Larry Clinton

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Name: Larry Clinton
Date registered: June 11, 2012

Biography

In his fifth year as president of the Sausalito Historical Society, Larry Clinton is also past president of the Floating Homes Association, newsletter editor for the Marin Scuba Club, and a volunteer for the Marine Mammal Center. Larry holds a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University, and had a career in financial services marketing before becoming a free-lance writer.

Latest posts

  1. Secret History 077: Jail Cell — July 18, 2024
  2. Sausalito Secret History 076 Dry Docks — February 16, 2024
  3. Secret History 074: Tequila Sunrise — November 2, 2023
  4. Secret History 72 Last Train — August 16, 2023
  5. Secret History 073: Ice House — August 11, 2023

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Secret History 045:whiskey

What we know as Whiskey Springs was once a Miwok settlement, but that changed forever in 1892  

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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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