7,000 BCE Pomo ancestors inhabit Clear Lake
2,000 BCE date of the oldest artifacts discovered on the Point Arena-Stornetta Lands
1812 Fort Ross built and Russian sea otter fur trade along the Sonoma and Mendocino coast
1823 Spanish Mission founded at Sonoma (Mission San Francisco Solano)
1842 Russians leave Fort Ross
1844 Mexican Government gives Rafael Garcia land grant
1850 California becomes a U.S. State
1859 First buildings in Point Arena
1866 Wharf developed at the Arena Cove
1869 Garcia Lumber Mill starts operations
1870 First Point Arena Lighthouse
1902 Bokeya Manchester Reserve created, which becomes the Manchester Rancheria
1903 Arena Cove Life-Saving Station
1906 Earthquake damaged town and Point Arena Lighthouse
1908 Point Arena incorporated, new lighthouse begins operations
1927 Town of Point Arena burns in fire
1940s Modern roads arrive and schooner service ends
1971 PG&E proposes building a nuclear power plant on what will become the Point Arena-Stornetta Lands
1983 Pier at the Arena Cove destroyed in storm
2010 Point Arena marine protected areas created
2014 Point Arena-Stornetta Lands become part of the California Coastal National Monument
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