The old Salt Point Township no longer exists as a political entity, but it is very much alive as the large and scenic Northwest wedge of California’s Sonoma County. Its long coastline and rugged interior have seen surprisingly varied kinds of human endeavor over the last century and a half. This unscholarly history describes the hundred years from 1841 to about 1941 - from the exodus of the Russians from Fort Ross until the outbreak of World War II. In these years, the township’s American and European settlers logged, built lumber chutes, ranched and farmed. Their villages, roads, schools, hotels, civic and social organizations are all discussed here as well. And illustrated: over 265 maps, drawings and photos: “a picture on every page”.