Reading Dave Mitchell’s piece on the Mt. Vision fire reminded me of West Marin’s other big fire 70 years ago, in September of 1945. I was there on the fire line at the age of 17. It burned more than 2,500 acres for a total of 30 days into October.
Starting at the Ruef Timber Company in Lagunitas Canyon (site of Peters Dam today) and driven by wind, it raged west over Bolinas Ridge to Olema,…