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Gualala dates it's origins back to the Pomo Indians who are thought to have given it it's name - Gualala. (Pronounced "wa - la - la".) In the Pomo language, Gualala translates as "Coming Down Water Place", an appropriate name for a village at the mouth of a small river. During the late ninteenth century Gualala became an important lumbering center providing many of the redwood boards that built San Francisco both before and after the earthquake and fire.
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Gualala's town leaders have turned this former lumberjack town into a pleasant coastal community. The town now has all the amenities necessary to a small, modern community....a well-equippped medical center, emrgency services, utilities, recreation centers, parks,sports facilities, excellent restaurants, an extraordinary art center, churches, unusual stores and shops, an airstrip, and a fine, new community center. All this in a dramatic location where the Gualala river meets the Pacific Ocean.
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