Monthly Archives: August 2025

Protect Your Coast Flyer used in 1988, Kelley House Collection. For years Mendocino has fought to protect the beauty of our coastline. In the eighties, this fight came to a head as the people turned out in droves to testify at the Department of Interior’s public hearing against Lease Sale 91. The proposal would have put 1.1 million acres of undersea land for sale, [...]

The third bridge across Big River, completed in 1899, was an important connection between Mendocino and the communities to the south and inland. Built by Healey & Tibbets for $7,793, it replaced an older bridge that had become too unsafe to use. The County Board of Supervisors fast-tracked the new construction under emergency procedures, and the bridge opened to public travel in August of that year. [...]