The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The port of Bodega was occupied for a short time, in 1793, by a Spanish garrison and four guns, which were soon removed, however, to Monterey, there being no indication of the threatened English occupation which had caused the alarm.
Bodega Bay is the site of the first Russian structures built in California, which were erected in 1809 by Commerce Counseller Ivan Alexandrovich Kuskov of the Russian-American Company in the lead-up to the establishment of Fort Ross. The Russians named the Bodega Bay settlement Port Rumyantsev after the Russian Foreign Minister Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev, and it served as a port to support Fort Ross and the larger Russian community known as Colony Ross.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bodega Bay’s history is told.
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Bodega Bay, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Bodega Bay is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bodega Bay has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Watson School in Bodega, 5.2 miles away.
Bodega Bay and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.