North Coast · CA
Fort Bragg
A redwood mill town with a beach made of glass.
- Population
- 6,983 (2020 census)
- Army post
- 1857
- Mill closed
- 2002
Then
- 1856
The Mendocino Indian Reservation is set up at Noyo on Pomo land.
- 1857
An Army post is built and named for Braxton Bragg. It is abandoned in 1864.
- 1885
The Fort Bragg Redwood Company and its logging railroad, later the Skunk Train, get started.
- 1967
The cliffside dumps close. Waves later grind the glass into Glass Beach.
- 2002
The Georgia-Pacific mill shuts down.
Now
The old mill site is being redeveloped. This place covers the coast from Mendocino north past Noyo Harbor to Westport.
3 tide stations around Fort Bragg
- Noyo Harbor1.4 mi
- Mendocino, Mendocino Bay10.1 mi
- Westport13.0 mi