Editing Mill Valley, California (section)

===Incorporation through WWII===
[[File:great-mv-fire-1929.jpg|thumb|left|225px|alt=Firemen in action during 1913 fire on Mt. Tamalpais|Firemen in action during the 1913 fire on Mt. Tamalpais]]
By 1900, the population was nearing 900 and the locals pushed out the Tamalpais Land & Water Co. in favor of incorporation. Organizations and clubs cropped up including the Outdoor Art Club (1902) (organized by [[Laura Lyon White]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theoutdoorartclub.org/|title=The Outdoor Art Club|date=March 27, 2009|access-date=September 17, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327093617/http://www.theoutdoorartclub.org/|archive-date=March 27, 2009}}</ref><ref name="binkley">{{cite journal|last1=Binkley|first1=Cameron|title=A Cult of Beauty: The Public Life and Civic Work of Laura Lyon White|journal=California History|volume=82|number=2|date=2005|pages=40–61 |jstor= 25161804 |doi= 10.2307/25161804}}</ref> Masonic Lodge (1903)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mill-valley.freemasonry.biz/history.htm|title=Freemasonry: History of Mill Valley Lodge #356|date=August 7, 2004|access-date=September 17, 2017 |url-status= dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040807015825/http://mill-valley.freemasonry.biz/history.htm |archive-date=August 7, 2004}}</ref> which celebrated its centennial in 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mill-valley.freemasonry.biz/centennial.htm|title=Centennial Celebration|date=April 9, 2004|access-date=September 17, 2017|url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040409144710/http://mill-valley.freemasonry.biz/centennial.htm|archive-date=April 9, 2004}}</ref> and the [[Dipsea Race]] (1905), the latter marking its 100th anniversary in 2010.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.dipsea.org/ |title=The Dipsea Race |website=Dipsea.org |access-date=February 27, 2017}}</ref> The second big population boom came after the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 Great earthquake]]. While much of San Francisco and Marin County was devastated, many fled to Mill Valley and most never left. In that year alone the population grew to over 1,000 permanent residents.<ref>{{cite web|author=Matthew Stafford |url=https://legacy.sfgenealogy.org/marin/ourtowns/ot_mv.htm |title=Marin County Genealogy - Marin County - Our Towns - Mill Valley |website=Sfgenealogy.org|access-date=April 18, 2022}}</ref> Creeks were bridged over or dammed, more roads laid down and oiled, and cement sidewalks poured. [[Tamalpais High School]] opened in 1908, the first city hall was erected in 1908, and Andrew Carnegie's library in 1910. The Post Office opened under the name "Eastland", however after many objections it was changed to "Mill Valley" in 1904.<ref name= brief989 /> The very first [[Mountain Play]] was performed at the Mountain Theater on Mt. Tam in 1913.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://mountainplay.org/about.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070430194847/http://mountainplay.org/about.html |url-status= dead| archive-date= April 30, 2007 |title= Mountain Play |date=April 30, 2007| access-date =December 30, 2019}}</ref>

By the 1920s, most roads were paved over, mail delivery was in full swing, and the population was at its highest at more than 2,500 citizens. Mill Valley Italian settlers made wine during [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]], while some local bar owners made bootleg whiskey under the dense foliage around the local creeks.<ref name= Spring2000>{{cite book| publisher= Mill Valley Historical Society |title= Spring 2000 Review| year= 2000 }}</ref> January 1922 saw the first of several years of snow in Marin County, coating Mt. Tam white. Two years later the Sulphur Springs, a natural hot spring where locals could revive their lagging spirits, was covered over and turned in the playground of the [[Old Mill School (Mill Valley, California)|Old Mill Elementary School]].<!-- Deleted image removed:   [[File:1937mtn-theater-const.jpg|thumb|right|225px|alt=The Mountain Theater under construction by the CCC c. 1937-1940. |The Mountain Theater under construction by the CCC c. 1937-1940.  ]]-->1929 was a year of great change for Mill Valley. The Great Fire raged for several days in early July and nearly destroyed the fledgling city. It ravaged much of Mt. Tam (including the Tavern and 117 homes) and the city itself was spared only by a change in wind direction.<ref name= brief989 /> In October of that year, the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Scenic Railway ran for the last time. The fire caused great devastation to tourism and tourist destinations, but the railroads were also crushed by the [[automobile]]. Panoramic Highway, running between Mill Valley and [[Stinson Beach, California|Stinson Beach]] was built in 1929–1930. The [[Wall Street Crash of 1929|stock market crash of 1929]] and the ensuing [[Great Depression]] crippled what little railroad tourism there was to the point where the tracks were eventually taken up in 1931.

During the Great Depression, many famous local landmarks were constructed with the help of the [[Works Progress Administration]] and the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]], including the Mead Theater at Tam High (named after school board Trustee Ernest Mead), the Mountain Theater rock seating, and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1934–1937.<ref name= Spring2000 /> The latter event suspended ferry commuting between Marin and the city from 1941 through 1970<ref>{{cite web |url= http://goldengateferry.org/researchlibrary/history.php |title=History of Golden Gate Ferry Service |website= Goldengateferry.org |access-date= February 27, 2017}}</ref> and helped increase the Marin population. With the demise of the railroads came the introduction of local bus service. [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] moved into the former train depot in Lytton Square in October 1940. In Sausalito, [[Marinship]] brought over 75,000 people to Marin, many of whom moved to Mill Valley permanently. At the height of the War, nearly 400 locals were fighting, including many volunteer firemen and government officials. By 1950, 1 in 10 Mill Valleyans were living in a "Goheen Home". [[George C. Goheen]] built the so-called "defense homes" for defense workers throughout the 1940s and 1950s in the Alto neighborhood.<ref name= Spring2000 />