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“A Sleepy River Town Grows Up”

How many reader read the special history section in the September 24th edition of the Argus-Courier, with the above title? Since then, several letters to the editor have commented on how well written the various articles in that special section were and how much more they learned about our River [...]

By | October 1st, 2015|0 Comments

Check out the new ‘Petalumans of Yesteryear’ website

Yesteryear is a word that has been used in a variety of ways. The Walking Tour Guides of our Historic Downtown District, who have adopted the personas of some of Petaluma’s prominent citizens from the late 19th or early 20th Century, have created a unique team of historical enthusiasts who [...]

By | June 10th, 2015|0 Comments

“Lest We Forget” – Ed Mannion

Another local community historian that needs to be remembered along with Ed Fratini is Ed Mannion. His collection of books, files, and documents gathered over 40 years was originally given to the Petaluma Historical Museum; but later transferred to the Petaluma Library where there was more room. C. Edward Mannion [...]

By | June 12th, 2014|0 Comments

Remembering Hoppy Hopkins

For the past few months, we have have posted several blogs under the Petaluma History category, using theme headings like  the "Petalumans of Yesteryear," the "Sages of Petaluma," and "Then & Now." We have also given credit to the Petaluma Historical Museum & Research Library for the source of most [...]

By | June 8th, 2014|0 Comments

“Lest We Forget” – Ed Fratini

As many readers know, I've been spending many hours lately taking advantage of the many historical files, records and oral histories in the Hoppy Hopkins Research Library located at 4th & B Streets. One of the "golden nuggets" I've discovered in this "treasure chest" is the biographical file of native [...]

By | May 21st, 2014|0 Comments

Gene Benedetti

A few of my recent blogs have highlighted our local Historical Museum & Research Library as a "Treasure Chest" that contains many "golden nuggets" pertaining to Petaluma' past. One of my blog categories is titled, "Petalumans of Yesteryear" and has featured early Petalumans of the 1850s such as: Capt. Thomas [...]

By | May 10th, 2014|0 Comments

John Edgar (Tom) Lockwood – Petaluma’s First Settler

Last week the Press Democrat printed two articles dealing with the historic significance of the Beck house located in the Cedar Grove area of Petaluma (a seven acre parcel off Lakeville Street between the railroad tracks and the Petaluma River.)  The purpose of today'sblog is not to enter the debate [...]

By | March 31st, 2014|0 Comments

William Howard Pepper

Today's post is about the last of the six "Petalumans of Yesteryear" whose identities have been adopted by current volunteers for the Petaluma Historical Museum & Library. "Although Mr. Pepper came to California in 1850 in search of gold, along with thousands of others 49ers; he did not arrive in [...]

By | March 16th, 2014|0 Comments

Brainerd Jones

This week marks the eighth year anniversary of blogging for the Argus-Courier's Petaluma360 site, as a volunteer blogger. This post highlights another "Petaluman of Yesteryear." "Perhaps no man has left more living memorials of his achievements and of his contributions to this community than this architect who drew the plans [...]

By | March 10th, 2014|0 Comments

Addie Atwater

Our new blog series titled, "The Petalumans of Yesteryear" continues with  one of Petaluma's earliest outstanding citizens: . The texts of these blogs were written and posted several years ago on one of our community's first websites, by PetalumaNet volunteers. (They were not written by this blogger; just copied and [...]

By | February 25th, 2014|0 Comments