Category Archive: Sausalito’s Secret History

Secret History 044:waldo

As you drive through  down Waldo Grade  past Waldo Point Harbor, do you ever find yourself asking, “Who’s Waldo?”

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Sausalito’s Secret History 041: Channing

Before she debuted on Broadway in 1949, Carol Channing spent some time here as an artist’s model.  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 040: Elephants

This a good time to recognize Sausalito’s connection to thet.Panama Pacific Exposition.

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Sausalito’s Secret History 039 tmmc

The Marine Mammal Center near Rodeo Lagoon turns 40 this year. . . and might set a record while doing it.  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 038 Apartment

Picture a high-rise apartment smack in the middle of Shelter Cove.  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 035: Botts

William Richardson dreamed of a city springing up in Sausalito. Charles Botts actually did something about it.  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 034 Gabrielson

Gabrielson Park was once known as “The Hole.”  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 029: Gold in Sausalito

One Sausalito resident claimed he discovered gold in Hurricane Gulch.  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 028:flying saucer

And then there was the time flying saucers were spotted in Sausalito. . .  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 027:Saucelito

When did Saucelito become Sausalito?      

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Sausalito’s Secret History 023: Toadfish

The notorious humming toadfish was the scourge of  Sausalito’s floating homes community in the mid-80s.  

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sh022: Traffic

Today, downtown Sausalito traffic sometimes crawls.  But this congestion is nothing compared to the 1920s.  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 021: Elephants

Everyone knows the stately elephants at Vina del Mar Plaza, but do you know their names?  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 020: Manganese Mining

The hills of Old Town Sausalito have seen many changes over the last couple of centuries, including a short-lived manganese boom.  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 019: John Reed

William Richardson may have founded Sausalito, but he wasn’t the first white settler here. . .    

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Sausalito’s Secret History 018: The Pond

The area that’s now beautiful Vina del Mar Plaza was once “the symbol of all that was rotten in Sausalito.”  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 017: Van Damme

Who was the ferryboat Charles Van Damme named after?  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 016: Water Street

Once upon a time, sleepy little Water Street almost became a freeway. . .  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 015: Alcatraz

The 1969 Indian “invasion” of Alcatraz was launched from Sausalito’s no name bar. . .  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 014: Marine Mammal Center

Our nearby Marine Mammal Center was the first of its kind in the U.S. . . .

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Sausalito’s Secret History 013: Waldo

We all know Waldo Tunnel, Waldo Grade, and Waldo Point Harbor, but . . . who’s Waldo?  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 012: Marinship

Marinship, which changed the face of Sausalito forever, became operational in just a matter of months in early 1942.  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 011: Strauss

Can you imagine Coney Island in Richardson’s Bay?  It might have happened. . .  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 010: Ice House

The quaint white Ice House in Sausalito’s downtown historic district was originally a piece of Northwestern Pacfic rolling stock . . .  

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Sausalito’s Secret History 009: Jim Corbett

Around the turn of the 20th century, peaceful Sausalito was the scene of a bloody battle featuring heavyweight “Gentleman” Jim Corbett. . .  

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