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Another Twilight Moment – 3:30 a.m.

For some unknown reason, this morning's twilight moment (3:30 a.m.) focused upon what community topics, themes, or activities to blog about on the revival of "Our River Town" over the coming weeks. Once, again, my thoughts centered on the fact that Petaluma's history is a "treasure chest" of information that [...]

By | May 29th, 2016|0 Comments

The American Legion’s Historic Flagpole

A local history buff, Alan Cooper of Monkey Ranch, sent me an interesting story about the history of the American Flag that flew on the American Legion Hall, when it was located on 4th Street, east of "B" Street. The following blog includes many parts of his original message. Alan [...]

By | June 17th, 2015|0 Comments

Did You Know That Petaluma Had A College?

As I continue to wade through the historic "golden nuggets" (documents, photographs, files) stored in the Hoppy Hopkins Research Library on the second floor of the Petaluma Historical Museum & Library, our local "Treasure Chest," I discovered that there was a college located in Petaluma in the 1860s for four [...]

By | June 3rd, 2015|0 Comments

Petaluma Butter & Eggs Day Parade – 2015

One of Petaluma's most significant historic events is the B&E Day Parade. The Good Egg Award is also given to a Petaluma Citizen who, over time, has helped preserve and contribute to the promotion of the City of Petaluma, its history and its people. "They may have done this by [...]

By | April 14th, 2015|0 Comments

Petaluma’s Treasure Chest Revisited

On more than one occasion, I've referred to our local Historical Museum and Library as Petaluma's Treasure Chest. In addition to the periodic exhibits highlighting significant events in the history of our favorite river town, the Hoppy Hopkins Research Library on the second floor has a permanent collection of books, [...]

By | April 8th, 2015|0 Comments

Gold Rush (1848) to an Incorporated City (1858)

Since an earlier blog focused on what constitutes an event of "historical significance," my thoughts turned to a state event of great significance that helped create several smaller events of historic significance in the history of "Our River Town." Although the California Gold Rush interrupted the growth of Sonoma County for a [...]

By | September 24th, 2014|0 Comments

Petaluma’s Historic Water Street Trestle

Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to support the Petaluma Trolley & Living History Museum in its effort to preserve and rehabilitate the Petaluma downtown trestle, which runs along side of Petaluma River from the Yacht Club to the Balshaw Bridge. Since I have been blogging about places and events [...]

By | September 16th, 2014|0 Comments

Organizations – Clubs – Lodges

Early Petalumans were fortunate to have many community groups created over the years to meet their personal  needs and interests. Section "K" of the 1855-1955 Centennial Edition of the Petaluma Argus-Courier identifies and describes briefly various non-commercial groups serving the needs of local residents in many different ways. Many of [...]

By | September 3rd, 2014|0 Comments

Petaluma’s Future – Did It Turn Out This Way?

Petaluma's Future - Did It Turn Out This Way?   Seventy-three years ago (1941), in the 85th Anniversary & Program Edition of the Petaluma Argus-Courier, an article titled: "The Future of Petaluma" contained the following information: * The Poultry Industry Is Here to Stay Because ... Our climate is especially [...]

By | August 29th, 2014|0 Comments

Let’s Crack Open Those Golden Nuggets

Although I've been promoting our local Historical Museum and Library as a community "Treasure Chest" filled with all kinds of "Golden Nuggets," I now plan to crack open some of those nuggets and share their historic value with you, the readers of "Our River Town" blog. On a shelf in [...]

By | August 18th, 2014|0 Comments