TIMELINE
c. 8000 BC–4000 BC |
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Humans settle near Point Reyes |
1579 |
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Sir Francis Drake lands, likely at Drakes Beach |
1776 |
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Spanish establish Misión San Francisco de Asís |
1849 |
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California Gold Rush |
1858 |
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Shafter brothers begin dairy farming empire on Point Reyes |
1869 |
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Completion of the transcontinental railroad |
1932 |
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First lease issued to farm oysters in Drakes Estero |
1957 |
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Johnson Oyster Company begins operating in the estero |
1962 |
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Creation of Point Reyes National Seashore |
1964 |
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United States Wilderness Act |
1972 |
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Johnson sells oyster farm land to the park, signs forty-year lease |
1976 |
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Point Reyes Wilderness Act, declaring Drakes Estero “potential wilderness” |
2005 |
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Lunny family buys oyster farm, renames it Drakes Bay Oyster Company |