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1970's

 

The 1976-1977 drought exposes old grape stakes on the parched lakebed of Lake Mendocino. (Press Democrat archive photo)

The 1970s introduced American motorists to gas rationing, brought on by oil cartel manipulation of oil supplies. (Press Democrat archive photo)

A fire damages the historic McDonald Mansion in Santa Rosa in March 1977. The fire is the first time city firefighters use their new truck equipped with a hose that sprays water from atop an extension. (Press Democrat archive photo)

Members of the Guanella Bros. Flooring fastpitch softball team, among the Winn ingest teams in the country in the 1970s. (Photo courtesy Walt Guanella)