The Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) started in 1906 when the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) merged some of their smaller railroads. The NWP has covered an area from the San Francisco Bay in the south (where the railroad also used ferries to transfer freight), to the Humboldt County city of Trinidad in the north.
Californians were among the first in the world to build a lifestyle around the automobile. In the early 20th century, mass-produced cars became affordable for almost everyone. In 1907 there were just 300 autos registers in the state. By 1920, more . . . — — Map (db m139844) HM
Constructed in 1929 by Northwestern Pacific Railroad, this mission revival-style depot replaced an earlier station at the same location. The first train arrived in Mill Valley in 1890 at a time when the town was called Eastland. This depot served . . . — — Map (db m102444) HM
Three plaques provide an historical overview of the the Sausalito ferry terminals.
c. 1890
In 1907 the rail system in Sausalito was expanded to consolidate facilities so that interurban trains could operate only from Sausalito. . . . — — Map (db m102437) HM
In 1869, the San Francisco & North Pacific Railroad was founded by Peter
Donahue, a San Francisco industrialist. The southern terminus, Donahue's Landing, was
near Lakeville on Petaluma Creek in Sonoma County.
In 1884, Donahue extended . . . — — Map (db m316123) HM
(Left photo caption:) The "Hilarita” flagstop station for the Northwest Pacific Railroad, built in 1884, served the Hilarita Dairy. The dairy was
named for Hilarita Reed Lyford, daughter of Hilaria Sanchez and John Thomas Reed, . . . — — Map (db m154818) HM
This palm tree marks the location of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad yard. From April 28, 1884 to September 25, 1967 hundreds of workers toiled to keep the railroad system and ferry boats operating. — — Map (db m210130) HM
The San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad (incorporated as the Northwestern Pacific Railroad in 1907) established its southernmost terminal in Tiburon in 1884. To improve freight handling facilities, the SF & NP built the ferryboat Ukiah, . . . — — Map (db m223324) HM
(Upper photo:) With the Tiburon Trestle completed, trains first came to Tiburon in 1884. In 1907, the Northwestern Pacific Railroad was formed and Tiburon was fast becoming a "railroad town.” By 1924, four locomotives a day, . . . — — Map (db m154605) HM
“That’s me. I have many happy memories of running down to the road to wave to the trains. Suzie Wosser, Jeff Teather and I did that at least once a day when we weren’t in school.”
Meredith (Linman) Rolfe
Four trains a day . . . — — Map (db m203894) HM
For 84 years, from 1884 to 1967, Tiburon was a railroad town. It started when rail pioneer Peter Donahue moved his North Bay operations down from Petaluma to Point Tiburon to become the rail and ferry terminus for the San Francisco & North Pacific . . . — — Map (db m204399) HM
Valley of the Moon is a translation of Sonoma Valley's name given by the Pomo and Coast Miwok peoples, the area's original inhabitants.
Many writers and artists have found creativity here. Mary Francis Kennedy (MFK Fisher), excited by the . . . — — Map (db m231586) HM
