Martins beach

Gordon’s Chute.

Rear view

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear the Martins Beach case, which means the beach near Half Moon Bay will stay open to the public for at least the time being, there remains one question: Who was the Martin in Martins Beach?

The Rear View Mirror plowed through the extensive news coverage of the current court fight between beach owner Vinod Khosla and the Surfrider Foundation and failed to find an answer. After digging up old news stories from long defunct newspapers, we discovered he was Nicholas Martin, who died in 1915 and is buried in Union Cemetery in Redwood City.

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