A partial list of articles concerning the 1906 Santa Rosa earthquake:

*THE CALM BEFORE
It's remarkable how completely unremarkable that week otherwise was

*APRIL 18, 1906: PART I
The 45 seconds of terror

*APRIL 18, 1906: PART II
Even while the town was furiously shaking, fires were starting

*BODY COUNTS
We don't know for certain how many people died

*DISPATCHES FROM THE DISASTER ZONE
Vignettes from the newsletter-sized paper published in the two weeks afterwards

*MARTIAL LAW, SORT OF
Law and Order in wake of the quake

*WHAT OTHERS SAID ABOUT SANTA ROSA
Frightening stories that the rest of the nation heard

*THE LONG CLEANUP
More than a year later, parts of downtown were still piled with debris

* FORWARD INTO THE PAST
How the earthquake entrenched Santa Rosa in its 19th Century ways

*STILL IN BUSINESS, NEW LOCATION
Little news in the newspapers, but lots of ads

*POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE
Send your friends souvenirs of the disaster

*WILL THE INSURANCE CO. PAY?
Whenever someone received a check it was treated like a lottery win

*RACE TO REBUILD
All of Fourth St. a construction zone, open-air bazaar, and obstacle course

*COURTHOUSE FOR SALE, GOOD FOR PARTS
The wreck of the old courthouse remained amid the hustle to build a new downtown

*CRIMINALS AFOOT
At least two men thought it was a great time to pull off a heist

*NOW WE CAN LAUGH ABOUT IT
Remember how funny it was when we thought the apocalypse was at hand?

*BODY COUNTS, PART II
List of the known dead, and where to look for more victims

*OATES AND THE CITY DISPLACED
How a business shantytown was cobbled together

*WHAT WE KNOW WE DON'T KNOW
Why is so little known about Santa Rosa's worst crisis?

*NO SHORTAGE OF FOOD
A warehouse bursting with donations, yet the city began rationing

*THE SPIN BEGINS
Chamber of Commerce follows San Francisco in rewriting the story of the quake and aftermath

*WHO DESERVES RELIEF MONEY?
Santa Rosa liberally dipped into the relief fund for everything except humanitarian aid

*THE SPEECH NO ONE WANTED TO HEAR
The best historical account of the disaster was in a speech delivered two years later

*1906 SANTA ROSA EARTHQUAKE BY THE NUMBERS
Clearing up some common misinformation

*THE YEAR THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE ENDED
About 3½ years later the dust of the 1906 Santa Rosa earthquake finally settled

*THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE GRAVESTONE: WHO LIES BENEATH?
One identified body isn't there at all, but there are probably more remains than assumed

*THE LEGENDS OF CAPTAIN ROCKWELL
Tracking down the story about a heroic donation and a famous letter of gratitude

*THE 1906 PETALUMA EARTHQUAKE
Fears of mobs coming up from Marin as refugees nearly triple size of Petaluma

*1906 EARTHQUAKE: NEW REVELATIONS
The Petaluma newspapers provided additional details about the situation in Santa Rosa

*SEEKING MISS EXCELSA
"Mrs. C. Heath," the vaudeville performer who ended up in Santa Rosa's mass grave








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