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A preliminary General Plan and draft Environmental Impact Report for the John Marsh State Historic Park will be reviewed during a workshop on Thursday, Nov. 4.
The workshop will be held from 5:30 t...
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After a successful venture into the calendar business last year, the East Contra Costa Historical Society is now distributing its 2011 compilation of local photos, trivia and milestones.
Last year’...
Sep 30, 2010 | 0 | 13 |
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Calling all history buffs: it’s time for another History Mystery, Press readers, and once again local historian Carol Jensen has supplied us with another historical postcard, inviting readers to id...
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 | 13 |
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You’ve done it again, Press readers. The second history mystery has been solved.
In the Sept. 10 issue, we ran the second installment of our historical postcard series and asked you to identify the...
Sep 22, 2010 | 1 | 8 |
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John Marsh
(June 6, 1799-Sept. 24, 1856)
A leading citizen and first settler of Brentwood was murdered today en route to Martinez. Dr. John Marsh was ambushed just outside of Pacheco by bandits...
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Local historian Carol Jensen is once again asking Press readers to help her peer into far East County’s past. This month’s postcard history mystery features a white house with an elaborate front po...
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 | 6 |
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While Labor Day is known as a prime barbecuing holiday, one barbecue in particular – held a weekend later – should be on East County residents’ radar.
The East Contra Costa Historical Society’s Com...
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 | 19 |
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The Byron School History Mystery has been solved. The schoolgirl, known only as Nellie until The Press ran her 1908 postcard message two weeks ago , has been identified as Nelda Lewis Gibson, than...
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The John Marsh Historic Trust, in partnership with Cruise One of Brentwood and Princess Cruises, recently raised more than $2,200 to help restore the John Marsh House. Friends of John Marsh cruised...
Aug 12, 2010 | 0 | 15 |
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On June 1, 1908 John Krohn began his journey walking around the perimeter of the United States, an adventure that took him 357 days to complete. Also on that date in history, a Byron schoolgirl mai...
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He’s all but forgotten now, but at one time Roswell Butler Hard was one of the most powerful men in Antioch. He was a county supervisor, sheriff and the first chairman of Antioch’s town council – i...
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Forty isn’t typically a milestone that people fuss over too much. Usually the 50th anniversary – the golden celebration – gets all the attention. But one Brentwood elementary school isn’t waiting a...
Apr 08, 2010 | 0 | 13 |
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Linda Mitchell and Kathy Leighton, left, look through a scrapbook from the former Byron Hot Springs School during the East Contra Costa Historical Society’s 2010 Opening Day celebration at the Byer...
Mar 25, 2010 | 0 | 13 |
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Most people like to kick back on Friday evenings and welcome the weekend, but for the investigators of Delta Diablo Paranormal, it’s time to get down to business.
Armed with infrared cameras, elect...
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The East Contra Costa Historical Society holds its annual Opening Day Celebration on March 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring new displays of the Byron Hot Springs and Donner Party, WPA paintings...
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When the shots rang out at Edna Hill Middle School, there were a few screams but no one panicked, aside from the birds fleeing the trees. Some students clapped while the teachers smiled.
No need to...
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Braces, beams, buttresses, a good deal of shoring up plus other vital engineering work is on the way to help protect one of California’s most remarkable historic structures – the 1856 John Marsh St...
Feb 25, 2010 | 0 | 18 |
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Cortona Park Senior Living Center helped keep the Spirit of ’45 alive last weekend with fabulous ’40s music by Vocal Ease and the Heritage High Jazz Band, dancing, displays and dignitaries. For man...
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The East Contra Costa Historical Society (ECCHS) Museum has always offered an exhibit honoring East County’s first American settler John Marsh, but the exhibit is getting a face lift with the addit...
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The East Contra Costa Historical Society will host two volunteer recruitment days in March to help educate locals about the Historical Society and what it has to offer. The Society could always use...