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1879
O.& C. R. R. registers the vessel as
Ferry Co. #2 in Portland, Oregon.
Coast
Guard records claim she was built of iron
at E. Portland, OR.
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Launched
on the Willamette River in Portland, OR.
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1898
November 18th,
Moved to and registered with the Coast Guard
in San Francisco
1899
- Name changed to Vallejo
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1909
December 3r,
J. Goram Nevins of Vallejo, CA, Secretary
of the "Vallejo Ferry Company"
Inc. , sole owner and Master enrolls the
Vallejo for Coastal trading.
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1914
April 30th, Vallejo Ferry Company sold the
Vallejo to the "Assoc.
of Mare Island Employees"
Ferry
service from Vallejo to Mare Island.
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1919
June 10th, Assoc. of Mare Island Employees
sells Vallejo to "Six Minute Ferry"
Company.
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1923
January 19th
Six Minute Ferry sold Vallejo to "The
Rodeo Vallejo Ferry Company"
Converted
to an oil burning diesel engine.
October
20th,
Robert Rauhauge of "Mare Island Ferry"
line acquired and ran the Vallejo until
her last run in 1948.
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1935-1948
Skippered by Victor Rauhauge.
1937
- The Golden Gate Bridge is built.
Ferry
Era in decline.
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Tickets
were good for one day during W.W.II when the
Vallejo ran btw Mare Island, where battle
ships were built and Vallejo. |
1947
Sold for scrap to the Gardiner Steel Mills
of Oakland.
The Vallejo was scavenged
for her brass and other metals. |
The
Vallejo was then delivered to Donlon Arques'
[pictured] shipyard in Sausalito to be broken
up.
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1949
Purchased by artist Gordon Onslow Ford [pictured]
with
painter Jean Varda and architect Forest
Wright .
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The
'anchor outs' and the waterfront community
emerge around the Vallejo.
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Beatnik
Era.
Jack
Kerouac partys on the Vallejo. Supposedly
he builds property fence in a drunken stupor
one night.
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1958
Gordon
Onslow Ford leases his side of the Vallejo
to David Cole [pictured]
for an art gallery which lasted about 3
years.
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Summer
of Love Era.
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1961
Gordon
Onslow Ford leases his 2/3s of the Vallejo
to Alan Watts, a Zen Buddhist and founder
of the "Society for Contemplative Philosophy." |
1967
Houseboat
Summit with Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg,
Gary Snyder and Alan Watts. |
1969
Watts & Jano Move off the Vallejo to Druid
Heights but keep the Socitey of Comtemplative
Philosophy on the Vallejo and continue to
have seminars on the boat. |
1970
Varda dies unexpectedly in Mexico.
1973
Watts dies unexpectedly in his sleep.
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1974
Ruth Costello, Executive Secretary of the
Societ for Comparative Philosphy moves onto
the Vallejo.
1975
Al Huang began giving workshops on the Vallejo.
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1978
"The Last Free Ride" battle between
the waterfront and the City. |
1981-oct.
Long time Vallejo resident Marion Saltzman
acquires Vallejo. Ruth Costello moves off
the Vallejo.
Marion
forms the "Ferryboat Vallejo Preservation
Project.
1982
- With the cooperation of the Sausalito
Historical Society the FVPP obtains 100
gallons of rust-oleum and paints the hull.
1986-
Marion dies.
1988-Dennis
Hurley buys Vallejo.
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Hi-Tech
Era.
1991-92?
Orley Lindgren buys the Vallejo.
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1999-April
Orley Lindgren made
changes to the vallejo - but seems to have
never finish the battle - sells Vallejo
to a Corporation.
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New
Vallejo improvements.
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Oct.
Vallejo crosses Bay to Alameda Drydock for
a hull repairs. |
New
Pier & Gangplank.
New
Roof is almost finished!
Sept
- Varda Birthday celebration on the Vallejo
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New Siding on almost all the boat. |
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