Pioneer paper mill
PIONEER PAPER MILL
THE FIRST PAPER MILL ON THE PACIFIC COAST
WAS BUILT HERE IN NOVEMBER 1856 BY SAMUEL
PENFIELD TAYLOR. USING WATER - POWER AND
LATER STEAM, IT WAS REPLACE IN 1884 BY A
LARGER STEAM - POWERED MILL NEARBY,
WHICH WAS CLOSED BY THE DEPRESSION OF 1893
AND DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1915.
REGISTERED LANDMARK NO. 552
PLAQUE PLACED BY THE NATIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE
GOLDEN WEST OF MARIN COUNTY IN COOPERATION WITH
CALIFORNIA STATE PARK COMMISSION, OCTOBER 21, 1956.