A high school in Round Valley and highways transecting the county were joined by the Mendocino Woodlands, the only Recreation Demonstration Area in the state.
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McNear: Hometown hero Alma Mendosa taught at Mendocino Elementary for 30 years
She became principal just a year after starting work and continued as teacher/principal for her entire tenure.
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McNear: Mendocino and Fort Bragg vied for the first high school on the coast
Mendocino High opened for classes in May, 1894 and graduated its first class in 1896.
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McNear: San Francisco’s ‘06 quake played a role in the construction of the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse
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.