Author: Betty Goerke
Publisher: Heyday
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
A rare biography of a California Indian leader that weaves together the story of a legendary figure. It's a little known fact that the San Francisco Bay Area's Marin County is named after a Coast Miwok chief who achieved notoriety for defying Spanish authority over his people. Anthropologist and archaeologist Betty Goerke has pieced together a portrait of the life of this Native American leader, using mission records, ethnographies, explorers' and missionaries' diaries and correspondence, and other material.
Chief Marin
Author: Betty Goerke
Publisher: Heyday
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
A rare biography of a California Indian leader that weaves together the story of a legendary figure. It's a little known fact that the San Francisco Bay Area's Marin County is named after a Coast Miwok chief who achieved notoriety for defying Spanish authority over his people. Anthropologist and archaeologist Betty Goerke has pieced together a portrait of the life of this Native American leader, using mission records, ethnographies, explorers' and missionaries' diaries and correspondence, and other material.
Publisher: Heyday
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
A rare biography of a California Indian leader that weaves together the story of a legendary figure. It's a little known fact that the San Francisco Bay Area's Marin County is named after a Coast Miwok chief who achieved notoriety for defying Spanish authority over his people. Anthropologist and archaeologist Betty Goerke has pieced together a portrait of the life of this Native American leader, using mission records, ethnographies, explorers' and missionaries' diaries and correspondence, and other material.
California
Author: John Steven McGroarty
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
History of California
Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Maritime Marin
Author: Branwell Fanning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738559049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Marin County's spectacular Pacific coast has been noted as both one of the most beautiful locations on earth and--for some early mariners--a place of absolute terror. The rocky coast here has claimed hundreds of ships and the lives of thousands of sailors. Though long known for its beautiful natural settings of woodlands, beaches, and hills, Marin's maritime history is surprisingly varied, with tales of English pirates, Spanish explorers, Yankee whalers, and an immense wartime shipbuilding effort. The rocky seascapes and sandy beaches of Point Reyes, Bolinas, and Stinson Beach--along with the bay-side villages of Sausalito, Tiburon, and San Rafael--have long been important ports for commercial and pleasure mariners.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738559049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Marin County's spectacular Pacific coast has been noted as both one of the most beautiful locations on earth and--for some early mariners--a place of absolute terror. The rocky coast here has claimed hundreds of ships and the lives of thousands of sailors. Though long known for its beautiful natural settings of woodlands, beaches, and hills, Marin's maritime history is surprisingly varied, with tales of English pirates, Spanish explorers, Yankee whalers, and an immense wartime shipbuilding effort. The rocky seascapes and sandy beaches of Point Reyes, Bolinas, and Stinson Beach--along with the bay-side villages of Sausalito, Tiburon, and San Rafael--have long been important ports for commercial and pleasure mariners.
Marin County
Author: Branwell Fanning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738555713
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Marin County has long been known for its beautiful woodlands, seashores, and hills, but its towns, people, and architecture tell an equally compelling story. The largest of the Bay Area's nine counties, Marin has an amazingly varied makeup in both its populace and its natural setting. From the sparse, rocky seascapes and sandy beaches along the Point Reyes Peninsula, Bolinas, and Stinson Beach, to the suburban tracts of San Rafael, Corte Madera, and Novato, this county runs the gamut of California lifestyles and landscapes.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738555713
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Marin County has long been known for its beautiful woodlands, seashores, and hills, but its towns, people, and architecture tell an equally compelling story. The largest of the Bay Area's nine counties, Marin has an amazingly varied makeup in both its populace and its natural setting. From the sparse, rocky seascapes and sandy beaches along the Point Reyes Peninsula, Bolinas, and Stinson Beach, to the suburban tracts of San Rafael, Corte Madera, and Novato, this county runs the gamut of California lifestyles and landscapes.
West American History
Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Dreams of Tamalpais
Author: Sharon Skolnick
Publisher: Last Gasp
ISBN: 9780867193572
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher: Last Gasp
ISBN: 9780867193572
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Legendary Locals of Mill Valley
Author: Joyce Kleiner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467101281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Since the 1800s, Mill Valley has attracted spirited freethinkers, entrepreneurs, nature lovers, rabble-rousers, and more than a few rock stars. Early Mill Valley booster Sidney Cushing encouraged tourism with a train up Mount Tamalpais called "the Crookedest Railroad in the World." Laura White, more concerned with protecting Mill Valley's natural beauty than attracting more people, brought the town its "Outdoor Art Club" and a tradition of conservationism. Vera Schultz broke the glass ceiling of local politics in 1946, and in 1973, 10-year-old Jenny Fulle's letter to President Nixon changed the future of America's female athletes. When an elementary school teacher named Rita Abrams wrote a song about why she loved Mill Valley, it became a national hit; so did a song about the heart of rock and roll, written by local boy Huey Lewis, who had attended that same school. The stories of Mill Valley's legendary locals--whether from 1890 or 1980--are sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes inspiring, often humorous, and always fascinating.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467101281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Since the 1800s, Mill Valley has attracted spirited freethinkers, entrepreneurs, nature lovers, rabble-rousers, and more than a few rock stars. Early Mill Valley booster Sidney Cushing encouraged tourism with a train up Mount Tamalpais called "the Crookedest Railroad in the World." Laura White, more concerned with protecting Mill Valley's natural beauty than attracting more people, brought the town its "Outdoor Art Club" and a tradition of conservationism. Vera Schultz broke the glass ceiling of local politics in 1946, and in 1973, 10-year-old Jenny Fulle's letter to President Nixon changed the future of America's female athletes. When an elementary school teacher named Rita Abrams wrote a song about why she loved Mill Valley, it became a national hit; so did a song about the heart of rock and roll, written by local boy Huey Lewis, who had attended that same school. The stories of Mill Valley's legendary locals--whether from 1890 or 1980--are sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes inspiring, often humorous, and always fascinating.
CALIFORNIA ITS HISTORY AND ROMANCE
History of California. 1884-90
Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description