3 keepers kept the Fresnel lens rotating to warn ships off rocks.
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McNear: Mendocino and Miasa, Japan became “sister-unincorporated townships” in 1980
The relationship started through the Mendocino Art Center and continues with annual cultural exchanges.
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McNear: Katie Ford would walk on the headlands during the Mendocino Coast’s big storms
Children stayed home from school but spent the day on the bluff, watching the ocean’s fury.
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McNear: Mendocino County’s Big River has been a popular swimming spot for decades
But what women wore to take a dip has changed dramatically.
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McNear: Community effort gained Mendocino a spot on the National Register of Historic Places
The headlands was saved from housing development in 1974, and the town is much as it was 100 years ago.