ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION 



Golden Gate National Recreation Area, established by Public Law 92-589 

 on October 27, 1972, covers approximately 73,000 acres in San Francisco, San 

 Mateo and Marin Counties. Point Reyes National Seashore, authorized on 

 September 13, 1962 and established on October 20, 1972, covers approximately 

 70,000 acres of the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County. The entire portion 

 of Golden Gate National Recreation Area north of Bolinas Lagoon, of about 

 10,000 acres, is managed by the Superintendent, Point Reyes National 

 Seashore. The ranches in this portion, comprising the Olema Valley, the 

 Tocaloma area or "Lagunitas Loop," and a portion of Pine Gulch near Bolinas 

 are the subject of this study. 



The ranches included in this Historic Resource Study are within the 

 boundaries of Golden Gate National Recreation Area except for the Bear Valley, 

 Teixeira and Hagmaier Ranches, which are within Point Reyes National 

 Seashore; those three ranches, which have been written about in a recent study 

 mentioned below, are included for geographic and historical continuity. This 

 study focuses primarily on operating ranches in federal ownership, most of 

 which continue to exist under agreements known as reservations of use and 

 occupancy. Sites of former ranches (McCurdy, Jewell, etc.), are described but in 

 less detail than the occupied sites. 



A previous historic resource study, A Civil History of Golden Gate 

 National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore, California, 

 prepared in 1980 by NFS historian Anne Coxe Toogood, dealt with the ranching 

 history in the area, but did not provide enough detail to adequately assist day- 

 to-day management, planning and interpretation of the existing cultural 

 resources. The purpose of this report is to fill those gaps with a detailed, 

 ranch-by-ranch history and evaluation. Research methods included site 

 inventories using criteria established by the NFS List of Classified Structures 

 and the National Register of Historic Places, interviews with current and 

 former ranch occupants, and extensive archival research. Ms. Toogood's study 

 was invaluable in preparing the introductory chapters. 



This study acts as a companion volume to the Historic Resource Study, 

 Ranching on the Point Reyes Peninsula: A History of the Dairy and Beef 

 Ranches Within Point Reyes National Seashore, 1843-1992, published in 1993 by 



