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2015 | 16 Destination San Anselmo 19 San Anselmo Past & Present 1923 Tamalpais Theater on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard opens with Gloria Swanson starring in The Hummingbird. 1925 Worst flood in Marin history. San Anselmo, Ross, and Kentfield suffer heaviest damage. 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens. 1940 In three days, storms brings 11.38 inches of rain and $10,000 in damage. 1941 Passenger-train service through town ends, followed by freight service. 1948 Carmel Booth first woman elected to City Council. n One of the reasons for San Anselmo's incorporation in 1907 was that residents wanted to control the sale of alcohol and keep the town "dry." "Blind pigs" were places where you could secretly buy a drink with your regular purchase. San Anselmo establishments were known to serve you a cup of whiskey when you asked for "tea." n San Anselmo once had a miniature golf course, a bowling alley, an ice skating rink, and an Arthur Murray dance studio. Sleepy Hollow boasted an 18-hole golf course. n On a stormy night in January 1967 a landslide on Red Hill took with it a newly completed, but still-unoccupied, four-unit apartment complex. e deep scar is still visible. Source: San Anselmo Historical Museum. Imagination Park in San Anselmo. Photo by Lawrence E. Frauens Minok People. Photo by Marin History Museum