Tiburon Walking Tour - From the Coast Miwok to the Railroad｜United States

Discover the history of the Tiburon Peninsula on a guided walking tour. Learn about the Coast Miwok indigenous people, the Spanish explorers, and the first Europeans to enter San Francisco Bay through the Golden Gate in 1775.

Hear about the early settlers in the 1800s, the town's 83 years as a railroad hub, and its evolution into one of the Bay Area's most beautiful communities.

Learn about the Coast Miwok indigenous people and their lives on the Tiburon Peninsula. Hear about their first encounter with Europeans and why it took 200 years for the Spanish to enter San Francisco Bay through the Golden Gate.

Discover Lt. Juan de Ayala’s entry into San Francisco Bay and his crew’s encounter with the Coast Miwok. Learn about the treatment of the Coast Miwok by the Spaniards and later by the Americans.

See the Tiburon Peninsula's first European settlers, John Thomas Reed and his descendants. Hear about life on the Peninsula before the coming of the railroad in 1884.

Visit Lyford’s Stone Tower, the entrance to Dr. Benjamin Lyford's Hygeia, a vision of Tiburon as the world's finest health resort and residential community. Learn about the history of Angel Island, and how it was saved from commercial development.

Hear how conservationists fought hard to maintain the area's physical beauty. Learn about the history of the City of Belvedere and some of the Tiburon Peninsula’s notable residents.