Gualala is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County in the U.S. state of California. It is located on the coastline at the mouth of the Gualala River, on Highway 1. It serves as a commercial center for the surrounding area. Gualala was once a logging town, but tourism from nearby Sea Ranch is now its central economic activity. Mendocino County is a county located on Californias north coast, north of the San Francisco Bay Area and Sonoma County and west of the Central Valley. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Minor parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries â€¢ Politics Portal • • A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities referred to... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The Gualala River is a river on the northern coast of California. ... State Route 1, often called Highway 1, is a state highway that runs along a large length of the Pacific coast of California. ... Loggers on break, c. ... Tourists at Oahu island, Hawaii Tourism is the act of travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ...

"Gualala" was the name given to the site of today's Gualala by the Pomo indigneous people. The literal translation is "coming down water place", or less literally, "riverside". The Pomo are a Native American tribe. ...

The American settlement of Gualala was first established by the construction of a hotel, saloon and a lumber mill in the 1860s. Logging the local redwood trees became especially profitable after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, when huge amounts of lumber were needed to rebuild the city. The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... Tourists sit outside a bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand A Depression-era bar in Louisiana. ... This article or section should include material from Saw mill A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Redwood is a name used for several species of trees with red or reddish coloured wood; see each species for individual details. ... Arnold Genthes famous photograph of San Francisco following the earthquake, looking towards the fire on Sacramento Street The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco and the coast of northern California at 5:12am on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. ...

External links

• Redwood Coast Chamber of Commerce
• Gualala, CA Travel Information
• Friends of the Gualala River