Heed the Siren Call of Crockett, the Bay Area Small Town That Time Forgot

With charming restaurants and a bustling music scene, Crockett also holds intriguing mystery.

Joe Kaline sings as Eric Eidbo plays the trumpet while performing at Toot's Tavern in Crockett, California, on Sunday, June 15, 2025. Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group/TNS

By John Metcalfe Bay Area News Group

Crockett is a small town with an oversized pull. Its intriguing history threads through the cross-Pacific sugar trade, perilous smelting of precious metals, and strange crimes involving an “Ocean’s Eleven”-style gold heist and intricate networks of underground tunnels.