Just off Hidden Beach
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Just off Hidden Beach
Image by Great Beyond
Its not a very hidden beach, since there’s a trail right behind the motel leading to it. That said, we were the only ones there. . . .
Vacant Lot
Image by Beedle Um Bum
Looking north along the west side of Main Street (Highway 101) from just north of the hill topped by the Madrone Professional Group buildings. In the distance you can see the former Remco plant, the Skunk Train crossing, and the Willits Arch.
On the vacant lot between us and Walnut Street, the Eleven Oaks Auto Camp and Standard Oil station was built in 1927 with twelve cabins connected by carports. It remained at least into the 1950s. For more information and a 1932 photo see Diane Hawk, Touring the Old Redwood Highway: Mendocino County (Piercy CA: Hawk Mountaintop Pub., 2001), p. 70.
Mariposa Market
Image by Beedle Um Bum
Mariposa Market is at 600 S. Main St. One Earth Funding is visible at the left.
This was the location of Mt. San Hedrin Tourist Camp and Service Station, opened in 1930. By 1951, Mt. San Hedrin had merged with Terrace Auto Court just to the north and boasted 23 cabins. By 1952, it featured a store and Richfield service station. I do not know whether the Mariposa Market building or any of the small buildings to the south of it are remnants of the old Mt. San Hedrin. For more information and a photo from about 1930, see Diane Hawk, Touring the Old Redwood Highway: Mendocino County (Hawk Mountaintop Pub., Piercy CA, 2001), p. 73.