Samuel P. Taylor State Park

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Samuel P. Taylor State Park is a state park located in Marin County, California. It contains approximately 2,700 acres (11 km²) of redwood and grassland.

History

The park is named for Samuel Penfield Taylor, who found gold during the California Gold Rush and used some of his money to buy a parcel of land. [California State Parks. " [http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=469 Samuel P. Taylor State Park] " (accessed June 4, 2006).] In 1856, Taylor built the Pioneer Paper Mill, the first paper mill on the Pacific Coast. [California Office of Historic Preservation. " [http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21429 California Historical Landmarks: Marin] " (accessed June 4, 2006). See No. 552, Pioneer Paper Mill.] In the 1870s, the North Pacific Coast Railroad was built between Cazadero and a pier in Sausalito where folks could catch a ferry to San Francisco. The railroad passed near Taylor's mill, and, ever the entrepreneur, he built the "Camp Taylor Resort" alongside the tracks. A destination for city-weary San Franciscans, the resort offered both a hotel and tent camping, as well as swimming, boating, fishing, and a dance pavilion.Dierke, James S. " [http://www.srmason-sj.org/council/journal/aug99/Dierke.html Samuel Penfield Taylor: Forty-niner, Timber Tycoon, Freemason] ." "The Scottish Rite Journal, August 1999" (accessed June 4, 2006).] [Kent, Anne T. " [http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/lb/main/crm/photoalbums/camptayloralbum/camptaylormain.html Camp Taylor Photo Album: Camp Taylor in 1889] " (accessed June 4, 2006).]

Taylor died on January 22 1886, and his family lost the mill and resort in the Panic of 1893. However, a 1910 newspaper advertisement for the "Camp Taylor Resort," touting its dance pavilion and on-site grocery and butcher, indicates that the resort continued to operate. ["Oakland (CA) Tribune", "Camp Taylor Resort" (advertisement), July 30, 1910.] The mill burned down in 1916, and in 1945 the State of California took possession of the property for non-payment of taxes.

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External links

* [http://www.trailspotting.com/2007/10/mount-barnabe-samuel-p-taylor-state.html Trailspotting: Hiking Mount Barnabe] GPS/mapping data, hike description & photos