

The Manzanita was located near the intersection of U.S. Shell mounds have been discovered in areas by streams and along Richardson Bay, including in the Strawberry and Almonte neighborhoods.Īnother famous Mill Valley site was in the Manzanita area, underneath the Fireside Inn, previously known as the Manzanita Roadhouse (and the Manzanita Hotel, Emil Plasberg's Top Rail, and Top Rail Tavern) the bulk of such establishments were notoriously regarded during the time of United States Prohibition-era gin joints and brothels. At that time, the mound was 20 feet (6.1 m) high.

The village site was first identified by Nels Nelson in 1907, and his excavation revealed tools, burials and food debris, among other things, just beyond the driveway of a residence on Locust Ave. In Mill Valley, on Locust Avenue (between Sycamore and Walnut Avenues), there is now a metal plaque set in the sidewalk in the area believed to be the birthplace of Chief Marin in 1781 the plaque was dedicated on May 8, 2009. As of 2011, there are over 1,000 registered members of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, which includes both the Coast Miwok and the Southern Pomo, all of whom can date their ancestry back to 14 survivors as original tribal ancestors. Cook speculated that by 1848, their population had decreased to merely 300, from foreign disease-exposure and Spanish violence, and was down to 60 by 1880. The pre-Spanish era Coast Miwok population may have even been as high as 5,000. Kroeber's estimate for the year 1770 A.D.) and 2,000 (Sherburne F. The pre- Missionization population of the Coast Miwok is estimated to have been between 1,500 (Alfred L. Nearby archaeological discoveries include rock carvings and grain-grinding sites on Ring Mountain. More than 600 village sites have been identified, including 14 sites in the Mill Valley area. The territory of the Coast Miwok encompasses all of Marin County, north to Bodega Bay\and southern Sonoma County. The first people known to inhabit Marin County, the Coast Miwok, arrived approximately 6,500 years ago. The Muir Woods National Monument is also located just outside the city limits.

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The Mill Valley 94941 ZIP Code also includes the following adjacent unincorporated communities: Almonte, Alto, Homestead Valley, Tamalpais Valley, and Strawberry. Beyond the flat coastal area and marshlands, it occupies narrow wooded canyons, mostly of second-growth redwoods, on the southeastern slopes of Mount Tamalpais. Mill Valley is located on the western and northern shores of Richardson Bay, and the eastern slopes of Mount Tamalpais. The population was 14,231 at the 2020 census. Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States, located about 14 miles (23 km) north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge and 52 miles (84 km) from Napa Valley.
