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The Point Richmond History Association General Membership Meeting and Election of Officers

After a short business meeting Mayor Tom Butt will talk to us about:

Lost Secrets of the Point San Pablo Peninsula

Mayor Butt will present a vividly illustrated history of our neighboring Point San Pablo. Isolated and wild today, it was once an area bustling with industry ranging from wine making to whaling. Come discover the lost secrets hidden in the landscape of Point San Pablo.

You will enjoy this presentation!

Sunday June 2, 2019 at 2 PM

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From the President Bonnie Jo Cullison

As many of you know the Point Richmond History Association has a formal meeting of its membership once a year. The meeting begins with a brief business segment at which officers for the upcoming year are elected, a financial statement is given and a quick review of the past year’s activities is presented. The meeting is also an opportunity for members and non-members to provide input to the Board of the PRHA. Anyone can attend the meeting whether or not one is a PRHA member although only members can vote.
Following the business segment is a program pertaining to some aspect of the history of the Point Richmond area. This year we are very pleased that Mayor Tom Butt has agreed to talk to us about the once colorful and lively (and sometimes shady) history of Point San Pablo. Point San Pablo is not a particularly visible area either geographically or historically to most of us so this will be an excellent opportunity to expand our awareness of how the past life of a neighboring area might have impacted Point Richmond itself.
This year the Annual Meeting is on Sunday, June 2 at 2:00. Bring your friends and neighbors. Everyone is welcome!

Point Richmond Wig Wag Restoration Project
by Dan Furtado

In 2015, I was hired by the City of Richmond and the Richmond Museum of History to fully restore the two upper quadrant wigwags located on Richmond Ave. in the historic Point Richmond District. We ran into a snag with the BNSF Railway and the project got stalled for three years. Those issues have finally been cleared up, and now we can get the wigwags restored so they can operate on special occasions. They will not be used to protect the crossing for trains since new crossing gates were installed back in 2004. But they will remain where they've always been, in the Richmond Ave. median at the BNSF crossing. This is the only case I know of anywhere in the country where the old crossing signals were allowed to be kept in place after being retired in favor of new technology.

Quick history on the wigwags - These were once the most common type of automatic railroad crossing signal used in California from the mid 1920s through the 1940s. After the '40s, wigwags started disappearing rapidly, replaced by flashing light signals and crossing gates. It's safe to say that the wigwags in Point Richmond were installed sometime between 1925 and 1940 (it was illegal to install new wigwags after the early 40s). Maybe some old photos of Point Richmond during this time period will show up.

You can follow the restoration process in the pages that follow. I will create a new page for each step of the restoration.

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CLICK HERE to go to the PRHA Audio-Visual Page
Go here to see videos of Point Richmond, Nelson-Wolgast Fight in 1910, the moving of our little museum, an old Indian Statue Day Celebration and more. Hear audios of previous PRHA General Meetings.

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THIS POINT.....in time
Newsletter

Read Previous Issues of TPIT Here

The latest edition is available at the Santa Fe Market and at our little museum.

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		Volume XXIX
		Volume XXXVII
Summer, 2018	Sept/Oct, 2018	Winter, 2018/19	Feb/Mar, 2019
		Volume XXXVI
Summer, 2017	Sept/Oct, 2017	Winter, 2017/18	Feb/Mar, 2018	April/May, 2018
		Volume XXXV
Summer, 2016	Sept/Oct, 2016	Winter, 2016/17	Feb/Mar, 2017	April/May, 2017
		Volume XXXIV
Summer, 2015	Sept/Oct, 2015	Winter 2015/16	Feb/Mar, 2016	April/May, 2016
		Volume XXXIII
Summer, 2014	Sept/Oct, 2014	Winter 2014/15	Feb/Mar 2015	April/May 2015
		Volume XXXII
Summer, 2013	Sept/Oct, 2013	Winter 2013/14	Feb/Mar 2014	April/May 2014
		Volume XXXI
Summer, 2012	Sept/Oct, 2012	Winter 2012/13	Feb/Mar 2013	April/May 2013
		Volume XXX
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Summer, 2010	Sept/Oct, 2010	Winter 2010/11	Feb/Mar 2011	April/May 2011
		Volume XXVIII
Summer, 2009	Sept/Oct, 2009	Winter 2009/10	Feb/Mar 2010	April/May 2010
		Volume XXVII
Summer, 2008	Sept/Oct, 2008	Winter 2008/09	Feb./Mar. 2009	April/May 2009
		Volume XXVI
Summer, 2007	Sept/Oct, 2007	Winter, 2007/8	Feb./Mar., 2008	April/May, 2008

