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Treasured objects and artifacts held by the Antioch Historical Society Museum will be preserved for future generations with help from the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a core set of con...
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He’s credited with helping to inspire the westward expansion of the United States, sending glowing letters to friends and newspapers back east extolling California’s virtues. The first pioneer to s...
May 21, 2009 | 0 | 15 |
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While Bob Gromm is considered one of the leading experts on Delta history, his own name crops in the history of Contra Costa County from time to time.
In his 91 years, he’s been editor of the Brent...
May 21, 2009 | 0 | 10 |
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As she makes her way through the roomful of students – all clad in 1840s period garb and standing strangely motionless for fourth-graders – the reporter, sensing her historical acumen is about to b...
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More than 100 years ago, the Dutra family established a historic presence with their role in dredging the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. To date, Bill Dutra and the Dutra group continues this legacy...
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Blue Goose Park, the children’s play area with the whimsical name, opened last month amid cheers along the O’Hara Avenue corridor from neighbors who have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the fa...
Apr 30, 2009 | 1 | 32 |
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They appear to be little more than dilapidated, boarded-up hovels, a collection of sub-standard dwellings that will soon be demolished by the City of Brentwood. But within the relics lining the ban...
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There are people who live their entire lives never feeling appreciated, important or significant. Those people never met Bill Bristow.
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It’s stood sentinel on the corner of First and Maple streets for 84 years, honoring veterans and providing a venue for countless community activities. And while the events are scheduled to continue...
Apr 16, 2009 | 0 | 10 |
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The Board of Directors of the John Marsh Historic Trust is pleased to announce the election of Alexandra Ghiozzi as the newest member of the board. Mrs. Ghiozzi, a resident and business owner in Br...
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Antioch third-graders recently visited the Antioch Historical Society in a trip made possible by a transportation grant from the Keller Canyon Mitigation Fund. The Woman’s Club of Antioch adopted t...
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While businesses come and go in downtown Brentwood, the glow of the landmark Delta Cinema marquee continues to shine each night, just as it has for nearly eight decades.
The movie theater has seen ...
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This is the second of a three-part series on the efforts of two far East County towns to retain their heritage and remain rural and small in the face of regional growth and changing local politics...
Mar 12, 2009 | 5 | 21 |
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This is the first of a three-part series on the efforts of two far East County towns, Knightsen and Byron, to retain their heritage and remain rural and small in the face of regional growth and ch...
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Doug McConnell, longtime host of KRON4 TV’s “Bay Area Backroads,” will be at Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve in Antioch on Saturday, March 7 from 1-2:30 p.m. for the official season-opening o...
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He’s had creeks and parks named after him and trusts established in his memory. Now the man who cut a deep, historic swath across California will add another distinction to his resumé.
The John Mar...
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Brentwood’s largest art gallery is probably also the best-kept secret in town. In fact, Saunie Fridley, owner of Fridley Art Gallery, said most people discover her art room by accident.
“A lot of p...
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The East Contra Costa Historical Society is preparing to open the doors of the ECCHS Museum for the 2009 season, and it needs your help.
The museum, which opens on Saturday, March 28, is currently ...
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Press photographer Paul Cutino regrets not snapping off more photos of this charming barn not far from the Antioch Airport (the landscape has changed drastically since), but he was “just a kid with...
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Two hundred years ago on the Kentucky frontier was born a man few people today know anything about. He eventually became the most reviled politician in his time, a man who was known to ridicule oth...