in 1875 it was part of the North Pacific Coast Railroad. It was built to connect the Cazadero to the Sausalito ferry. During this time period there was no Golden Gate bridge so the railroad was being used instead. Today the Golden Gate bridge is a connector which directly takes you to Olema where the connector station is found. The station strangely near the epicenter of where the quake of 1906 had struck along the San Andreas fault line.

A series of name changes took place when the Olema Station arrived in 1875 which was in 1882 called the Point Reyes post office when the station used the railroad to transport mail. In 1891 it was then called Marin and later the name was changed back that same year to Point Reyes Station again. I think that our viewers need to understand that the peninsula offers a variety of history all the way from native American to ship wrecks to ranching and railroading.

I guess some of you want to know how all of this fits into the paranormal. Well many of the locals claim their ranches are haunted or that strange incidents happen. Most are probably pretty use to it but some of these ranches been around for a century. Not to mention over the years the large amount of missing people that includes recently two women vanishing. I understand that people get careless and may fall off its cliffs what lurks in the water below is sharp rocks and some pretty hungry sharks. Hell Point Reyes doesn't even belong here very few realize that at one time it was part of Los Angeles perhaps in San Francisco but in a million years it may shift all the way off the coast of Oregon as it shifts one inch a year. Besides the fact that the ghost haunt its cemetery and perhaps even the lifeboat house it appears that UFO sightings surrounding the peninsula are very common here. You hear more often time to time about UFOs on the peninsula then you do its ghosts.

Id like to take the time to offer this 42-second newsreel clip from November 23, 1931 about the wreck of the Munleon at Point Rayes along with a PDF file containing some Shipwrecks off the Point Reyes Peninsula from 1849 to 1940. I have also included maps which include trails, interest points, roads, beaches, bays, wildlife viewing areas and many of the locations you will see in our photo galleries. The peninsula is very large their is no way that we have even seen a quarter of its secrets which include caves, abandoned ranches, archaeological sites and shipwrecks which remain hidden by the chilling waters of the pacific.

Although for thousands of years the peninsula has undergone many changes one thing that has not changed is its unique landscape which overlooks the Pacific Ocean. At one time nearly over 100 Miwok settlements transitioned to ranches where the largest production of butter supplied California to a place today where wildlife is reclaiming this land and only its ghost of the past who died from its cursed waters are left to wander its shores. My only regret that I have is that I wish I could see the peninsula thousands of years ago as much as if ever given the opportunity again id love to see more. Point Reyes is a place that is alluring to those who explore it just as it had drawn in its ships for 500 years who were fascinated with its emerald grassy plains and sheer cliffs. Some adventurers lived to tell about this lost world while others were succumbed to its cursed waters never living to tell their tales as ships sank and others just simple vanished without a trace. Point Reyes is a peninsula full of culture, early explorers to tragedies and bravery. Not only is it a place of great historical significance it is also the top five most productive oceanic ecosystems in the world!

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Historic Landscapes of Point Reyes
From: http://www.nps.gov/pore/historyculture/places_historiclandscapes.htm

The Point Reyes peninsula is remarkably covered with numerous layers of human activity that have left sometimes overt, other times subtle changes on the landscape. Those changes, imposed upon a rugged coastal environment, were filtered through the lens of cultural values, traditions, lifeways, economies and technologies of people who emigrated from small and great distances over a period of several millennia though current time.

The National Seashore has identified twelve historic cultural landscapes within its boundaries and the north district of Golden Gate National Recreation Area administered by Point Reyes. Over time, each is being documented, evaluated and where necessary rehabilitated, following guidelines of the National Register of Historic Places.

The dairy and cattle ranches on Point Reyes peninsula represent the single largest cultural landscape. The smallest is located at nineteenth century lime kilns located in the Olema Valley. Landscapes can range in scale from historic sites to substantial districts. They may express a high level of design, as seen in the two former RCA / Marconi Wireless Stations on Point Reyes and Bolinas. Conversely, there are vernacular, or homespun landscapes developed out of need or desire over time, rather than arising from measured designs. The ranches along Lagunitas Creek and the Olema Valley fall in this category. In the absence of archived documents of written histories, ethnographic landscapes are dependent on oral histories and material artifacts to piece together an understanding a cultural groups heritage. Examples at Point Reyes include the inhabitation and resource collection and processing sites for the Coast Miwok in historic and prehistoric time, and the I.D.E.S. Hall of the Portuguese ranching community that once stood on “N” Ranch.

The cultural landscapes in the National Seashore include:

Point Reyes Ranches Historic District: over 22,000 acres on the coastal plain, highlighting the origin of ranching in west Marin, and emphasizing the history of the Shafter / Howard dairy enterprise (1857-1939), also known as the “alphabet ranches”, and its contribution to the development of industrial-scale dairy in California. Many of the existing ranches are operated by descendents of the early Point Reyes dairies. The Pierce Point Ranch, now on the National Register, will be joined by the other operating ranches in the near future.

