Comparing Marin County of then to Marin County of now, anyone can safely see that it has changed in many ways but it remains the same in many others. If that sounds contradictory, please forgive me but do here me out. The territory that is officially known as Marin County was established in the early part of 1850 which was a short time after the State of California formally adopted its constitution in 1849. Marin County of then was counted among the original 27 counties of California even before the State was ratified into the Union. Marin County of now is one of 58 counties in California and is located across the Golden Gate Bridge and north of San Francisco.
Marin County's government is seated in San Rafael where it has always been and it is now the County's largest employer to a population that had, according to an up-to-date census, exceeded 260,000.
Marin County is recognized for its wealth of nature and its widely varied topographic beauty that includes sites such as the Muir Woods Redwood Forest, the Marin Headlands, Stinson Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore and Mount Tamalpais which is where mountain biking was allegedly invented.
Recent national statistics attest to Marin County's economic affluence by claiming it to have the highest annual per capital income with just under $50,000 per person and the third highest mean personal income falling slightly short of $90,000.
No one knows for sure how Marin County acquired its name but there are a few theories that ring true. The first theory claims that Marin County was named after Chief Marin, a legendary Coast Miwok chief who fought against the Spaniards in an attempt to keep them of his lands. The second and equally convincing theory claims that Marin County's name is just a shortened version of the bay between San Pedro Point and San Quentin Point which in 1775 was named Baha de Nuestra Seora Del Rosario la Marinera.
The Coast Miwok were part of the Miwok Native American nation who flourished by gathering and hunting in the area as early as five thousand years ago. As archeologists found evidence of over 600 village sites, it has been estimated that the Coast Miwok numbered in the thousands. Currently, only a handful of Coast Miwoks remain and most of them know nothing or very little of their fascinating ancestors.
Marin County's beauty and bounty of land and sea attracted many Europeans in the beginning of the sixteenth century. The English Sir Francis Drake appeared in 1579 to claim lands for his king and was followed by the Spanish Sebastian Cermeno in 1595.
Marin County and its history had its indigenous beginnings thousands of years ago but the first site of white men's permanence which, by the way, still stands today in downtown San Rafael was established in 1817 when the Spaniards built Mission San Rafael Arcngel. Interestingly enough, the erection of this mission was motivated by the fact that the Russians built Fort Ross in Sonoma County which is just north of Marin County. - 15224
Marin County's government is seated in San Rafael where it has always been and it is now the County's largest employer to a population that had, according to an up-to-date census, exceeded 260,000.
Marin County is recognized for its wealth of nature and its widely varied topographic beauty that includes sites such as the Muir Woods Redwood Forest, the Marin Headlands, Stinson Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore and Mount Tamalpais which is where mountain biking was allegedly invented.
Recent national statistics attest to Marin County's economic affluence by claiming it to have the highest annual per capital income with just under $50,000 per person and the third highest mean personal income falling slightly short of $90,000.
No one knows for sure how Marin County acquired its name but there are a few theories that ring true. The first theory claims that Marin County was named after Chief Marin, a legendary Coast Miwok chief who fought against the Spaniards in an attempt to keep them of his lands. The second and equally convincing theory claims that Marin County's name is just a shortened version of the bay between San Pedro Point and San Quentin Point which in 1775 was named Baha de Nuestra Seora Del Rosario la Marinera.
The Coast Miwok were part of the Miwok Native American nation who flourished by gathering and hunting in the area as early as five thousand years ago. As archeologists found evidence of over 600 village sites, it has been estimated that the Coast Miwok numbered in the thousands. Currently, only a handful of Coast Miwoks remain and most of them know nothing or very little of their fascinating ancestors.
Marin County's beauty and bounty of land and sea attracted many Europeans in the beginning of the sixteenth century. The English Sir Francis Drake appeared in 1579 to claim lands for his king and was followed by the Spanish Sebastian Cermeno in 1595.
Marin County and its history had its indigenous beginnings thousands of years ago but the first site of white men's permanence which, by the way, still stands today in downtown San Rafael was established in 1817 when the Spaniards built Mission San Rafael Arcngel. Interestingly enough, the erection of this mission was motivated by the fact that the Russians built Fort Ross in Sonoma County which is just north of Marin County. - 15224
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