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Point Arena, formerly known as Punta Arena (Spanish for "Sandy Point") [3] is a small coastal city in Mendocino County, California, United States. Point Arena is located 32 miles (51 km) west of Hopland, [5] at an elevation of 118 feet (36 m). [3] The population was 460 at the 2020 census, [4] making it one of the smallest incorporated cities ...
The Main Street Historic Commercial District in Point Arena, California is a 4-acre (1.6 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It included 21 contributing buildings. [1] [2]
Point Arena: The Gillmore house is one of the few houses in Point Arena that was designed in an architectural style, specifically Second Empire. Built in the 1870s, the house was the residence of E.P. Gillmore, a one time county supervisor and the owner of a local livery stable and general store. [9] 11: Sid Groshon House: Sid Groshon House
Round Valley is California Historical Landmark No. 674, in Mendocino County off California State Route 162. Round Valley was discovered on May 15, 1854, by Frank M. Azbil. Azbil was traveling from the City of Eden Valley in Placer County when he found Round Valley. Later in 1854 Charles Kelsey from the City of Clear Lake traveled to Round ...
The Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo people in Sonoma County, California. [1] They are also known as the Kashaya Pomo. The reservation, Stewarts Point Rancheria, is located in Stewarts Point in northwest Sonoma County, south of Point Arena. As of 2010, 78 people live on Stewarts ...
The first European to record Point Arena was Spaniard Bartolomé Ferrer in 1543, who named it Cabo de Fortunas ("cape of fortunes"). in 1775, lieutenant Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (commander of the schooner Sonora) renamed the cape Punta Delgado ("narrow point") during a royal expedition chartered by the Viceroyalty of New Spain to map the north coast of Alta California.
The city of Arena Cove, which has changed little during the 19th and 20th centuries, is no stranger to natural disasters. The city and the Point Arena Lighthouse were damaged during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and the wharf was damaged beyond repair during severe storms in 1983 and was rebuilt in 1986. Distant earthquakes have created ...
The tribe's reservation is split into Manchester and Point Arena lands. The coordinates for Manchester Point Arena community: 38°56'11.4"N 123°40'58.5"W [4] The Bokeya was the largest Pomo tribelet in terms of territorial area. [3] Formerly, a bridge connected these tribal lands. Point Arena [5] in Mendocino County, California.