RFD* by Genzoli - tells how the yellow lupine was brought to the Samoa Peninsula as told to him by Mrs. Theodora C. Cobb, widow of George C. Cobb, one time fog signal operator. George was appointed in 1908 to open and operate the new fog signal. At that time the peninsula was barren shifting sand dunes. the lighthouse Department sent trees to be planted around the station to act as a windbreak. George and Theodora gathered yellow lupine seeds at the Presidio of San Francisco and brought them to the station to be planted when the station was put into operation. During their time at the station, visitors said they had only seen the blue lupine growing - never the yellow lupine in Humboldt. After 12 years of service George and Theodora were transferred to another station. Later they were told a number of local women were hired to gather the yellow lupine seed from the original plants George and Theodora had planted. Those seeds collected by the women were planted along the new railroad tracks installed for jetty construction.