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    Expert Made Stow Lake By Lining It With Clay (Part 6)

    January 19, 1943 /

    Tuesday 19 January 1943 The Call-Bulletin presents, herewith, the sixth in a series of articles on the life of Uncle John McLaren “father” of  Golden Gate Park, who died here last week. The articles were written by the late J. Lawrence Toole, noted San Francisco newspaperman. By J. Lawrence Toole John McLaren, asked about Stow Lake or the Chain of Lakes or any of the other fascinating lakes in the park, all his creations, and he referred you to old and forgotten, and mostly lost, annual reports of the many Park Commissions under which he served. He never burdened his mind with exact dates or figures, which is one of…

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