Posts Tagged ‘Bear Flag’
Eliza Gregson ‘Pioneer Woman in Sonoma’ presenter Eileen Hook
Eliza Gregson’s Story chronicles the life of a woman who experienced California before the Gold Rush and during the early years of statehood. Born in Manchester, England, Eliza Marshall Gregson worked in the cotton mills of Derbyshire, England and Pawtucket, Rhode Island before her marriage and journey west. Her experiences are those of an ordinary woman in extraordinary times. She arrived in Sonoma to witness the Bear Flag Revolt
Read More‘Call of the Valley’ movie a fundraiser for the Sonoma Valley Historical Society at the Sebastiani Theatre February 15 at 2pm
Watch the trailer: https://www.callofthevalley.net/trailer Call of the Valley is a feature-length documentary tracing Sonoma Valley’s evolution through the ages from the arrival in Sonoma of Native Americans over 12,000 years ago…
Read MoreA Sonoma Christmas in the 1890s by Peter G. Meyerhof
In 1965, historian Helen Shainsky recounted the Christmas celebrations of the late 19th century in Sonoma. She recalled that many families went up into the hills to cut their Christmas…
Read MoreAbraham Lincoln and Sonoma – Part 3
Senator James Semple Meanwhile John Bradford in California became interested in Sonoma politics. In the first state legislature where General Vallejo had been elected state senator from the Sonoma district,…
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William B. Ide, c 1850 On the other hand, we have the case of John S. Bradford, the brother-in-law of the Bear Flagger, Dr. Robert Semple. Bradford was one of…
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Horatio Dawes Appleton flag Mariano Vallejo c 1865 Most Sonomans share with the rest of the country a profound admiration and often an affection for Abraham Lincoln. Generally unknown is…
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