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Posts published by “Katy Tahja”

Mendo’s Native Place Names

Several months ago I did a column on place names on the Mendocino Coast. An AVA reader, Jonah Raskin, left a comment on the newspaper’s…

Highway 128’s Botanical Mystery

After driving back roads and living off the beaten path for 50 years I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about our local natural world. When I…

The Hopland Stock Farm

This account of the Hopland Stock Farm will be a testament to this historian’s self control in that I will try and NOT go into…

Place Names on the Mendocino Coast

To historians maps are a time trap—just ask the folks at the Kelley House Museum in Mendocino. A map inspection can turn from a quick…

Defensible Space

Please read about the massive 1931 Comptche Fire and how people survived in the middle of a firestorm due to defensible space. It’s a good…

North Coast Incline Railways

One of my favorite discoveries studying history is how creativity and ingenuity solved problems, like moving really BIG things. Incline railways were one such invention.…

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