What is the Almonte Neighborhood?

Land Use Map 6 (Mill Valley History) What is the Almonte Neighborhood? The Almonte Neighborhood is located north of the Tamalpais Valley neighborhood, on a minor high ridge which runs parallel to Richardson Bay. The area is currently defined by the boundaries of the...

Homestead Valley & the Almonte Pathway

Homestead Valley & The Almonte Pathway Author Unknown, March 2001 In 1890 the Tamalpais Land & Water Company (TL&WC) started to sell properties that are today part of Mill Valley, Almonte, and Homestead Valley. Subdivision maps located lots and larger...

History of the Almonte District

Almonte Station – 1940 (picture from Mill Valley Library) History of the Almonte District By Virginia Smith, 1982 The Almonte District as it is today (1982) is an amalgam of Marin Heights, Wisteria, and Tamalpais High School areas. The Almonte (“to the mountain”...

History of the Fireside

The Fireside(photo from the Mill Valley Historical Society The Spirited History of a Marin County Landmark By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, April 21, 2008 The big, white landmark called the Fireside has stood as a gateway to Mill Valley for 92 years, a...