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| The history of the Noyo Headlands property depicts a classic tale of domination, globalization and devastation. From a communally owned and sustainably managed headlands, it became privately held property while the indigenous inhabitants werre marched to Round Valley. In the time of the robber barrons C.R. Johnson, agent of Midwest lumber money, bought the property and presided as mayor over the new company town His mill on the headlands and the deepwater port at Soldiers Harbor became the focal point of a timber empire extending along most of the Mendocino Coast. The land passed through three generations of Johnsons before it was sold to Boise Cascade who passed it on to Georgia Pacific, the largest timber companhy in the world. They closed the mill down in 2002 leaving a site in need of a toxic cleanup and giving the people of the North Coast the opportunity to rehabilitate these 430 acres back into paradise.
This Timeline created by Jim Tarbell. Sources: Noyo Hill House, Fort Bragg, CA; Fort Bragg - Mendocino Coast Historical Society; The Mendocino Indian Reservation, by Bob Winn; Memories of the Mendocino Coast, by David Warren Ryder, Land Grab: The Consolidation of Timber Ownership by Jim Tarbell; Noyo by Beth Stebbins, and Mills of Mendocino County by the Mendocino County Historical Society. |
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