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
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![]() | 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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