Come Join Us at
Sonoma Finding History Day
Presented by Sonoma County Historical Society
Saturday, November 1, 2025
10:00am–2:00pm
Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building
1351 Maple Ave
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Possible Rancho Olompali scene at El Camino Real in 1817
Carriage road. Entrance to Rancho Olompali
Rancho 0lompali. Mary Burdell's Victorian garden in the early 1870s
Mary Burdell, wedding day photograph, 1865
Sonoma Finding History Day
Presented by the Sonoma County Historical Society
Cosponsored by Sonoma County Library
Free admission - Free parking
Sponsors:
Redwood Empire Chinese Association, Filipino American Nat'l Historical Society - FANHS, Sonoma Chapter, Rancho Bodega Historical Society, Drake Navigators Guild, The Sea Ranch Archives Committee, John McCarty Books, Native Daughters of the Golden West, Sonoma County Genealogical Society, Sitting Room Library.
Participants:
Cotati Historical Society, Sonoma County Library - Special Collections, Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Preservation Committee, Western Sonoma County Historical Society, SSU History Society, SSU Department of History and Politics, Anthropological Studies Center at SSU, John C. Burton - Sonoma County History, County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor & Historical Records Commission, Sonoma County Historical Society, Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society, Historical Society of Santa Rosa, Sonoma Coast Historic and Undersea Nautical Research Society (SCHUNRS), German Language School North Bay, The Marin History Museum, Rancho Olompali - Friends of Olompali, Luther Burbank Home & Gardens, Rancho Bodega Historical Society, Redwood Empire Chinese Association, Native Daughters of the Golden West, John McCarty Books, EFZM Engage, Pacific Coast Air Museum, Drake Navigators Guild, North Bay Italian Cultural Foundation, Museum of Sonoma County, Filipino American Nat'l Historical Society - FANHS, Japanese American Citizens League - JACL, The Sea Ranch Archives Committee, The Sitting Room Library, Sonoma County Genealogical Society, Tomales Regional History Center, Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Russian River Historical Society, Windsor Historical Society, Saturday Afternoon Club, LGBTQ+Legacy, Lesbian Archives, LGBTQI Timeline, Jack London Park Partners, North Bay Civil War Roundtable, Petaluma Signs Project, Glen Ellen Historical Society, and more to come!
Presentations:
Santa Rosa History & Changes - John C. Burton
Black Trailblazers of Sonoma County - Evette Minor, EFZM Engage
Petals & Ice: The Life of Louise A. Boyd - Marcie Miller, Marin History Museum
Filipino American History in Sonoma County - Brenda Bautista, Filipino American Nat'l Historical Society
The film "Loyal American" - Henry Kaku, Japanese American Citizens League
Mapping the Northern End of El Camino Real - Peter Meyerhof, Sonoma Valley Historical Society
Friends of Olompali is looking for volunteers to help us at our booth!
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