Lopez Point
[2026-08-03: coordinate corrected to the USGS GNIS position for the cape (feature 272210). The previous value (35.9417, -121.4806) placed it about 8 miles too far south, near Pacific Valley.]
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Jerry Lewis's Yacht Pussycat Wrecked Near Gorda
The 1966 Lopez Point wreck and the debris remembered at Willow Creek — what the record proves, and what a ten-year-old on the beach saw.
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Lopez Point Perpetuates Name of Early Settlers
Manuel Lopez came from Mexico about 1870 and built by the sea at the point that keeps his name — through fortune, rodeo trophies, and terrible loss.
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Lopez Family Tragedy - Four Deaths from Consumption
Consumption came to the Lopez house by the sea and took four of them, one after another.
Everyone the family archive records in the story of this place. Descendants: if one of these is yours, we’d love to hear from you.
- Edward Abbott Plaskett 1881–1973
- George Harlan 1885–
- Henry Rich
- Izaac Dani 1872–
- Mabel Eva Sans Plaskett 1896–1964
- Than Dani 1870–
- Wilbur Harlan 1882–1881
- William Nicholas Alderson 1956–