Residents turned to bootlegging, trapping, hunting and gathering to put food on the table.
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McNear: Nathaniel Smith’s funeral was one of Mendocino’s largest
Believed the first Black resident of Mendocino County, Smith operated ferries, farmed, and was the best shot on the coast.
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McNear: When Frolic sank off Point Cabrillo, the fate of the redwoods was sealed
Sent to retrieve cargo that washed ashore, Jerome Ford saw a fortune in trees instead.
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McNear: The MacKerricher sisters staged a dual wedding in 1899
An altar surrounded by white roses and cordoned by a lover’s knot provided a beautiful setting on land that’s now MacKerricher State Park.
Posted inPolitics & Government
New $1 coin honors Oneida woman who helped save Washington’s army
Polly Cooper helped save starving troops at Valley Forge during the Revolution.