December 2, 1925 - Nineteen-year-old Fay Lanphier, recently crowned Miss America, arrived at the Mendocino home of her aunt, Jennie Swanson, for a visit. Fay was born in Elk on December 12, 1905 to Casper and Emily Lanphier. When she was a young girl, the Lanphier family moved to Mendocino, and Fay and her siblings attended the first Mendocino Grammar School on the corner of Pine [...]
Kelley House Holiday Gift Guide - For Art and Water Tower Lovers WATER TOWERS OF MENDOCINO - LIMITED EDITION PRINT Wow someone special with this gorgeous print depicting some of Mendocino's iconic (and still standing) water towers. Limited, signed and numbered prints by local artist Michelle Noe. $85.00 This fantastical collage depicts 15 of Mendocino’s iconic water towers entwined with some of the town’s unique flora. [...]