photo by Greg Hofmann

11/04/02: At the very north end of Elkhorn Slough, by the railroad bridge and visible from Elkhorn Road, are these pier posts -- the last remnants of what was once a thriving depot known as Hudson's Landing. In the 1860s and '70s, small, steam-powered lighters would load produce and passengers here and ferry them down to the pier at Moss Landing, where they would be put aboard the sea-going schooners that supplied the coast of California.