		Volume	XXV
Summer, 2006	Sept/Oct, 2006	November, 2006	Feb/Mar, 2007	April/May, 2007	April/May, 2007
		Volume	XXIV
June/July/August, 2005	Sept/Oct, 2005	November 2005	Dec/Jan, 2006	Feb/Mar, 2006	April/May, 2006

Volume XXIII

June/July/August, 2004	Sept/Oct, 2004	November, 2004	Dec/Jan, 2004-5	Feb/Mar, 2005	April/May 2005
		Volume	XXII
1 Summer, 2003	2 Sept/Oct, 2003	3 November, 2003	4 Dec/Jan, 2003-4	5 Feb/Mar, 2004	6 April/May, 2004
		Volume	XXI
1 Summer, 2002	2 Sept/Oct, 2002	3 November, 2002	4 Dec/Jan, 2002-3	5 Feb/Mar, 2003	6 April/May, 2003
		Volume	XX
1 Summer, 2001	2 Sept/Oct, 2001	3 November, 2001	4 Dec/Jan, 2001-02	5 Feb/Mar, 2002	6 April/May, 2002
		Volume	XIX
1 Summer, 2000	2 Sept/Oct, 2000	3 November, 2000	4 Dec/Jan, 2000-01	5 Feb/Mar, 2001	6 April/May, 2001
		Volume	XVIII
1 Summer, 1999	2 Sept/Oct, 1999	3 November, 1999	4 Dec/Jan, 1999-2000	5 Feb/Mar, 2000	6 April/May, 2000
		Volume	XVII
1 Summer, 1998	2 Sept/Oct, 1998	3 November, 1998	4 Dec/Jan, 1998-99	5 Feb/Mar, 1999	6 April/May, 1999
		Volume	XVI
1 Summer, 1997	2 Sept/Oct, 1997	3 November, 1997	4 Dec/Jan, 1997-98	5 Feb/Mar, 1998	6 April/May, 1998
		Volume	XV
1 Summer, 1996	2 Sept/Oct, 1996	3 November, 1996	4 Dec/Jan, 1996-97	5 Feb/Mar, 1997	6 April/May, 1997

				Volume XIV
	1 May, 1995	2 Summer, 1995	3 Sept/Oct, 1995	4 November, 1995	5 Dec/Jan, 1995-96	6 Feb/Mar, 1996	7 April/May, 1996
				Volume XIII
1 May, 1994	2 Summer, 1994	3 September, 1994	4 October, 1994	5 November, 1994	6 Winter, 1994-95	7 February, 1995	8 March, 1994	9 April, 1995
				Volume XII
1 May, 1993	2 Summer, 1993	3 September, 1993	4 October, 1993	5 November, 1993	6 Winter, 1993-94	7 February, 1994	8 March, 1994	9 April, 1994
				Volume XI
1 May, 1992	2 Summer, 1992	3 September, 1992	4 October, 1992	5 November, 1992	6 Winter, 1992-93	7 February, 1993	8 March, 1993	9 April, 1993
				Volume X
1 May, 1991	2 Summer, 1991	3 September, 1991	4 October, 1991	5 November, 1991	6 Winter, 1991-92	7 February, 1992	8 March, 1992	9 April, 1992
				Volume IX
1 May, 1990	2 Summer, 1990	3 September, 1990	4 October, 1990	5 November, 1990	6 Winter, 1990-91	7 February, 1991	8 March, 1991	9 April, 1991
				Volume VIII
1 May, 1989	2 Summer, 1989	3 September, 1989	4 October, 1989	5 November, 1989	6 Winter, 1989-90	7 February, 1990	8 March, 1990	9 April, 1990
				Volume VII
1 Summer, 1988	2 September, 1988	3 October, 1988	4 November, 1988	5 Winter, 1988-89	6 February, 1989	7 March, 1989	8 April, 1989	None
				Volume VI
1 Summer, 1987	2 September, 1987	3 October, 1987	4 November, 1987	5 Winter, 1987-88	6 March, 1988	7 April, 1988	8 Late May, 1988	None
				Volume V
1 Summer, 1986	2 September, 1986	3 October, 1986	4 November, 1986	5 Dec/Jan, 1986/87	6 February, 1987	7 March, 1987	8 April, 1987	9 May, 1987
				Volume IV
May, 1985	September, 1985	October, 1985	November, 1985	December, 1985	February, 1986	March, 1986	April, 1986	May, 1986
				Volume III
May, 1984	September, 1984	October, 1984	November, 1984	December, 1984	February, 1985	March, 1985	April, 1985	May, 1985
				Volume II
May, 1983	September, 1983	October, 1983	November, 1983	December, 1983	February, 1984	March, 1984	April, 1984	May, 1984
				Volume I
May, 1982	September, 1982	October, 1982	November, 1982	December, 1982	February, 1983	March, 1983	April, 1983	May, 1983

