I See by the Papers...

Yeah, there's a dead body on display at the fairgrounds. What's the big deal? Visitors to the 1985 Sonoma County Fair found a tent ...

Don't be scared, but there may be strangers in your house. Anyone lucky enough to inherit their family's photo album must have wond...

Once upon a time Santa Rosa had a rival village next door named Frankin Town. Or not. The often-told story goes something like this: In th...

Read any good old newspapers recently? We live in a golden age for anyone interested in exploring our past. There are many tens of thousands...

Our 1925 ancestors had boundless love for all things with a steering wheel and on Sundays the Press Democrat had a dedicated automobile sec...

The most shocking thing to read in the July 1925 Press Democrat was that the Barlow ranch in Sebastopol was still using children to harvest...

The 4th of July fell on a Saturday in 1925, and tens of thousands of San Franciscans emerged from their foggy summer climes to drive around ...