Olema Valley Ranches Historic District (including the Lagunitas Creek ranches): a smaller but comparable district, also with origins in nineteenth century dairying. In the absence of landlords and ranch standardization, the Olema Valley ranches display a broader architectural styles and site development, including fragmented orchards containing heritage trees.

Point Reyes Light Station: the 1870 lighthouse is the icon for a larger nineteenth century landscape that incorporated the adjacent equipment and transformer buildings, foghorn apparatus, the former lightkeeper’s residence now used as a visitor center, and the water collection cisterns. Heading east, the former wagon road led across Charles Webb Howard’s “A” Ranch to the landing and rock quarry on Drakes Bay. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Point Reyes Lifesaving Station: Built to enhance maritime traffic safety, the Drakes Bay location replaced an original 1890 U. S. Lifesaving Service station on Point Reyes Beach. The compound consists of the boathouse and barracks, housing one the last operating U.S. Coast Guard 36’ motor lifeboats, and attached loading wharf, dock and marine railway. Between the boathouse and a handsome commanding officer’s residence with freestanding garage and landscaped grounds is a number of supporting operations structures. A cemetery for boatmen who died in service at Point Reyes is located near the “G” Ranch. The 1927 Lifesaving Station compound is a National Historic Landmark.

RCA / Marconi Wireless Stations: Guglielmo Marconi sited and commissioned the building of wireless telegraphy transmitting station in Bolinas and receiving station in Marshall, on Tomales Bay, in 1913-14. They formed the foundation for the most successful and powerful ship to shore and land station, known as “KPH”, on the Pacific Rim. The Marshall station was replaced in 1929 by a new Art Deco-designed facility at Point Reyes Beach on the “G” Ranch. Few of the succeeding generations of antennas, arranged in “farms”, remain at the two sites. However, the radio equipment, some of it dating to the World War II-era, remains intact, functional, and used for ceremonial occasions by former RCA key operators. The Monterey cypress “tree tunnel” at the Point Reyes station is a signature landscape feature that evokes some of the prestige that RCA placed in this profitable, historic operation. Studies are underway to ultimately list both National Seashore sites and the Marshall facility, now a California State Parks conference center, together as a multiple property National Historic Landmark.

Olema Lime Kilns: A stone wall ruin and two arched fireboxes remain of a three-kiln operation in the Olema Valley. Built in 1850 by San Francisco entrepreneurs on Rafael Garcia’s rancho, they were apparently abandoned no later than 1855 after only a few firings, probably due to the poor quality, small limestone deposits and the financial depression of that year. This archaeological working landscape is listed as California State Historical Landmark no. 222.

Bolinas Copper Mines: The scenic Wilkins Ranch, at the head of Bolinas Lagoon, witnessed three waves of mining fever on the upper slopes of Bolinas Ridge. Three copper mining companies organized in 1863, following the clearcutting of redwoods from the slopes of Olema Valley. Only one, in Union Gulch, produced any substantial ore, but failed due to low copper prices and high transportation costs for smelting. The Chetco Mining Company, more successful than its predecessors, closed its doors in 1918 as the last operation to work the vein. The mine’s adit and shaft, having long since been secured, are accompanied by the mining road, concrete foundations and cabin site, a rusty boiler and cable, and other large debris.

Tocaloma Resort District: In the early twentieth century, on the banks of Lagunitas Creek, stood a substantial resort hotel and tent cabins that served as pleasuring grounds for the affluent of San Francisco, looking for healthy living and recreation. First built in 1887 to cater to a sportsman’s clientele, it burnt to the ground and was replaced with a more luxurious building. Vacationers arrived at a whistlestop on the Northwestern Pacific Narrow Gauge Railroad. The 1929 stock market crash sent the resort into decline. Today, near the intersection of Sir Francis Drake Highway and Platform Bridge Road, you can see several of the small individual cabins from that era, now used as private residences. The former rail right-of-way, and a handsome bridge across Lagunitas Creek built in 1927, found on the Don McIssac ranch, also are remaining vestiges.

Hamlet: This small community was one of the oldest settlements on Tomales Bay. It served as flagstop on the original North Pacific Coast Narrow Gauge Railroad for shipping dairy products, hogs and fish from northern bay sources. Its businesses prospered for many decades, including a fish canning facility, oyster beds, processor and eating establishment, boat repair and overhaul facility, a small dairy, local mercantile, and vacation cabin community for hunters and fishermen. Its decline followed the increasing siltation of the bay, with the wharf abandoned by the World War II. The site today is a ruin.

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