[4] In the 1870s, the North Pacific Coast Railroad was built between Cazadero and a pier in Sausalito where passengers could transfer to a ferry to San Francisco.

A destination for San Franciscans, the resort offered both a hotel and tent camping, as well as swimming, boating, fishing, and a dance pavilion.

[5][6] Taylor died on January 22, 1886, and his family lost the mill and resort in the Panic of 1893.

[7] The mill burned down in 1916, and in 1945 the State of California took possession of the property for non-payment of taxes.

Efforts were made to find funding to keep Samuel P. Taylor and other parks open.