SHERIFF PETRAY AND 2 DETECTIVES KILLED Press Democrat Dec 6, 1920 On December 6, 1920 in Santa Rosa, California, the Sheriff of Sonoma county, James A. Petray and San Francisco Detectives Miles Jackson and Lester Dorman were gunned down. The killer was one George Boyd of Seattle, a professional boxer and a member of the … [Read more…]
I was surprised to see this in the PERSONAL MENTION column of the 24 October 1919 Santa Rosa Press Democrat. It seems that Miss Lewis has been publicly shamed by the newspaper. While they normally report casual comings and goings, business and vacation trips, this is the only time I’ve seen something like this: Miss … [Read more…]
Sonoma Democrat, 22 October 1857 A Porcine Paragraph. — We observed several large lots of swine being driven through our streets toward Petaluma on Sunday last, from the upper part of the valley. They were in fine condition, and will furnish the bachelor portion of the population of San Francisco, with many a luscious spare-rib. … [Read more…]
Sacramento Daily Union, 2 January 1871 NOVEMBER. 1st — A fire at Moore’s Flat destroyed a great part of the town; loss, $13,200. 2d — A. P. Crittenden appointed Supreme Court reporter vice Tod Robinson deceased … Nebraska Hotel at Watsonville burned; loss, $7, 000…. Irene Furry was thrown from a buggy near Woodland and … [Read more…]
We open this post with a bit of normalcy. Lute L. Veirs owned a butcher shop in Santa Rosa, became a prominant citizen, ran for and was elected to the Santa Rosa City Council in 1900. He married Annie Roberts and it seems life was good, as noted in this blurb in the Press Democrat: … [Read more…]
Los Angeles Herald, 2 October 1900 SANTA ROSA’S MUDDLE The City Officials May All Be Turned Out City Recorder Prindle Claims Their Election Was Illegal and Proposes to Sue Them in the Name of the State (By Associated Press.) Santa Rosa, Oct. 1. — City Recorder Henry Prindle today served notice upon members of the … [Read more…]
Abstract $420 From “Bank” in Woodpile and Start on Long Journey. Sacramento Union, 1 November 1906 The four children who were arrested Tuesday night in this city while fleeing from their homes in Santa Rosa, were taken back yesterday by Constable S. J. Gillam of that place. The two elder girls, Maggie Givelin and Nora … [Read more…]