Bodega Bay Discovery Marker
CA-12 at Salmon Creek Road
Bodega
"Discovered" 1775

Bodega Bay

Named for Lt. Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, who discovered the Bay of Bodega on October 3, 1775.

Russian settlement originally called Kuskoff, founded by M de Kuskoff.

In 1843 Stephen Smith an American, erected in this vicinity the first steam grist and sawmill in California.

Native Sons of the Golden West.

April 22, 1934.

This historic marker was erected in 1934, making it one of the oldest that we have encountered.