Merry Loomis of Main Dock sends along this account of Sausalito being featured in a Broadway show: On a recent visit to New York City I had the pleasure of nabbing a last minute ticket to the 2024 Tony Award winning play “Stereophonic”. I went in knowing that the play...
Volunteers are on the last leg of fundraising to restore the paddle wheel and smokestack from the Charles Van Damme Ferryboat, and permanently display these special artifacts in Waldo Point Park where the Ferryboat once stood. Says volunteer coordinator Judyth Greenburgh: We have all the necessary approvals and have raised...
The Sausalito Historical Society has been turning local students into history detectives for the past 15 years. A new exhibit features photos and memorabilia from many years of sharing Sausalito’s history with third-grade students in local public schools. The exhibit is in the SHS Gallery on the top floor of...
The houseboat wars of the late 70s have inspired films, books, and even a play performed in 2023 in Mill Valley. Now the author of that play, John Byrne Barry, has adapted it into a novel, Pirates of Sausalito: Houseboat Wars Murder Mystery, a colorful retelling one of Sausalito’s most...
Long time Main Dock resident Cyra McFadden passed away recently, leaving behind an “only in Marin” legacy. In the 70s, Cyra wrote a satirical look at the New Age heyday hereabouts, which first appeared each week in the Pacific Sun. It was eventually published by Knopf in a spiral bound,...
The story of how Juanita Musson moved her Galley onto the Charles Van Damme ferry is as colorful as the old girl and the old boat themselves. By 1959, Juanita was a nationally known restaurateur. The Fort Worth Press reported on how she found her way onto the old ferry:...
Juanita Musson, Sausalito’s favorite fun, feisty restaurateur, first laid eyes on our town in 1952 when she joined her husband Dick, who had been stationed at the Presidio Army Base, on the west coast. After his release from the army, the couple decided to stay in Sausalito while Dick began...
On the morning of Friday, July 31, 1846, Samuel Brannan sailed boldly into the mist-shrouded headlands of San Francisco Bay. His ship, the Brooklyn, carried 238 fellow Mormons, known as Saints. Their goal was to build a Mormon kingdom in the Mexican territory of California without the conflicts they had...
We’ve written previously about Donlon Arques, the legendary Godfather of the Waterfront in postwar Sausalito. Now, thanks to research from Knapp & VerPlanck Preservation Architects and the Sausalito Historical Society, we know that the Arques family has roots as deep as the eel grass in Richardson’s Bay. Don’s father Camilo...
Krystal Gambie is a native of the legendary Gates Co-Op at Waldo Point. Her father, the late Charles Michael Haas II, also known on the waterfront as Michael Woodstock, was an editor, shop owner and teacher. Her mother, Penny Bernardi, was the co-op office manager, and also helped found the...