Knave - Christmas in '49 - 'Cycling in the 1890s - Second Capitol - Hello and Goodbye - William E. P. Hartnell - California By Chance - Senorita Teresa - Oakland Tribune - Sunday, December 27, 1959

  

I'm leaving out the first few paragraphs, which deal with current politics, and moving right to the histories and stories. Click the clipping below if you want to read what you missed, here.

Christmas in '49

Knave: sinking of "Central America" in 1857 - Albert E. Norman reminisces about his neighborhood - gold rush in London Times, 1848 - Oakland Tribune - 25 Sep 1955

 

I'm leaving out the first few paragraphs, which deal with current politics, and moving right to the histories and stories. Click the clipping below if you want to read what you missed, here. The Central America has been in the news lately, as its precious cargo of gold - from California - is up for auction.- MF

Hurricane California