The Bedtime Story of Falling Rock

<p>In 1818 in the foothills of present-day Marin County lived the Miwok. They were peaceful hunter-gatherers who had many villages in the land stretching from Sonoma County to San Francisco. They possessed a vast knowledge of their environment.</p><p>Tamalpais and Falling Rock were childhood friends who fell in love. When Tam became sick with severe asthma during a pollen bloom her father Chief Marin declared a contest for a medicinal herb with Tam's hand in marriage as the prize.</p><p>Falling Rock deeply concerned for Tam's health embarked on a quest to find the root. Ignoring the rules of the contest he set out alone. He rescued captured men from a rival tribe and reached the Emerald Falls. Despite initial failures Falling Rock dove into the pool rode a turtle to the bottom and retrieved the Elecampane Root.</p><p><br></p><p>Falling Rock and Tamalpais' story is a twining tale of two lovers whose souls skipped together amongst many lives. This is the story of just one of their lives.</p>