Point Counterpoint

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Week of April 19, 1968	Week of Aug 30, 1968	Week of Oct 11, 1968	Week of Oct 18, 1968	Week of Oct 25, 1968	Week of Nov 5, 1968	Week of Nov 22, 1968	Week of Nov 29, 1968	Week of Dec 6, 1968	Week of Dec 13, 1968	Week of Nov 1, 1968
Week of Jan 10, 1969	Week of Jan 24, 1969	Week of Feb 7, 1969

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Our most important asset is our photo collection which we are very proud of.

Point Richmond History Association Photo Archives
Thanks to the vision of Mr. Don Church, who took the majority of these pictures, and thanks to the late Allan P. Smith for seeing to it that Mr. Church's pictures are properly shared and appreciated.
Come by our museum and see our photo collection on a 42" TV screen.

Please note lots of new Winehaven images thanks to Bob Berndt and Muriel Clausen.
Also new quarry pictures from Reno Cairo.
Thank you to the Richmond Museum of History for new images for our archives.
New pictures are being added from Mid Dornan and Sonny Jackson.

I. CITY VIEWS	II. ARCHITECTURE	III. INDUSTRY	IV. TRADES
1. Panoramic 2. Street 3. Water 4. Tunnels 5. Other	1. Business 2. Churches 3: Residences 4. Statues 5. Theaters 6. Schools	1. Standard Oil 2. Railroads 3. Quarries 4. Winehaven 5. Other	1. Barbering 2. Plumbing 3. Shops 4. Cafes and Saloons 5. Other
V. TRANSPORTATION	VI GOVERNMENT	VII. EVENTS	VIII. PORTRAITS
1. Railroads 2. Boats 4. Ferries 6. Airplanes 7. Other	1. City 2. Police and Fire	2. Dedications 3. Parades 4. Sports 5. Other	1 Groups 2 Individual 3. School Children 4. Organizations 5. Family 6. Sports 7. Other

Photo Collection Index:

Don Church "DC"
Frank Pearson "FP"
Semion Burtner "SB"
Allan Smith "AS"
Mid Dornan "MD"
Bob Berndt "BB"
Richmond Museum of History "RMH"

Complete Photo Archive
(All of our scanned images, these images are not sorted or enhanced)
001-200
201-400
401-600
601-800

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History of Richmond, California
by Henry Colman Cutting
From: The History of Contra Costa County, California
Edited by: F. J. Hulaniski
Written in 1917

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Contra Costa County Historical Society

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"Visions and Dreams" Art Portfolio by Joel Beck (Thanks to Kathe Kiehn)	Richmond 50th Anniversary Celebration	1914 Contra Costa County Phone Book	December, 1966 S.F. Examiner on Point Richmond from Paige & Zirka	November, 1959 S.F. Examiner on Point Richmond	Picnic in the Point Park Cookboook from Sandra Beyaert and Kate Harps