2015

On an unusually hot day, July 2, 1929, a column of smoke was reported at 2:45 pm near the Garden of Allah, home of Ralston White on El Capitan Ave.…

Who knew? The gristmill stones in the garden of the Outdoor Art Club are probably the oldest historical artifacts in Mill Valley, dating from mid-19th century rancho life in the…

In 1957, the Mill Valley School District opened Marin Terrace School on a ten-acre site in Almonte. In 1962, the school was enlarged. Enrollment topped out at 300 students. In…

Throughout 2015, San Francisco is celebrating the centennial of its world’s fair, the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) held in the Marina.  Homestead Valley’s Helen Eells, attended the fair when…

A block up Montford from Miller is Homestead Terrace, Federal Public Housing, Elderly/Disabled. Residents are generally at least 62 years old with a very low annual income.  The complex consists…

Early on a spring day in 1910, Rose and Ida met at the Mill Valley depot on Tuesday to go shopping in the city. Rose had walked down the Madrona…