High Quality Horse Stables For Protecting Owners And Horses Safety
Ranch A/B no longer operated as a dairy by the 1960s, although the
pastures were probably used under a lease with the tenants on the
adjacent Ranch C/D where a dairy operated into the early 1970s.
When the creameries switched to 2,000 gallon refrigerated stainless
steel tankers they eventually dropped the smaller dairies from
their route. The ranch land then nearly became a residential
subdivision. When Rapozo sold 162.6 acres on October 15, 1963 to
Gulf Oil, he withheld a 16.98 acre parcel where the ranch/stable
was (and is still) located. Other deeds between Rapozo and Gulf Oil
were recorded April 20, 1964 and July 19, 1966 completed the
transfer of his property. Gulf Oil had purchased the property to
augment holdings that were being planned for the massive Marincello
subdivision. Before the plans were defeated by environmental
activists, the developers constructed an entrance gate near the
Ranch A/B. With the creation of the Golden Gate National Recreation
Area, the federal government acquired the Gulf Oil property and
negotiated for the property that Rapozo had retained. At some point
during this period the Ranch A/B barns leased as a horse stable. In
1973 Laura P. Lopes and daughter Diane Lopes were tenants there,
along with Gretchen and Marty Stone who managed the stables.
In December 1898, just four days after the Tamalpais Land and Water
Company (TL&W) filed a subdivision map for the bulk of Rancho
Sausalito, Azorean Portuguese immigrant Constantino Bello purchased
three adjacent parcels at the mouth of Frank‘s Valley on Marin
County‘s Pacific coast. These included parcels were delineated as
Ranch M, consisting of 194.96 acres. Except for the land purchased
by William Kent to preserve the area that is now Muir Woods
National Monument, all the TL&W ―ranches‖ were purchased by men
with Portuguese surnames. With the Bello purchase, a dairy complex
was built in an area on the western border of Ranch M, sheltered by
rocky outcroppings and on the east side of the road to Bolinas,
near the conjunction of Green Gulch and Frank‘s Valley. Dairying in
Frank‘s Valley in the late 1890s, like elsewhere in southern Marin
County, primarily produced milk for Sausalito, Mill Valley and San
Francisco markets. In the 1900s, the ranch continued to operate
during this period, most likely by Portuguese tenants. Around 1923
both the community and beach, earlier referred to as Bello Beach,
were renamed Muir Beach, in honor of Muir Woods National Monument
at the head of Frank‘s Valley. Constantine Bello and Manuel Antonio
Mattos‘ children, Joseph and Edith Mattos, were evidently the sole
owners of Ranch M and K ca. 1928 Ranch M, was assessed as including
the 28 by 40 foot thirtyyear-old house, a shingled hip roof
structure with six rooms.
The advantage:
1.Fully hot dip galvanized finish or powder coated surface. |
2.A full range of design and style options. |
3.Swing window & swivel feeder are optional as accessories. |
4.Wood, wire mesh, round pipe are optional as infill material. |
5.Auto- lock and sliding systems give you a good experience. |