What probably started out as the home of the Hobson Family during the years of the Civil War, became the home of the McPeak Family about 1871 when they bought the Hobson's land. In 1926, the property was bought by William Smith of Rio Nido to develop into a full fledged resort. He added a restaurant and a bar to the house and created The Hacienda Inn as a club house for the golf course he built. After time, Skip Orsi started running things and the place was renamed Skippy's.

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The original Hacienda Inn at the Russian River Golf and Country Club.

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Hacienda Inn became Skippy's.

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John Mason was the infamous bartender starting in the 1960s.

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Albert "Skip" Orsi at his Skippy's Hacienda Inn flanked by Jack Luttrell (left) and "Nin" Guidotti (right). 1947.

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Skippy's was still operational in the 1960s.

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