Once a bustling bar with drink tokens and rumored upstairs activity, the Main Street landmark reinvented itself after the town’s 1909 prohibition vote.
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McNear: Mendocino native at the heart of an early birthright citizen court case
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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Heartthrob James Dean’s short stint in Mendocino County
The actor filmed Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” in Mendocino.