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Point Richmond.....once
an island on San Francisco Bay, is now a neighborhood of
Richmond, California . Point Richmond is
that city's birthplace and today is it's "old
town". The Point Richmond History Association was
founded in 1979 by Donna Roselius and is dedicated to
promoting awareness of the community's exciting and
colorful history. To this purpose, we maintain a small
museum on the downtown Point Richmond Triangle that is
housed by the oldest commercial building in
Richmond. The little museum was saved from
destruction and moved to its current location in 1990
under the PRHA leadership of Jerry Cerkanowicz. It
is open on Thursdays 11:30 am to 2:00 pm and Saturdays
11:30 am to 2:00 pm. We invite you to join our
organization, with your membership you will receive a
subscription (five issues) to "This Point...in time",
our entertaining and informative newsletter.
Membership categories include Senior
(65 or older) ($15.00/year), Single
($20.00/year), Family ($25.00/year), History
Preserver ($50.00/year) or History
Maker ($100.00/year) and Lifetime
($500}. Checks should be made to the Point Richmond
History Association and mailed to Pam Wilson, 521
Western Drive, Point Richmond, CA 94801. Related Richmond History Links: |
Board of DirectorsBonnie Jo
Cullison, President Our museum hours:
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From the President Bonnie Jo Cullison Happy New Year everyone. It is my pleasure to welcome yet another
new volunteer. Her name is Elizabeth Dortch. She attended
one of our Fall lectures and decided to join us.
Elizabeth is a retired RN who worked as a Lactation
Consultant at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland. She only
recently became interested in history when she was
inspired by Betty Reid Soskin. Elizabeth also
volunteers at the Rosie the Riveter WW2 Homefront
Museum. With
the addition of Elizabeth, we now have 11 docents so
we are looking at extending the number of days and
hours we can keep the Museum open. We will post our
new schedule in the window of the Museum and announce
it in the April/May issue of This Point In ...time. The final talk in our first lecture
series finished with virtually a full house. The 4
talks were so successful we are planning even more
lectures for our 2025/2026 series which will begin
next October. This series will focus on maritime Point
Richmond/Richmond. Here are a couple of topics we plan
to present: early industrial development of the
shorefront by Jacob Tewksbury, George Ellis and
others; the entertaining, sometimes sordid, history of
Kozy Kove. This series will consist of 6 lectures, 3
in the Fall and 3 in the Spring of 2026. The full
schedule will be printed in our newsletter and posted
about town. Once
again, we will partner with the West Side Branch of
the Richmond Public Library with the invaluable
assistance of Librarian Susan White. A big thank you to our newest Lifetime
Members, Joy and David Ruddell! Stay safe, be kind. |