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 [...]
It's 4:30 a.m. - not another "significant" twilight moment, but important enough to keep one from going back to sleep. What's the question? All these local historical collections in our libraries, museums, and homes - "So what?" Time and time again, I hear people say, "They take up space, no [...]
It was 21 years ago (1993) that we moved to Petaluma. It didn't take too long for my wife, Connie, and me to become immersed in the history of Petaluma. This interest in the past of "Our River Town" is reflected in various blog themes: Petaluma History, Then & Now, [...]
Over the past few weeks, my blogs have focused on promoting our Petaluma Historical Museum and Research Library as a local "Treasure Chest" that contains many "Golden Nuggets" that enrich the legacy of "Our River Town." A discussion group of Petalumans, who were either born here or have lived in [...]
Although his name is well known in "Our River Town," how much do current Petalumans really know about Lyman Byce? Most readers will respond, "he built the first incubator." However, are there other tidbits of information we should be aware of? An article in the Argus-Courier's Centennial Edition (Section 4G), [...]
Last week (7-8-2014), the first blog that focused on the use of the term "historical significance" was posted. Since then, I have also conducted an Internet search for "historical significance," and guess what - I found a link to "Richmond, VA.: A City of Historical Significance." This, in turn, led [...]
Another personal twilight moment: one that I hope will be one of "historical significance." Coincidently, it occurred the day after another event of "historical significance" in the history of our nation - the United Sates of America. Why have I repeated the use of the phrase "historical significance" four times, [...]
In today's "Dear Abby" column, a letter from a former White House aide stated that, "At 2 p.m., July Fourth, I would love nothing better than for all Americans to stop briefly and give our country a ring. On July 4, 1963, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed the ringing of [...]
My last blog (June 21st) featured the availability of the Argus-Courier's 85th Anniversary Progress Edition in the Hoppy Hopkins Research Room of the Petaluma Historical Museum (4th & B Streets). My thanks to Nancy Wilson, a docent from the Petaluma Library (100 Fairground Drive), who sent me the following e-mail: [...]
Although we have featured two other Petaluma Centennial edition, here are the headlines for the 85th Edition of the Argus-Courier, dated May 9, 1941. In order to read the articles that go with these headlines, visit the Hoppy Hopkins Research Library at the Petaluma Historical Museum on Thursdays, when volunteers [...]