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Art Rogers

Great Moments in West Marin History

GOODBYE TO THE MURPHY RANCH ERA — ANNE AND JESSICA MURPHY WITH ROANIE AND SARA AT THE HISTORIC HOME RANCH IN THE POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, 1989

In 1929, the Murphy family acquired 11,000 acres of the Point Reyes Peninsula from Julia Shafter Hamilton, whose family established the historic Home Ranch in the 1800s. With the creation of the national seashore, the family leased back 3,000 of these acres, which became…