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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Can you believe it? Today, March 11, 2014 is the 8th anniversary of Our River Town blog on what is now known as the Argus-Courier's Petaluma360. To date, this volunteer blogger has posted 540 blogs, organized in 14 various categories. ((Look for these categories in the column to the right.) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]