Look Tin Eli later established a Chinese-American bank in San Francisco.
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McNear: City Hotel was one of Mendocino’s first lodging spots
Its food was legendary and saloon popular, but it couldn’t stay in business.
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Mendocino Study Club grew from a desire for higher education
The group turned to public service early on and pioneered Mendocino County’s first lending library.
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Mendocino’s Kelley family’s independent daughter Elise continues one tradition: philanthropy
Widowed at 33, Elise won the right to manage her own wealth and became one of the richest women in California.
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Mendocino’s William Kelley sailed with the county’s first sawmill
William and Eliza Kelley’s life story is ever-present in Mendocino today.