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Hazel Salmi
Hazel Gowan Salmi (November 11, 1893 – April 22, 1986) was an American visual artist, educator, and arts administrator. She was a painter, as well as the founder and director of the Richmond Art Center. She lived in Point Richmond, California for many years. Early life and education Hazel Gowan Salmi was born on November 11, 1893, in Rockport, an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. She was the child of Stella Bella (née Brown) and Ernest Albert Gowan. She graduated from California School of Design (later known as San Francisco Art Institute) in 1912. She continued her arts education at Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design in San Francisco, the University of California, Berkeley, and at California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts). In 1916, she married Martin Emanuel Salmi. They had one son. Career In 1921, Salmi decided to move to the San Francisco Bay Area permanently, settling in Point Richmond, California. There w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockport, California
Rockport (formerly, Cottoneva) is a former settlement in an unincorporated area of Mendocino County, California. It is located north-northwest of Westport, at an elevation of 30 feet (9 m). Rockport started as a small company town serving the timber industry on the Pacific Ocean coast among redwood forests in Northern California. Rockport is regarded as the southern end of the Lost Coast region; it is where State Highway 1, which runs very close along the coast for most of its length, instead turns inland before merging with U.S. Route 101 at Leggett. History Around 1877, William R. Miller constructed the first sawmill at Rockport, then called Cottoneva. The mill boasted a double circular saw, edger, and planer, with the mill having a capacity of 20,000 board feet () of lumber per day. An unusual aspect of the site was a wire suspension bridge, built in 1877 to connect the mainland to a small island in the ocean. Ships bound for San Francisco and other ports would call at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |