OTHER TIDBITS: Mr. Reed was originally from Ireland! He came to Mill Valley in 1826 and made friends with William Richardson. Together, they asked Governor José Figueroa for land grants; Mr. Reed got the 8,000-acre Rancho Corde Madera del Presidio, and Mr. Richardson got the 19,000-acre Rancho Sausalito! Mr. Reed lived fast and hard, building a mill, founding a town, and building a family with Hilaria Sánchez, daughter of the Presidio Comandante, José Antonio Sánchez. He lived so fast and hard that he was dead of a botched phlebotomy by 1843 at the young age of 38!

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• Old Mill Park
  Throckmorton and Cascade Dr
  Mill Valley, CA 94941

Plaque:

• NW corner of Blithedale Ave and Tower Dr
  Mill Valley, CA 94941

ANNOTATIONS:
Don’t be fooled! Old Mill Park is actually at the intersection of Throckmorton and Old Mill Street!

From Los Angeles: ~395mi (636km) — 6.6hrs
From Sacramento: ~91mi (147km) — 1.6hrs
From San Diego: ~541mi (871km) — 9.1hrs
From San Francisco: ~14mi (23km) — 0.3hrs