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March 26, 1862: San Rafael
The region lying north of the Golden Gate and the bay could be best looked up on foot, and….[today], Hoffmann and I started, with compasses, barometer, etc.—an unpleasant day and rainy evening. We went...
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March 27, 1862: Marin County
Snow on Mt. Tamalpais, from Mill Valley; by Tom Hilton, on Flickr [Today] we struck back into the hills a few miles and stopped all night at a ranch-house. The man was absent, but his wife, a Boston...
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March 28, 1862: Mt. Tamalpais
Above the fog on Mt. Tamalpais; by Tom Hilton, on Flickr [Today] we were up early and were off to climb this peak. A trail led through the chaparral on the north side. We reached the summit of the...
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March 29, 1862: Sausalito
Sausalito Marina; by Marie Wise, Artist, on Flickr Sausalito is a place of half a dozen houses, once “destined” to be a great town; $150,000 lost there—city laid out, corner lots sold at enormous...
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April 4, 1862: Sonoma & Marin
[Today] we started on our second trip. We went up by steamer to near Petaluma, forty-five miles north of San Francisco, then struck back over the hills toward San Rafael…..
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April 7, 1862: Marin County
West Marin from Mt. Burdell; by Tom Hilton, on Flickr Mt. Diablo from Mt. Burdell; by Tom Hilton, on FlickrWe were in the hills three days, and hard days they were….climbing all the principal ridges,...
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November 4, 1862: Tomales
Wild turkeys in downtown Tomales; by Tom Hilton, on Flickr [Today we] went across, west, to a place known as Tomales, near the mouth of Tomales Bay. This is a region of low, rounded hills, near the...
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November 5, 1862: Tomales Point
Tomales Bay before dawn; by Tom Hilton, on Flickr [This] morning we were off early, went to Tomales Bay, and crossed to Tomales Point. The bay is a long narrow arm of the sea that runs up into the...
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November 6, 1862: San Rafael
Indian Beach, Tomales Bay State Park; by Tom Hilton, on Flickr We were up long before daylight—to take advantage of the tide which was then low, for we could not get out if it rose—followed up the bay,...
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