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 pasted [...]
We will continue our new blog series titled, "The Petalumans of Yesteryear" 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 website, by PetalumaNet volunteers. (They were not written by this blogger; just [...]
We will start our new blog series titled, "The Petalumans of Yesteryear" with one of Petaluma's earliest outstanding citizens: Capt. Thomas Baylis. The texts of these blogs were written and posted several years ago on one of our community's first website, by PetalumaNet volunteers. (They were not written by this [...]
Readers of my "Then & Now" series may have noticed how the Petalumans associated with the various buildings featured in these blogs have been highlighted as well. From its beginning, our favorite river town owes its historic growth and development, as well as its uniqueness, to citizens from all walks [...]
This post will be the last in our nine blog series devoted to volunteerism. Yesterday's Butter & Egg Days parade was a perfect example of how Petalumans donate their time, energy and talents to strengthen the spirit of our favorite river town. Petaluma's spirit of volunteerism continues to live on, [...]
Although most of today's Petalumans of Yesteryear moved to Petaluma from some place else in the 1990s, there is one who was born in Petaluma, moved away, but then came home. Mildred King (Addie Atwater), moved back to Petaluma in 1993. As a high school student, living in Petaluma, Millie [...]
In my last blog, we reported the volunteer activities of the Petalumans of Yesteryear, when they were alive and active in the community affairs of our favorite River Town. As we approach the annual Butter & Eggs Day parade, this coming Saturday, when the Petalumans of Yesteryear will be the [...]
Our last five blogs have been related to community volunteerism. We will continue this theme with a focus on one of our River Town's favorite events - the annual Butter & Egg Days parade. It couldn't happen without volunteers. A recent Argus-Courier article (3-21-13) - "Petalumans of Yesteryear named Grand [...]
The initial Sage of Petaluma II blog was posted on 9-18-09, and then … nothing more happened. My apologies for not “tuning in” sooner. Today’s post was composed last September and meant to be a follow-up to the new blog theme. It wasn’t published because the content was too “self-centered.” [...]
It's been circulating around town that The Petalumans of Yesteryears have been designated as the Grand Marshal for the 2006 "Butter & Egg Days" historic parade. What an honor for this collection of historical enthusiasts. Since the theme features the Carnegie Library's 100th Year, Mrs. Addie Atwater (one of The [...]