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Discovering Stories of the Lesser Known

May 5, 2021 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

Materials located within the Sonoma County Archives Collection, currently managed by the Sonoma County Library …

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Grand Central Café Occupies Former Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway Depot

March 21, 2021 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

The upcoming soft opening of Petaluma's Grand Central Café scheduled for April 3 at 226 Weller Street provides …

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Sonoma County Ag and Land Use History Part of Endangered Archival Collection

March 5, 2021 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

Hidden away off Highway 12 at the base of Hood Mountain is a 1950s warehouse, once part of the Los Guilicos …

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Sonoma County’s Orange Belt and Cloverdale’s Annual Citrus Fair

February 6, 2021 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

It's not clear who came up with the idea to call Cloverdale the Orange Belt of Sonoma County, but George E. …

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Bodega Bay’s Landmark Meredith Fish Company is Lost

December 2, 2020 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

The Meredith Fish Company pier and cannery at Bodega Bay is gone. The demolition took three weeks to complete. …

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Sonoma County Archives Narrowly Escapes Destruction by Fire – Second Time in Three Years

November 15, 2020 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

In the past several weeks, I have received many questions about the Sonoma County Archives, which narrowly …

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The History We Nearly Lost at Los Guilicos

November 9, 2020 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

Before October 2020, some may have thought of the Hood House, constructed in 1858, for its proximity to the …

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Sonoma County’s First Breweries

October 21, 2020 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

Petaluma's popularity as a hotspot for beer enthusiasts began long before the current craft beer renaissance. …

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The Other Petaluma Christian Church

September 24, 2020 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

My recent blog post featuring the history of Petaluma Christian Church, aka Polly Hannah Klaas Performing Arts …

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Former Petaluma Christian Church to be Rehabilitated for Use as Community Arts Center

September 20, 2020 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

With plans underway to construct a new church on Schuman Lane in 1971, members of the Petaluma Christian …

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History of the Sonoma-Marin Fair

September 19, 2020 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

California has been conducting fairs for more than 140 years, with the first state agency fairs established by …

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A Small Taste of Sonoma County’s Food Processing History

September 8, 2020 //  by Katherine J. Rinehart

Learning that Sebastopol’s Manzana Products Co. is Sonoma County’s last surviving apple processing plant …

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