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THAT TERRIBLE MAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. October 15, 2016. October 16, 2016. The newspaper is the Sonoma Democrat. The Republican is Abraham Lincoln. The year is 1860. RIGHT: Abraham Lincoln May 20, 1860, two days after winning the Republican party nomination). The Sonoma Democrat introduced readers to Lincoln that summer with ad hominem. On election day Lincoln got 1,236 votes in Sonoma county, behind Breckinridge’s 1,466. Petaluma was the only town Lincoln won, with 375 voting for him. Sa...DOUGLAS AND...
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1850 | Santa Rosa History
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OTHO HINTON Pt. II: ARREST, ESCAPE, REPEAT. May 9, 2016. May 31, 2016. Then on August 29, 1850, the Plain Dealer ran a story that began:. Yesterday our town was thrown into great commotion by the announcement that General O. Hinton, a gentleman who has represented himself in these parts as the Ohio Stage Company, but who, in fact, was merely a pensioned agent of said company, was arrested on a charge of robbing the mail of some seventeen thousand dollars. 8221; explores more about his background.). Postm...
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1846 | Santa Rosa History
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THE MANY DEATHS OF COWIE AND FOWLER PART I. August 29, 2016. September 4, 2016. All we know for certain is this: Somewhere around Santa Rosa, their lives ended on the last day of spring. The Bear Flag Revolt was not even a week old. Regrettably, this article had to be split into two parts because of its length – yet another technical reason why I am migrating this blog to SantaRosaHistory.com. Almost everything written there by Bancroft came from the 1851 recollections of Henry L. Ford, the second in...
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MARTIN TARWATER, MOST HAPPY FELLA | Santa Rosa History
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MARTIN TARWATER, MOST HAPPY FELLA. December 5, 2016. December 6, 2016. Had Martin Tarwater behaved himself, he would have died peacefully at home near Mark West Creek and been quickly forgotten. Instead, he did something so crazy that he was immortalized in one of the best stories written by Jack London. Off St. Helena Road and there was a Tarwater school district with a one-room schoolhouse. In truth, we know nothing about Martin’s departure – which suggests Jack London had it mostly right&#...The narra...
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MINNIE OF THE YUKON | Santa Rosa History
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MINNIE OF THE YUKON. December 11, 2016. December 12, 2016. Think those grizzly old Klondike prospectors had it tough? Try panning for gold in -30 temperatures while wearing a dress. It was even more of a surprise for me to discover women prospectors and entrepreneurs had a significant presence in the Klondike Gold Rush. For more information the National Park Service has a good overview with profiles. Which is captivating reading and offers a bibliography for those seeking a deeper dive. When asked if she...
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1854 | Santa Rosa History
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CITY OF ROSES AND SQUATTERS. September 11, 2016. September 12, 2016. It was a momentous day: On February 24, 1854, the state legislature was gathered in Benicia to vote on moving the state capitol to Sacramento. Three assemblyman stood and proposed to choose their own county seat instead – one wanted Marysville, another Stockton. James Bennett suggested Santa Rosa before the Yolo legislator rose and asked: “What county is Santa Rosa in? RIGHT: Detail from 1866 Map Of Sonoma County. Once California became...
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THE TIME MARK TWAIN CAME TO PETALUMA | Santa Rosa History
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THE TIME MARK TWAIN CAME TO PETALUMA. December 31, 2016. January 2, 2017. The next edition of the Petaluma Journal and Argus offered a review of his lecture with the headline, “REPREHENSIBLE.” That fellow who called himself Mark Twain was a complete flop (“…as a lecturer he falls below mediocrity”) and the San Francisco papers should be condemned for misleading the public by giving good reviews to such bad entertainers. He felt like he was a fraud who was taking people in. 8230;before I well knew what I ...
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CITY OF ROSES AND SQUATTERS. September 11, 2016. September 12, 2016. It was a momentous day: On February 24, 1854, the state legislature was gathered in Benicia to vote on moving the state capitol to Sacramento. Three assemblyman stood and proposed to choose their own county seat instead – one wanted Marysville, another Stockton. James Bennett suggested Santa Rosa before the Yolo legislator rose and asked: “What county is Santa Rosa in? RIGHT: Detail from 1866 Map Of Sonoma County. Once California became...
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1863 | Santa Rosa History
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SANTA ROSA’S FIRE LADDIES AND THE BULLY CATARACT. June 12, 2016. June 13, 2016. Santa Rosa would probably burn down if they didn’t start a fire company, but many didn’t seem to care if it did in 1860. Or why worry about your house catching fire since you’re personally always careful with lamps and candles? The paper renewed its call for something to be done after a September, 1860 house fire. Usually Santa Rosa was fighting fires with a simple bucket brigade – everyone who heard the cry of R...8221; g...
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1862 | Santa Rosa History
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NOT OUR WETTEST YEAR, NOT EVEN CLOSE. March 4, 2017. March 5, 2017. We’ve certainly gotten a lot of rain this year. Now imagine getting even more than this during just 25 days. I posted a correction to their article on my OldSantaRosa Facebook page. And thought it was a settled matter – until I came across an article from the January 2013 Scientific American. “ California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe. All together it rained for 25 days over six weeks. No one died (as far as we know...
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