Martin added, “I think of all of the islands, Brooks Island, a half mile from the Richmond Marina, is my favorite in the book in terms of what I learned. I love the history of the Indians who lived out there and that it is a major nesting area for Caspian terns. Hundreds of them nest on the beach out in the open.”
He also loved discovering the ghost town of Drawbridge on Station Island in the southern end of the bay.
“I’d heard of Drawbridge, but you can’t get on the island,” Martin said. “The only way in and out is on the railroad tracks. Trains roar through there several times a day. But I found a way to get there by riding my bike on the levee. It’s really the Wild West ghost town of the Bay Area. There are 25 buildings there. During Prohibition, there were 500 people living out there. Everyone carried guns. There was a brothel, and the women who worked there were known around town as the ‘friendly ladies.’ “
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