Sports Memories of Sonoma County

Sports Memories of Sonoma County
Author: Lee Torliatt
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2002
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780738520568

Covering the beautiful sprawl of Sonoma County, from Sebastopol and the coast to Healdsburg and Windsor and through Santa Rosa, Sonoma, and Petaluma, author Lee Torliatt offers readers a glimpse of the vivid and lively activities of the region's athletes and teams over 100-plus years. These photographs and images trace the accomplishments of the county's pivotal figures in football, baseball, track, basketball, boxing, ice hockey, tennis, and other sports. Fans will recognize names like Ernie Nevers, a football hero at Santa Rosa High School, and track giant Ralph Rose of Healdsburg, a major Olympian who was struck down by tragedy early in the 20th century. Captured here is the famous upset when the Bonecrushers and Leghorns met in 1948, the short-lived but glorious years of an ice hockey team imported from Canada, the local enthusiasts who enjoyed hunting and fishing, the early female athletes of the region from the 1850s to 1952, and several legendary heroes of their times, including Helen Wightman, Smith Robinson, and Joe DeMaggio (before he was DiMaggio.)

Sports Memories of Sonoma County

Sports Memories of Sonoma County
Author: Lee Torliatt
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2002-06
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781531614058

Covering the beautiful sprawl of Sonoma County, from Sebastopol and the coast to Healdsburg and Windsor and through Santa Rosa, Sonoma, and Petaluma, author Lee Torliatt offers readers a glimpse of the vivid and lively activities of the region's athletes and teams over 100-plus years. These photographs and images trace the accomplishments of the county's pivotal figures in football, baseball, track, basketball, boxing, ice hockey, tennis, and other sports. Fans will recognize names like Ernie Nevers, a football hero at Santa Rosa High School, and track giant Ralph Rose of Healdsburg, a major Olympian who was struck down by tragedy early in the 20th century. Captured here is the famous upset when the Bonecrushers and Leghorns met in 1948, the short-lived but glorious years of an ice hockey team imported from Canada, the local enthusiasts who enjoyed hunting and fishing, the early female athletes of the region from the 1850s to 1952, and several legendary heroes of their times, including Helen Wightman, Smith Robinson, and Joe DeMaggio (before he was DiMaggio.)

Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa
Author: Simone Wilson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738528854

The Santa Rosa Valley, once carpeted in wild oats and littered with acorns from ancient oaks, was home to Pomo and Miwok Indians for thousands of years. The cattle ranches and farms that displaced them in the mid-1800s had already spawned a thriving commercial town named Santa Rosa, the county seat, when the railroad arrived in 1870. That railroad, and the commerce it brought, secured the city's role as the legal and financial nexus of Sonoma County and its most populous city. When many of the downtown buildings collapsed in the famous 1906 earthquake, the community built itself back into a picture-perfect all-American city, the setting for such films as Hitchcock's Shadow of Doubt and Disney's Pollyanna. Another devastating quake in 1969 damaged many structures, but once again that destruction prompted redevelopment and renewed growth for Santa Rosa in the 21st century.

The Civil War Era and Reconstruction

The Civil War Era and Reconstruction
Author: Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 857
Release: 2015-03-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317457919

The encyclopedia takes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to the history of the period. It includes general and specific entries on politics and business, labor, industry, agriculture, education and youth, law and legislative affairs, literature, music, the performing and visual arts, health and medicine, science and technology, exploration, life on the Western frontier, family life, slave life, Native American life, women, and more than a hundred influential individuals.

World Clothing and Fashion

World Clothing and Fashion
Author: Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 825
Release: 2015-03-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317451678

Taking a global, multicultural, social, and economic perspective, this work explores the diverse and colourful history of human attire. From prehistoric times to the age of globalization, articles cover the evolution of clothing utility, style, production, and commerce, including accessories (shoes, hats, gloves, handbags, and jewellery) for men, women, and children. Dress for different climates, occupations, recreational activities, religious observances, rites of passages, and other human needs and purposes - from hunting and warfare to sports and space exploration - are examined in depth and detail. Fashion and design trends in diverse historical periods, regions and countries, and social and ethnic groups constitute a major area of coverage, as does the evolution of materials (from animal fur to textiles to synthetic fabrics) and production methods (from sewing and weaving to industrial manufacturing and computer-aided design). Dress as a reflection of social status, intellectual and artistic trends, economic conditions, cultural exchange, and modern media marketing are recurring themes. Influential figures and institutions in fashion design, industry and manufacturing, retail sales, production technologies, and related fields are also covered.

Tractors, Trains and Shipwrecks

Tractors, Trains and Shipwrecks
Author: Donald R. Richardson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2016-08-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692750162

Step back in time...& meet Donald R. Richardson -- a rancher, businessman, and pioneering environmentalist who relished growing up on Sonoma County -- s windswept coast in the 1920s. The Richardson family were early settlers in the area as his grandfather, Herbert Archer Richardson, arrived in 1876 from New Jersey with his new bride and 40¢ to his name -- later amassing 25,000 acres, eight miles of which were shoreline, including the small (unincorporated) seaside town of Stewarts Point, located 110 miles northwest of San Francisco.Over the course of his life, he served as:* Sonoma County Supervisor* President of the Farm Bureau* President of the Sonoma County Wool Growers as well as CA State Wool Growers Association* Professional Forester for N. California/tri-state area & longtime adviser to Santa Rosa Junior College's Forestry program* Proprietor of Stewarts Point Store & Postmaster* President of the Sotoyome Soil Conservation District* Member of the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco & CA Coastal Commission among other groupsBorn in 1914, he grew up in an era when ice was packed in sawdust, and he was one of only nine children attending Stewarts Point's one-room schoolhouse -- beginning high school at the age of 11, he rode the train weekdays to and from Santa Rosa High School.These are his stories: firsthand exploits, oddities, and homespun yarns from his boyhood'and beyond. He penned these tales late in his life, and died in 1983. His handwritten originals are included herein along with an array of vintage & historic black/white photos -- a truly unique keepsake from one of Sonoma County's founding ranching families.

Strange Chemistry

Strange Chemistry
Author: Steven Farmer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2017-06-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1119265290

This book opens the audience’s eyes to the extraordinary scientific secrets hiding in everyday objects. Helping readers increase chemistry knowledge in a fun and entertaining way, the book is perfect as a supplementary textbook or gift to curious professionals and novices. • Appeals to a modern audience of science lovers by discussing multiple examples of chemistry in everyday life • Addresses compounds that affect everyone in one way or another: poisons, pharmaceuticals, foods, and illicit drugs; thereby evoking a powerful emotional response which increases interest in the topic at hand • Focuses on edgy types of stories that chemists generally tend to avoid so as not to paint chemistry in a bad light; however, these are the stories that people find interesting • Provides detailed and sophisticated stories that increase the reader’s fundamental scientific knowledge • Discusses complex topics in an engaging and accessible manner, providing the “how” and “why” that takes readers deeper into the stories

Congressional Record

Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)