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Albion. Located at the mouth of the Albion River, the small hamlet of Albion is believed by some to have been the landing place of Sir Francis Drake. For these true believers the name "Albion" is derived from Drake's having called all of California "New Albion". A more likely explanation ties the name to William Anthony Richardson, another Englishman who, in the early ninteenth century, was given a Mexican land grant which centered on the Albion River. He named his property the "Albion Rancho Desino". |
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Richardson built a saw mill and started sending lumber south to the growing city of San Francisco. In the early nineteenth century shipping dominated the transprtation of the coastal area and a small port was built. The remains of the pier can still be seen west of the new bridge. At the turn of the century the railroad made it's way west along the Navarro River to the south and the Southern Pacific became the owners of the Richardson lumber mill. |
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