by Wilma Tucker Until the 1870s the Mendocino coast was isolated except for the schooners that sailed between San Francisco and Eureka. Travel inland was on foot or by horseback over narrow trails along the ridges. The Coastline Mendocino to Cloverdale Stage, operated by Getz and Castro, in front of Carlson's City Hotel on Main Street, c. 1880. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) [...]
On this day in Mendocino history… Antone Fernandez Luiz, c. 1880. Antone Fernandez Luiz in regalia of the Portuguese Union of the State of California (UPEC). From a collection of photographs belonging to Antone F. and Annie Lazarus Luiz. (Ira C. Perry (photographer), Gift of Juanita Luiz Craig, Juanita Luiz Craig Collection, Kelley House Photographs) December 14, 1932 - Antone Fernandez Luiz died at [...]
The Preston house and property with snow, 1932. This house, which burned down in 1956, was located on the Mendocino Art Center property. An unidentified man stands in the front yard behind the board fence. In the rear is the house's elaborate water tower. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) December 13, 1932 - Mendocino High School closed two weeks early for Christmas vacation, [...]
Yarding Out Logs with Donkey Engine, 1890-1895. Photo taken between Camp 3 and 4 on the Noyo River. Carl Higgins is in front on the right, running the donkey engine. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) December 12, 1927 - Carl Higgins, foreman of Mendocino Lumber Company’s Northfork logging camp, was killed in a single car accident at “Danger Turn,” a twisty section of [...]
December 10, 1932 - Antone Jerome died at his home in Mendocino at the age of 74. He had lived at 45150 Calpella Street for 45 years. Antone and Annie Jerome posing in front of their house at 45150 Calpella Street with six of their children, c. 1899. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) Born on the island of Flores, Azores in 1858, Antone [...]
Russell Blair Kelley, first son and second child of William and Eliza Kelley, was born on June 29, 1863, at the Kelley House in Mendocino. From the moment of his birth, they had great plans for their son’s future, and the first step was a good education. Russell attended the first Mendocino public school, located near the northeast corner of Lansing and Ukiah Streets, where he [...]
THEN: Looking westward down the north side of Mendocino's Main Street in 1975. The Village Barn is the business in the building on the far right. Next comes Dick's Place with neon cocktail glass sign, then the Mendocino Hotel, followed by the old post office building, the old Remedy Store, then Dostal's Clock Shop (in the Jarvis & Nichols Building, where Gallery Bookshop is in 2021) [...]
Photograph of Eleanor Sverko, Burtt Elliott, and Lena Baumgartner at one of the Army Air Force's World War II aircraft warning stations. According to Alvin Mendosa, this one was located on the hill near Mendocino High School. The sign on the station wall reads, "19 Rose-5-O.P." Hand-written on the bottom border of the photographic print are the names "Eleanor Graves, Bertt Elliot, Lena Baumgartner." Aircraft [...]
The Sotoyome, 1904. The ship is moored directly in front of the South Side Hotel where the festivities and celebrations of the launch were centered. Just behind her on the left is a short drawbridge with a steel structure, which took the Coast Road over the Albion River. It would have to be raised for the ship to pass through to the ocean. (Dilling Photo [...]
A barbershop in Mendocino, c. 1903. On the left, Ruel Armas, barber, cuts the hair of Fred Brown. On the right, Lee Dodge, barber, stands next to client, Ed Boyle. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) December 4, 1938 - Lee Dodge left Mendocino for the last time, planning to make his home in Elkhart County, Indiana where he had spent his entire childhood. [...]