Talk:Mori Point

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From ''Restoration under way at Mori Point in Pacifica Volunteers give thousands of hours to care for renowned site, By Suzanne Bohan, San Mateo County Times''

Early history of Mori Point in Pacifica
 * 1) Prehistory: Native Americans lived in the area in a village named Timigtac.
 * 2) 1700s: The Spanish mined the limestone quarry in the area to supply whitewash Presidio buildings in San Francisco.
 * 3) Late 18th/early 19th century: Land used for grazing cattle and for farming during the Spanish and Mexican occupation.
 * 4) 1880s: Stefano Mori, an Italian immigrant, bought part of Mori Point in the 1880s, and his family grazed livestock and farmed. They also built a structure that later became Mori's Point Inn - a roadhouse for travelers between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay.
 * 5) 1920s: During Prohibition, the Inn became a speakeasy, leading to a gunfight on the beach below between federal agents and "rumrunners."
 * 6) 1932: Ray Mori, Stefano's son, began running the inn.
 * 7) 1940s: Site of a gravel-and-sand extraction operation during World War II.
 * 8) 1966: The inn burned down.
 * 9) 1971: "Harold and Maude" released. The final scene of the movie, in which Harold drives off a cliff, was shot on the bluff at Mori Point.
 * 10) 1973: A motorcycle club leased the area for use as a dirt track complex.
 * 11) 1988: City Council approves development of a hotel, 60 homes and a horse show arena at the site. A lawsuit by Pacificans for Mori Point delayed the project.
 * 12) 2000: Trust for Public Land purchased Mori Point, with help from California Coastal Conservancy and Pacifica Land Trust.
 * 13) September 2002: Mori Point transferred to the National Park Service, which runs the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
 * 14) 2007: First phase of restoration and trail work completed at Mori Point.

http://www.parksconservancy.org/about/press/release.asp?release=1963 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.205.163.134 (talk) 23:49, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

I kept a horse at Mori Point in the 80's. It was a boarding stable. We, the riders, moved the mass of old tires into the shape of an arena on a flat area, for our own use, about 1984. The building at the top of the cliff was minimally habitable and a family lived there, working for the stable. It was not enclosed, but a series of paddocks, fences, and old bathtubs for water. The rate was cheap and you could ride directly onto the beach. This is not sourced, but personal recollection, so I put it here for your use. Cyranorox (talk) 22:36, 18 November 2018 (UTC)