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Two hundred people came together at the Bill Bristow Community Theater on the Edna Hill Middle School campus Dec. 19 to look at pictures, tell stories and remember. With a new theater set to open i...
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 | 20 |
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This weekend’s final performance of the Christmas play “Bah, Humbug” will be the last to grace the stage of the Bill Bristow Community Theater at Edna Hill Middle School.
After more than 30 years o...
Dec 03, 2009 | 0 | 35 |
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Edna Hill, Barbara Guise, Everett LeMoine donations added to museum collection
Nov 19, 2009 | 0 | 26 |
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Two porcelain dolls that belonged to Francis Eustis Donner Wilder, one of the surviving members of the doomed Donner Party, will grace the East Contra Costa Historical Society Museum’s collection o...
Nov 05, 2009 | 0 | 13 |
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Students in grades three and up are invited to observe Veteran’s Day by experiencing a bit of history when Vietnam veteran Phil Ehrhorn shares his war experiences in a free 45-minute program on Tue...
Oct 29, 2009 | 0 | 13 |
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Liberty High library teacher Adriana Perez was recently awarded a $5,000 grant through the California State Library and Local History Digital Resource Project in order to help digitalize Liberty’s ...
Oct 15, 2009 | 0 | 9 |
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The Antioch Historical Society’s annual membership barbecue was held recently on the museum grounds.
Four generations, descendants of the McCoy family, gathered around the table in the McCoy Cook ...
Oct 07, 2009 | 0 | 12 |
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Students in Charlie Bohakel’s history classes are encouraged to visit the museum each semester as part of their requirement to pursue the study of history beyond the textbook and classroom.
The st...
Sep 17, 2009 | 0 | 12 |
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The Lions Club of Brentwood, known for hosting countless community events over the years, turns 80 this weekend – and this time the party’s for them.
The birthday celebration, which is open to the ...
Sep 17, 2009 | 0 | 21 |
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Many service clubs were established in Contra Costa County in the 1920s. Organizations like the Lions, the Elks, Rotary, Kiwanis and various chambers of commerce were established by local businessm...
Aug 20, 2009 | 0 | 16 |
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It took a year to build it and only six days to tear it down, but you’d never know by looking at the crumbling remains of Antioch’s Best Western Heritage Inn that the 1,700 tons of popping metal, c...
Aug 17, 2009 | 0 | 10 |
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The John Marsh Historic Trust’s Art and Wine Gala held at Brentwood’s Co. Co. County Wine Company this month raised several thousand dollars for the stabilization and restoration of the John Marsh ...
Aug 13, 2009 | 0 | 12 |
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When local history buffs attend the East Contra Costa Historical Society (ECCHS) barbecue at the Byer/Nail House Museum on Sept. 13, they’ll not only get a chance to rub elbows with the past; they’...
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The two men couldn’t be much different. One is a robust fellow of 39 who soars well above 6 feet tall, tips the scales at 325 pounds, and whose face exudes confidence and strength. The other is a d...
Aug 11, 2009 | 0 | 9 |
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In July, Antioch’s Chichibu Sister City Committee, in partnership with the Arts & Cultural Foundation of Antioch, sought local artists to create a work that best represents Antioch.
The artwork ch...
Aug 10, 2009 | 0 | 16 |
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How many know that a famous Brentwood-Byron pioneer, Robert Dean, was responsible for naming Lake Tahoe?
Dean was born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. in 1831. Arriving in California in 1850, he first tried ...
Jul 09, 2009 | 0 | 9 |
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With fireworks, parades and barbecues going on all over Contra Costa County, folks celebrating the Fourth of July had plenty of choices of events they could attend. Those who stayed in Oakley were ...
Jul 09, 2009 | 0 | 11 |
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Even if you hadn’t checked your calendar, it was easy to tell it was the Fourth of July at the East Contra Costa Historical Society’s Byer-Nail Museum last weekend. In addition to the flags and bun...
Jul 07, 2009 | 0 | 18 |
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Work got underway last week on a $14 million project to replace the rickety, timber-supported, 61-year-old Bethel Island Bridge with a wider, safer, stronger bridge designed to survive earthquakes ...
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The East Contra Costa Historical Society is honoring America’s troops this Fourth of July with the unveiling of a new military-themed display at the Society’s museum this weekend.
Museum docent Joy...