Putting in Tiburon

Oil on canvas 16x20

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Tiburon's name derives from the word tiburón, which means shark. The name was first given to the peninsula on which the city is situated, and probably inspired by the prevalence of locally native  leopard sharks in the surrounding waters. Tiburon was formerly the southern terminus of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. This railroad carried freight, mostly lumber, to the town for transfer to  barges for shipping to cities around San Francisco Bay. Now there are wharves where small craft are moored.