Pine Point (California)
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Pine Point is a cape landform in Richardson Bay
, Marin County, California
near the town of Sausalito. There was an early 1900 rail line in operation in the vicinity of Pine Point.
Pine Point was an area of early twentieth century residential land use, prior to the construction of Liberty ship
s in the local area.
s, with the clearest demonstrable evidence of such early habitation on nearby Ring Mountain
situated slightly to the north.
Richardson Bay
Richardson Bay is a shallow, ecologically rich arm of San Francisco Bay, managed under a Joint Powers Agency of four Northern California cities. The Richardson Bay Sanctuary was acquired in the early 1960s by the National Audubon Society. The bay was named for William A...
, Marin County, California
Marin County, California
Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2010, the population was 252,409. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well...
near the town of Sausalito. There was an early 1900 rail line in operation in the vicinity of Pine Point.
Pine Point was an area of early twentieth century residential land use, prior to the construction of Liberty ship
Liberty ship
Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. Though British in conception, they were adapted by the U.S. as they were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. Based on vessels ordered by Britain to replace ships torpedoed by...
s in the local area.
Prehistory
The local area was originally inhabited by Native AmericanIndigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
s, with the clearest demonstrable evidence of such early habitation on nearby Ring Mountain
Ring Mountain (California)
Ring Mountain is an elevated landform on the Tiburon Peninsula in Marin County, California. This mountain was named for George E. Ring, who served as a Marin County Supervisor from 1895 to 1903.A number of rare and endangered flora inhabit Ring Mountain...
situated slightly to the north.