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How Did Geography Shaped Mendocino

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How geography shaped Mendocino Have you ever wondered how geography has shaped Mendocino? Mendocinos geography, plants, and animals have been have been changing for years on the Mendocino coast, even though you may not notice it, it still happens everywhere. It’s probably happening right now. Wind, water, the sun, our redwood trees, and the people who came to the Mendocino coast have been shaping Mendocino for so long to make it where it is today. Mendocino has been known for its beautiful coastline and the huge redwood trees. But not only are they both beautiful attractions they both have their own history that impacted Mendocino to make it is where it is today. Mendocino used to be a huge redwood logging town. The loggers would cut down the redwoods and then put them in the rivers so they would float down to the ocean where the trees would be put into boats and then sailed off to San Francisco where they were building a whole new city because of the gold rush. Because Mendocino was right along the ocean it was easy to trade because it was easy for the ships to come in. It also helped with the logging and how they loaded them onto the boats. As you can see that the redwoods played a big part in Mendocino …show more content…

Many tourists come up to Mendocino to fish and dive during the salmon, abalone and crab seasons. We are mainly known for our red abalone here on the coast because there are not many abalone habitats left in the world because so many people go diving for them. But because we have abalone many tourists come to dive, and because they come if benefits our inns here in Mendocino. Mendocino also has salmon here in Mendocino which also attracts tourists because the salmon is so delicious. Also Mendocino has huge crab festival during crab season because crab is such a huge thing in

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