Speeches, temperance drinks and a band called “the Horribles” entertained the crowd.
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McNear: A timeline of wedding dresses is on display at the Kelley House Museum
Carrie Correia-Silva’s dress for her 1904 wedding to Manuel Costa is an amazing feat of dressmaking.
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Charlie Harris’ book Mendo explores Mendocino County’s pot boom and bust
The county’s libertarian leanings, where the left can snuggle comfortably against the right, benefited many until reality intruded.
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McNear: It’s graduation time at Mendocino High — in 1926.
The school yearbook detailed what each student imagined life to be in 1946. Nobody predicted World War II.
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McNear: Mendocino’s low water table birthed the town’s iconic water towers
Noisy windmills of all designs powered water from shallow wells up into the towers.