THIS WAS YOUR TOWN
Sausalito was spelled "Saucelito" back in 1874, at least by some of the free-wheeling spellers of the period, but the shell mounds were the shell mounds, even then. Witness this item which appeared in The Tribune 85 years ago: “A communication was received from James Barron calling the attention of the Academy of Sciences to the shell mounds near Saucelito and advising that arrangements be made for opening them.' ... So says the report of a late meeting of the Academy of Sciences. It reminds us of an item in the shell line unearthed lately at Brooklyn by the Contra Costa Water Company while digging a trench for a main on Adams St. The cashier of the company informs us that the shells were those of the oyster. How they got so far up from tidewater, perhaps the men of science can tell."
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