Driving Highway 1 along the Mendocino coast is a scenic adventure that draws thousands of visitors every year. Following the coast from Gualala on the south to Needle Rock in the north can be a challenge and features back-road driving. But imagine 100 years ago. Were there roads then too? How did people move along the coast? And what were they doing? Why did they settle here? Forget the Gold Rush and the forty-niners--timber was king here. Logging; milling; and shipping wood was the focus of the economy. Railcars steamed through the forests; and ships pulled up to rickety landings to load shipments for faraway places. Today some coast views remain the same; while others have changed dramatically; and whole towns have vanished over the century.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Disappointingly narrow account of a marvelous County I know well.By virginia farmerClinton County has a tremendously interesting history and broad composition. This account is a lazy re-capitulation of various floods taken from the pages of the Lock Haven Express. As one whose paternal Family settled in Clinton County in the 1840s. I am most disappointed in the superficial and constricted nature of this account.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Well PleasedBy LillianVery Happy To Have Added This One In My Local History Shelf.Interesting Reading Plus Lots Of Pictures.Back Then Is When People Worked Hard For What They Needed Or Wanted! Not Like Today Were A Lot Of People Think It Should Be Just Handed To Them And Not Earned!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Clinton County.By Madelyn TuckerI was born and raised in Clinton County and have reached the age of wanting to learn more about where I was born. I liked it.
