Little historical documentation exists of area brothels, then called Fashionable Boarding Houses.
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McNear: The Mendocino Coast again subbed for New England in a 1965 film
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming employed more than 100 extras, many of them children.
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West Business Development Center opens new office in Fort Bragg
A grand opening event Friday will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, an office tour and an opportunity to meet the center’s staff.
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McNear: The Great Depression hit Mendocino County hard
Residents turned to bootlegging, trapping, hunting and gathering to put food on the table.
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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.