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Description
This photo is from an album depicting a group of friends at Camp Taylor in Marin County in 1889. Here several people are swimming in Paper Mill Creek (Laguinitas Creek), below the Irving Railroad Bridge, one of the major creek crossings for the railroad. When the narrow-gauge North Pacific Coast Railroad was completed in 1875 it ran through Camp Taylor (site of Samuel P. Taylor's paper mill) making it a popular destination for excursionists. By 1877 parties were coming from San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area to enjoy the great outdoors. It was one of the first places in the U.S. to offer camping as a recreational activity.
Recreation Camps Swimming Railroad bridges Taylor, Samuel Penfield, 1827-1886
Place
Marin County (Calif.) Taylorville (Calif.)
Source
Photograph from folio [13], "Camp Taylor (Samuel P. Taylor Park), 1889" album, Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library (Call number A. 1633.001)
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