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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XSV_lives-of-sacrifice-and-service-are-honored-here-historical_Inverness-CA.html
Since 1889, United States Life-Saving Service and Coast Guard crews have risked their lives to save shipwreck victims at Point Reyes. Brave crews of highly trained men struggled in some of the worst conditions in North America, sacrificing comfort…
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On June 17, 1579 Francis Drake landed on these shores and took possession of the country calling it Nova Albion.
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No one knows how many cries for help went unanswered along this isolated coast. If shipwreck victims were not overcome by pounding surf, they would perish in a cold sea. But once the Life-Saving Station was established in 1889, victims of the coas…
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Two plaques on the same monument make up this marker. This cove is believed by many scholars to be the site of Sir Francis Drake's California Harbor, where he careened the Golden Hinde to repair a leak received at sea and replenished his ship f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM175B_point-reyes-light_Inverness-CA.html
Point Reyes Light has guided and cautioned mariners along this hazardous coast for over 100 years. Built by the U.S. Lighthouse Service in 1870, it came under management of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939. Resident personnel operated the station unti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM172H_common-murres_Inverness-CA.html
On the rocks and ledges just below here you can often spot common murres. For a good view from this height, binoculars are helpful. If conditions are right you may hear the colony "moaning" as they huddle penguin-like on the rocks. Murres are r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM172C_point-reyes-conglomerate_Inverness-CA.html
The intriguing rock exposure in front of you is part of a formation that caps the highest hills in this area. The Point Reyes Conglomerate is a formation consisting of a sandy matrix embedded with pebbles, cobblestones, and boulders. Geologists es…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171Z_the-rock-plants_Inverness-CA.html
The wife of a lighthouse keeper once planted a small garden nearby, but with no success. As soon as the carrots sprouted the wind blew them away. Few plants can face up to the ocean's harsh influences. On these fogbound, windblown rocks, thing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171Y_sea-life-in-these-waters_Inverness-CA.html
Some of the world's richest waters exist right off California's coast. An explosion of life occurs here due to a combination of the sun's energy, wind, ocean currents, and contours of the sea floor. Microscopic phytoplankton form the base of the f…
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