PETALUMA’S THREE CRISES

Further reading from Jeff Elliott’s Sept. 23, 2017 presentation at the Petaluma Museum:

THAT TERRIBLE MAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
Santa Rosa’s Sonoma Democrat fed its readers a steady diet of anti-Lincoln, anti-abolitionist bile

A SHORT TRUCE IN THE (UN)CIVIL WAR
The war of words between the Petaluma Argus and the Santa Rosa newspaper

THE WICKERSHAM MURDERS
The 1886 double murder shook the nation and spurred the anti-Chinese immigrant movement

MANHUNT PT. I: ESCAPE
No proof that Ang, the Chinese cook and only suspect, was on the steamer heading for China

MANHUNT II: HOW (NOT) TO CATCH A FUGITIVE
The slow motion chase across the Pacific Ocean

WHO KILLED THE WICKERSHAMS?
Ang made for a lousy suspect – there was no motive and zero evidence linking him to the double murder

THE 1906 PETALUMA EARTHQUAKE
There were fears of anarchy in Marin county as San Francisco refugees flooded the North Bay