According to Moonalice legend, the days before Mendocino became a county full of Europeans, it was home to a wide range of native tribes. The Yuki, Pomo, Wintun, and Moonalice coexisted happily for centuries. Legend suggests that the key to their Kumbaya was the high quality hemp products and low tones of the Moonalice tribe. When the Europeans arrived, they discovered the benefits of hemp and music and decided to create California. When California joined the United States in 1850, they did two things. In a stroke of genius, they created Mendocino County. That was brilliant. Then they got greedy. They decided they wanted the Moonalice hemp for themselves, so they got rid of the Yuki, Pomo, and Wintun tribes. Guilt and remorse set in, so the natives of Mendocino county have worked ever since to share their agricultural bounty with the rest of the world.
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