Quisisana: The Charles H. Bach Estate in Kentfield

by Carol Acquaviva

Carlo Martinoia — The Capitalist of Tomales

About 27,000 people left their homes and families in the…

George T. Marsh & The Craze for All Things Japanese

by David M. Newcomer

75 Years Ago: Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island

Swiss-Italian Immigrants Found Marin “Just Like Home”

by Marilyn L. Geary

El Campo: An Oasis in Early Marin

Today’s Paradise Park, on the East shore of the Tiburon Peninsula…

Remembering Larkspur’s Rose Bowl

by Laurie Thompson

Mission-style Depots in San Rafael symbol of Marin’s Long Railroad History

Roberts Dairy: Where San Rafael’s Salvation Army Stands Today

Valle Maggia, Switzerland: Home of West Marin Pioneer Families

Sun Valley, San Rafael, Once Home to Early Motion Picture Studio

1891 Article on the Dixie Schoolhouse reveals Early North San Rafael History

1915 World’s Fair: Symbol of San Francisco’s Renaissance from the 1906 Earthquake

Frank Morrison Pixley’s Owl’s Wood: An Oasis in Corte Madera

1906 Earthquake Strikes Marin

by Laurie Thompson

The Octagon House — 150 Years Young

by Bob Battersby

Site of John Reed’s Adobe marked with a Plaque

by Laurie Thompson

Long History of Flooding in Marin

by Laurie Thompson

Rural Life: The Roots of Marin County’s Prosperity

by Dewey Livingston

The Happiest Place on Earth: A History of the Marin County Fair

Ross Landing, 1848, as Remembered by Charles Lauff

by Laurie Thompson

Olivia Dalessi Leaves Legacy

by Marilyn L. Geary

40th Anniversary of Marin County Parks

by Katherine Jones

The Muscio Family: Marin County Entrepreneurs since 1877

by Cathy Gowdy

Hotel Rafael: California’s Society Resort

by Laurie Thompson

Tamalpais Club Lodge: New Home of the Tamalpais Conservation Club

The Story of “Bob” a California Grizzly Bear Cub rescued by Albert E. Kent

The Amusement Zone at San Francisco’s 1915 World’s Fair

Excerpted from the Marin Journal, 21 January…

Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway Mystery

by Laurie Thompson

We are pleased to announce that we are…

Sausalito Portuguese Hall Creates New Walking Tour

Micahel Moyle

Catherine Munson: In Her Own Words

by Laurie Thompson

Travel between San Rafael and San Francisco in the 1860s

Alexander “Zan” Stark: Images of Mid-20th Century Marin

by Laurie Thompson

Charles Lauff remembers Christmas in Sausalito, 1847

Historic Entertainment at the West Point Inn (2013)

by Fred Runner

Garage Sale Find is the Oldest Photo of Crookedest Railroad

Marin County Free Library, 1914–2014

by Laurie Thompson

Mt. Tamalpais, circa 1920, attributed to Seldon Connor Gile

Mt. Tamalpais Military Academy Christmas Dance 1912

by Laurie Thompson

Philo Jacoby, King of the Sharpshooters

by Marilyn L. Geary

“The Crookedest Railroad in the World”: Featuring scale-models by Michael Murray (1953–2008)

Eleanor Gerhardt of Mill Valley

by Cathy Gowdy

Historic Marin Newspapers now part of the California Digital Newspaper Collection

1914 Silent film “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” features a Circus in San Rafael

Corte Madera as it was in 1906

by Laurie Thompson

1913 Snow Storm in Marin

Marin Journal, January, 1913:

The people of Marin County witnessed a genuine winter scene…

Belvedere’s Log Cabin

by Laurie Thompson

Peter Behr: Letter to a 6th-Grade Student

by Laurie Thompson

Point Reyes National Seashore at 50

by Laurie Thompson and John Hart

Greetings from the Tavern of Tamalpais, Christmas Day, 1909

Civic Center Library Remodel reveals Beauty of Wright’s Design

Rare Survey of the San Francisco Bay

by Laurie Thompson

Frank Lloyd Wright Introduces Himself to Marin in 1957

by Laurie Thompson

Celebrating the Centennial of the Tamalpais Conservation Club

Stephen Hamnet Shakespeare: Professor of Elocution at the Mt. Tamalpais Military Academy

Golden Gate Bridge “Span Cafe” 400 Feet Up

by Laurie Thompson

Firemen and Rain on Washington’s Birthday

by Laurie Thompson

Charles Dubois concludes his account of the Early Day with Reminiscences of Swimming, Hunting and Fishing

Two-Day Independence Day Celebration at the Hotel Bon Air, Larkspur

Old Settler’s Day: Predecessor of our Oral History Program

The Golden Gate Bridge at 75

by Laurie Thompson, April 17, 2012

1906 Account of a Visit to Redwood Canyon by Helen Bingham

Drought in Marin

by Laurie Thompson

Though the current drought appears to be unprecedented in California history…

Military Honored on Mt. Tamalpais, 1918

by Laurie Thompson