Step back in time...& meet Donald R. Richardson -- a rancher, businessman, and pioneering environmentalist who relished growing up on Sonoma County -- s windswept coast in the 1920s. The Richardson family were early settlers in the area as his grandfather, Herbert Archer Richardson, arrived in 1876 from New Jersey with his new bride and 40¢ to his name -- later amassing 25,000 acres, eight miles of which were shoreline, including the small (unincorporated) seaside town of Stewarts Point, located 110 miles northwest of San Francisco.Over the course of his life, he served as:* Sonoma County Supervisor* President of the Farm Bureau* President of the Sonoma County Wool Growers as well as CA State Wool Growers Association* Professional Forester for N. California/tri-state area & longtime adviser to Santa Rosa Junior College's Forestry program* Proprietor of Stewarts Point Store & Postmaster* President of the Sotoyome Soil Conservation District* Member of the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco & CA Coastal Commission among other groupsBorn in 1914, he grew up in an era when ice was packed in sawdust, and he was one of only nine children attending Stewarts Point's one-room schoolhouse -- beginning high school at the age of 11, he rode the train weekdays to and from Santa Rosa High School.These are his stories: firsthand exploits, oddities, and homespun yarns from his boyhood'and beyond. He penned these tales late in his life, and died in 1983. His handwritten originals are included herein along with an array of vintage & historic black/white photos -- a truly unique keepsake from one of Sonoma County's founding ranching families.