Today's guest blog was submitted by Jack Withington, one of the participants in the "Sages of Petaluma" conversation group. Hopefully, other Sages will compose guest blogs that recall their memories of living, working, and growing up in "Our River Town." "Before Tom Yoneda reached the age of 5 years old, [...]
Today's post is a guest blog submitted by Jack Withington, a participant in the "Sages of Petaluma" conversation group that meets monthly at the Petaluma Historical Museum & Library. It would be difficult to imagine life without access to the telephone in the early 1900’s. Southern Sonoma County pioneer farmers [...]
This post is a guest blog submitted by Lew Baer, a current member of the "Sages of Petaluma" and editor of the San Francisco Bat Area Post Card Newsletter. Petaluma has boasted of outstanding restaurants over the past century and a half. Some were notable for the delicious meals that were [...]
Last Saturday, John Crowley was honored by Mayor Glass with a proclamation as Petaluma's "Good Egg" for 2014. John will lead the annual Butter & Egg Days parade next Saturday, along with several former "Good Eggs." This year's theme is "Home Grown Petaluma." The first B&E Days parade was held [...]
Since our recent blogs have been promoting the Petaluma Historical Museum & Library at Fourth & B Streets, we hope that readers will take the opportunity to visit it and explore the various displays and visits. Here are a series of questions you might use as a "Scavenger Hunt" for [...]
As we continue to search for a new theme or series of "our River Town" blog site on Petaluma360.com, we revisited Petaluma's "Treasure Chest," aka the Petaluma Historical Museum & Library. In addition to the "golden nuggets" found in the Hoppy Hopkins Memorial Research Library, there are several exhibits and [...]
Last month, I was looking for new ideas or themes for my blog site, so I decided to explore the collection of books, photographs, files, and pamphlets in the Hoppy Hopkins Research Library at the Petaluma Historical Museum. Within an hour of glancing randomly through the various shelves I thought [...]
Everyone in Petaluma knows where the former Golden Eagle Shopping Center (renamed River Plaza) is located (Now); but how many readers know what was there years ago (Then)? According to Adair Heig, "In 1885, S.C. and W.C. Percival teamed up with the Hill and the Fairbanks families to build the [...]
Since its beginning in the 1850s, Petaluma has had several hotels built, relocated, and/or destroyed over the years. The American Hotel, the Brooklyn Hotel, the Washington Hotel, the Union Hotel, the City Hotel, and the Revere House were five of the large, commodious, and well-constructed hotels built years ago. [...]
As we launch our ninth year as a blogger for the Argus-Courier's Petaluma360, we realize that our current "Then & Now" series involves prominent Petalumans from its earlier years and should be recognized as well as featuring the buildings they constructed way back "Then." For example ... Edward Spalding Lippitt, [...]