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The John Marsh Historic Trust is undergoing a new phase in its goal of saving the John Marsh House. Progress is being made in stabilizing the house, fundraising and looking forward to a new state h...
May 02, 2011 | 0 | 9 |
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The East Contra Costa Historical Society invites the public to a free day of fun in celebration of California History Day at the Society’s museum, 3890 Sellers Ave. in Brentwood, on Saturday, May 1...
Apr 12, 2011 | 0 | 13 |
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The Filipino-American Association, Inc. of Pittsburg honored survivors of the World War II Bataan Death March during the 69th anniversary commemoration held in Antioch last week. Nine known Death M...
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 | 10 |
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No one has been able to identify the woman in the photo of this month’s History Mystery, but new details are trickling in. Dorothy Olivarez of Stege, Calif. identified the postcard’s recipient as ...
Mar 31, 2011 | 24 | 148 |
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UPDATED 5:10 A.M., March 31, 2011 A local pastor with a history of lawsuits, tax liens and bankruptcy is under fire from parishioners for questionable financial dealings, and may have been opera...
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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This month’s History Mystery Postcard is inscribed with gelatin (silver) print and features a divided back. It was sent from Brentwood to Martinez and is clearly postmarked March 17, 1914. This mo...
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 | 4 |
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George Gambel became mayor of Brentwood in 1970. Before that, he attended the first Excelsior School, located at the corner of Marsh Creek Road and Highway 4. George forwards this picture, which he...
Mar 16, 2011 | 0 | 12 |
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Traditionally, the mayor reads proclamations at Oakley City Council meetings, but Mayor Jim Frazier returned the duty to three-time Mayor Pat Anderson for the reading of the Women’s History Month p...
Mar 10, 2011 | 0 | 4 |
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The East Contra Costa Historical Society is looking for people interested in local history to become museum docents. No experience is necessary, and membership is not required. One session of docen...
Mar 02, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Some say high school was the best four years of their lives while others are content leaving the past in the past, abandoning outdated lingo or bad hair styles in the history books. But if you were...
Feb 17, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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This month’s History Mystery postcard is an unsent, real photo postcard (RPP), gelatin (silver) print, divided back card featuring a team of four horses pulling what appears to be a grain wagon. F...
Feb 10, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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Discovery Bay resident Virgil Koehne solved last month’s History Mystery by correctly identifying the images in an old postcard. Koehne, the Discovery Bay water and wastewater manager, and his col...
Jan 20, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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While historian Carol Jensen owns a vast collection of historical postcards, she’s looking to add to it, and she needs your help. Jensen’s collection features images of old Brentwood, Oakley and K...
Jan 05, 2011 | 0 | 9 |
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Thanks to the help of Press reader Ray Parkins, local historian Carol Jensen has identified Bethel Island’s History Mystery fisherman as William “Bill” E. Schaadt. December’s History Mystery featu...
Jan 04, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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Longtime Antioch historian Charlie Bohakel has studied this area extensively for most of his life. He can picture when the Antioch Lumber Company was a bustling major employer, identify when the ci...
Dec 23, 2010 | 0 | 3 |
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Brentwood’s downtown enhancement project currently underway will take a year to complete, but once it’s finished, the city’s historical district is expected to be transformed into a vibrant, pedest...
Dec 09, 2010 | 0 | 6 |
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For the December History Mystery, historian Carol Jensen is asking Press readers to help identify the man in this postcard from the 1950s. Jensen has no information other than what’s printed on th...
Dec 01, 2010 | 0 | 10 |
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New information about Knightsen’s history has been revealed as a result of November’s History Mystery contest, but the winner isn’t from East County. Ed Kreyenhagen, a resident of Coalinga, was abl...
Nov 25, 2010 | 0 | 9 |
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Antioch historian and lifelong resident Elizabeth Rimbault is working to correct what she feels has been a long-overlooked mistake. When William Wiggin Smith founded Antioch in 1851, he staked out...
Nov 18, 2010 | 0 | 21 |
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Byron’s historic Taylor Ranch, home to four generations of the Taylor-Cross family, is now on the housing market, and for a cool $1.89 million, it could be yours. The Tim Abney Estate currently ow...