The old Santa Rosa newspapers loved writing about con artists – except, of course, when the crook was an advertiser. Compare and contrast the treatments given these two stories from 1909. There was much excitement in town when it was announced a large ranch in Glen Ellen was to be purchased and turned into the […]
Once upon a time Santa Rosa had a rival village next door named Franklin Town. Or not. The often-told story goes something like this: In the early 1850s, before there was a place called Santa Rosa, Oliver Beaulieu founded a village somewhere near the Carrillo adobe. He named it Franklin after his brother. A church […]
Pity Charlie Holmes; his bad luck streak continued as his wife nearly burned to death. That misplaced sympathy appeared in a 1901 Press Democrat item (transcribed below). Today we find it offensive the PD would cast him as the main victim, but turn of the century Santa Rosa is a far throw away from the […]