Local Resources and Partners

Links to places, organizations and resources of historical significance in Marin County:

Angel Island State Park
http://www.parks.ca.gov

Angel Island Association
http://www.angelisland.org

Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society
http://www.landmarks-society.org

Bolinas Museum
http://www.bolinasmuseum.org

Fairfax Historical Society
http://www.marindirect.com/fxhistory/

China Camp State Park
http://www.parks.ca.gov

Friends of China Camp
415-456-0766

Larkspur Heritage Preservation Board
http://www.ci.larkspur.ca.us

Marin Agricultural Land Trust
http://www.malt.org

Marin Arts Council
http://www.marinarts.org

Marin Conservation League
http://www.conservationleague.org

Marin County Public Library, Anne T. Kent California Room
http://www.co.marin.ca.us
The library offers an excellent collection of photographs and oral history transcriptions on its website. Also don’t miss the interactive map of the original Mexican land grants in Marin and the Frank Lloyd Wright resources.

Marin Organic
http://www.marinorganic.org

Coast Miwok & Southern Pomo tribes: Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
http://www.gratonrancheria.com

Miwok Archaeological Preserve of Marin
http://www.mapom.org

Marin Museum of the American Indian
http://www.marinindian.com

Mill Valley Historical Society
http://www.millvalleyhistoricalsociety.org

Mission San Rafael Arcángel
http://missiontour.org/sanrafael
http://www.californiamissions.com
http://www.athanasius.com

Mount Tamalpais State Park
http://www.parks.ca.gov

Mount Tamalpais Interpretive Association
http://www.mttam.net

Muir Woods National Monument
http://www.nps.gov

Ross Historical Society/Moya Library
http://home.pacbell.net

Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society
http://www.nwprrhs.org

Novato History Museum
http://www.ci.novato.ca.us

Olompali State Park
http://www.parks.ca.gov

Olompali People
http://www.geocities.com

Point Reyes National Seashore
http://www.nps.gov

Golden Gate National Recreation Area
http://www.nps.gov

San Anselmo Historical Society
http://www.sananselmohistory.org

Sausalito Historical Society
http://www.ci.sausalito.ca.us

Stinson Beach Historical Society
http://www.stinsonbeachonline.com

Tomales Regional History Center
http://www.tomaleshistory.com

Wade into the ongoing controversy concerning Sir Francis Drake’s actual West Coast landing site in 1579
http://www.drakenavigatorsguild.org
http://www.mcn.org


Other resources outside Marin County:

San Francisco Museum & Historical Society
http://www.sfhistory.org

Boyd Park is adjacent to
the marin history museum.

Bell from the James M. Donahue
Ferry (built 1875) sits out in front of the museum.