BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLERS ARRIVED, BOLINAS WAS HOME TO THE COAST MIWOK TRIBE.
THE FIRST POST-OFFICE WAS BUILT IN 1863, MORE THAN TEN YEARS AFTER SMILEY'S SCHOONER SALOON WAS BUILT. PRIORITIES.
SMILEY'S CLAIMS TO BE THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING BAR IN CALIFORNIA, HAVING BEEN BUILT BY CAPTAIN ISAAC MORGAN IN 1851 BACK WHEN BOLINAS WAS CALLED, JUGVILLE. PRIORITIES.
BOLINAS HAS SINCE BECOME A PLACE FOR POETS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, AUTHORS, ACTORS AND ARTISTS TO GET AWAY FROM CITY LIFE BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAN FRANCISCO. PRIORITIES.