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A Sunday Crowd on Tamalpais. 



ON SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INVADE THE TAMALPAIS REGION, SPENDING THE DAY ON THE 



DELIGHTFUL MOUNTAIN SIDE. 



TACKLING TAMALPAIS 



By Frederick E. Olmsted 

 Forester for the Tamalpais Fire Association 



FROM the earliest days fires have 

 always raged on Mt. Tamal- 

 pais, California, during the dry 

 seasons. Every summer has 

 brought numerous burns, some large, 

 some small ; and once every dozen years 

 or so great conflagrations have swept 

 the hills, licking the cover clean and 

 causing more or less consternation in 

 the region 'round about. 



The fire of 1913 was probably no 

 worse than some of the periodical con- 



flagrations of the past. It was taken 

 more seriously, however, because more 

 lives were threatened than ever before, 

 because the property narrowly escaping 

 destruction totaled several millions of 

 dollars, and because public interest in 

 the Tamalpais region as a vast mountain 

 park has recently become intense. The 

 fire of last year burned for five days, 

 covered 2,000 acres, nearly wiped out 

 the towns of Mill Valley, Corte Madera 

 and Larkspur and was fought by some 



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