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Virtual Pillar Point

From John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) To enjoy panorama of Pillar Point, click here

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Meet the Pink Abalone

A Pink Abalone! Distinguishing Characers: Shell thick, circular and highly arched. Surface roughened with wavy corrugations (hence the name corrugata). Two to four large open holes bordered by sharply elevated rims, which may be worn flush with shell in some … Continue reading

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Wanted: Mermaid

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Is this for real? How to Lasso A Crab

Found on my doorstep Salty Tips By Steve ‘Hippo’ Lau How To Lasso A Crab Three decades or so ago I was chucking chunks of anchovy off of Baker Beach in hopes of catching a striper or two. After a … Continue reading

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Meet the Green Abalone:The Most Beautiful of them all?

Distinguishing Characters: Shell is oval, fairly thick, reaching 10 inches in greatest diameter but most individuals between five and eight. Outer surface an olive green to reddish brown color, regular in form and sculpture, with numerous, broad, flat-topped ribs separated … Continue reading

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Abs Were Them?

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1970s: I saw the harbor lights

Photo of El Granada with Pillar Point Harbor, 1970s, courtesy Jerry Koontz, jerrysphotos.com

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1950s: “Build Pillar Point Breakwater and this Coast will Grow Beyond Anyone’s Imagination,” Katherine Middleton

Katherine Middleton was known as the “honorary mayor” of Princeton in the 1940s and 50s. She died at age 96 in 1957. She was the center of attention at many political and social events, an ardent supporter of what the … Continue reading

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Fran Young has been busy with life: read his email

I have been in Pennsylvania . Just laid my Dad to rest Saturday after a long 10- year battle with cancer, I was glad to be there with him in his final moments, Dad and I shared more than just … Continue reading

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1970s: The Launching of the “Deacon” at Pillar Point Harbor…PRINCETON-BY-THE-SEA

Does anyone remember the launching of the Deacon? Please email me: [email protected] [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/1156124[/vimeo] Fayden Holmboe says: I don’t recognize the boat however the trailer it was launched on was Larry Fortado’s who still buys fish in Princeton.

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