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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: July 28, 2013
Caption: The Spirit of the Times Marker
Additional Description: Captions: The Wild Marshes of Mountain View
When Captain Rivira first looked upon San Francisco Bay in 1769, he saw great expanses of hundreds of miles of rich, abundant salt marshes. Stories tell of flocks of ducks and geese so thick that the sky was blacked for days during migrations. The wetlands on the edge of the bay are still some of the richest places on earth, and here on the edge is where Henry Rengstorff focused his family and business life. (upper left).

The Mounain View
Length – 61.0’ Breadth – 24.2’ Depth – 4.5’ Gross Tonnage – 4348 Built – 1867
The handy scow schooner of San Francisco Bay possessed a combination of desirable qualities: she was easy to work, handled well under different conditions of wind and water, tacked to windward smartly, and maneuvered well in close quarters. (upper right).
Submitted: October 8, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p256644
File Size: 3.395 Megabytes

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