By Donald E. Perry |
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During the 1930’s Donald E. Perry was prominent on the Ross
Valley scene as the secretary of Sanitary District No. 1 in San Anselmo.
Marin Herald, December 7, 1933 Marin Herald, December 14, 1933 Looking Backward When Oxen Hauled Lumber from Ross Valley [Early Families in Ross Valley] Marin Herald, December 21, 1933 First Railroad Stock List Gives Pioneers Names; Early Shooting [Kittle Shooting] Marin Herald, December 28, 1933 Ross Valley Wives Outlived Husbands in Early Days [Incorporation, Water District] Marin Herald, January 4, 1934 Early History Talk By Don Perry Resumed [Dr. MacKenzie] Marin Herald, January 18, 1934 Rotary Club Hears Story of First Automobile in Marin [Breast plate, Tom Berry, Ross Family, Sunnyside Tract] Marin Herald, January 18, 1934 $3 Commute Fare to San Francisco; Back in Year 1884 [Railroads, churches, climate] Marin Herald, January 25, 1934 Authorities Battle Squatters For Possession Marin Lands [Squatters, Showalter-Piercy, Indian shell mounds] Marin Herald, February 1, 1934 Old Mission Only Building in San Rafael Prior to 1845 [Peter Donohue, Kit Carson, John Bidwell] Marin Herald, February 8, 1934 Marshall’s Gold Discovery Changed California History
Marin Journal, April 12, 1934 Return to Articles & Research Use of text and photos prohibited without permission from the San Anselmo Historical Society. |
Spanning the years 1933-34, Don Perry gave a series of immensely popular
historical talks to the San Anselmo Rotary Club. These talks were recounted in
the Marin Herald, published in San Anselmo, and also in the column “What’s
Doing,” by Harry Lutgens, the editor of the San Rafael Independent.