The History of Point Reyes

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="04bfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Point Reyes Junior Ranger Program</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Point Reyes Junior Ranger Program"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Take the Pledge"><U>Take the Pledge</U></A>   |   <A HREF="arrowhead.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Arrowhead"><U>The Arrowhead</U></A>   |   <A HREF="why_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Why is Point Reyes a National Park?"><U>Why is Point Reyes a National Park?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="geology_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Geology of Point Reyes"><U>The Geology of Point Reyes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="animals_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Animals at Point Reyes"><U>The Animals at Point Reyes</U></A>   |   <B>The History of Point Reyes</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="05585643.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="073c27b0.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="123" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="05585643.jpg"> <div> <I>The History of Point Reyes</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="627" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 84 WIDTH="621"><div> The cultural history of Point Reyes reaches back at least 5,000 years. </div> <div> Visit the history pages and answer these questions.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="621"><div> Who were the earliest known people on Point Reyes?  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Bell MT" ><A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/pore/history_miwok.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nps.gov/pore/history_miwok.ht"><U><U>http://www.nps.gov/pore/history_miwok.htm</U></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 ><NOBR><div> Why was a lighthouse built here? </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/pore/history_maritime_lgthse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nps.gov/pore/history_maritime"><U><U>http://www.nps.gov/pore/history_maritime_lgthse.htm</U></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 249 WIDTH="621"><div> <IMG SRC="075c2f30.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>