Tiburon Walking Tour 2 From the Coming of the Railroad Until Today

Tiburon Walking Tour 2 From the Coming of the Railroad Until Today

FOCUS ON TIBURON: FROM THE COMING OF THE RAILROAD UNTIL TODAY

YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:
• How the railroad came to Tiburon and put it on the map.
• Its history as a blue-collar, rough and tumble railroad town from 1884-1967 and its subsequent decline.
• Peter Donahue, who brought the industrial revolution to California by way of Tiburon and San Francisco.
• The fires that virtually destroyed the town three times.
• Some of the notable buildings on Main St.
• The arks, and the creation of Ark Row.
• How the town dealt with Prohibition.
• How Al Capone figures (twice!) in Tiburon's history.
• Some of the Tiburon Peninsula’s notable residents.
• Tiburon’s transformation into an affluent suburban community and tourist destination.
• How two families helped maintain Main Street's early 1900s character.
• The Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum, its model of the 1909 rail yard and restoration of the 1930s stationmaster’s quarters.
• How conservationists fought to maintain the area's physical beauty.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA

We will walk toward the Railroad and Ferry Depot Museum along the San Francisco Bay waterfront in Tiburon as I discuss Tiburon's history as a railroad town and its evolution into the community it is today. We will also walk along Tiburon's Main Street and Ark row, where you will learn about how downtown fared and evolved from 1884 until today.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum, 1920 Paradise Dr, Tiburon, CA 94920-1954

View the extraordinary model of the Tiburon rail yards in 1909, and the exquisitely restored stationmaster's quarters from the 1930s.

Duration: 30 minutes