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Edna Hill eighth-grader Bradley Mustoe, dressed as Abraham Lincoln, listens to former Civil War re-enactor Roy Wells as he discusses how the Union Army was formed in the 1860s.<br><i>Photo by Samie Hartley</i> Civil War dramatized for Edna Hill students
When the shots rang out at Edna Hill Middle School, there were a few screams but no one panicked, aside from the birds fleeing the trees. Some students clapped while the teachers smiled. No need t...
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Photo by In Flight Photography</i> Marsh house to be stabilized
Braces, beams, buttresses, a good deal of shoring up plus other vital engineering work is on the way to help protect one of California’s most remarkable historic structures – the 1856 John Marsh S...
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Irene Barr, right, and Cortona Park Marketing and Sales Director Lisa Pinguello swing to some ’40s music provided by the Heritage High School Jazz band at Cortona’s Spirit of ’45, Keep it Alive event Saturday.<br><i>Photo by Rick Lemyre</i> Veterans keep the Spirit of ‘45 alive
Cortona Park Senior Living Center helped keep the Spirit of ’45 alive last weekend with fabulous ’40s music by Vocal Ease and the Heritage High Jazz Band, dancing, displays and dignitaries. For ma...
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Six oil paintings depicting East County’s first American settler, John Marsh, will be on display at the East Contra Costa Historical Society Museum beginning March 27. <br><i>Photo by Samie Hartley</i> John Marsh paintings to adorn walls of Historical Society
The East Contra Costa Historical Society ( ECCHS ) Museum has always offered an exhibit honoring East County’s first American settler John Marsh, but the exhibit is getting a face lift with the ad...
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Historical Society seeks volunteers
The East Contra Costa Historical Society will host two volunteer recruitment days in March to help educate locals about the Historical Society and what it has to offer. The Society could always us...
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Maj. Alex Corbin, right, shares a laugh with 94-year-old Al Nipkow during a presentation on the former POW interrogation center Camp Tracy, where Nipkow worked and about which Corbin has written a book.<br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i> Secret world of Camp Tracy revealed
About 350 people came together on Sunday for a rare glimpse into the sometimes opulent, sometimes shadowy past of the Byron Hot Springs, also known as the top-secret World War II prisoner interrog...
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A photo of the prisoner interrogation center Camp Tracy (Byron Hot Springs Resort) taken secretly during WWII. Note the sound-proofed and blacked-out windows. <br><i>Photo courtesy of Carol Jensen</i> Tours and talks of a secret past
Local, military and world history buffs will get the opportunity this Sunday, Jan. 24, to explore the formerly top-secret world of the Byron Hot Springs – known as Camp Tracy during World War II –...
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Nancy Torres, former artistic director of the Brentwood Community Theater, talks with a crowd of about 200 people who attended what was to be a farewell to the Bristow Theater. The idea of moving the theater rather than demolishing it is being studied.<br><i>Photo by Rick Lemyre</i> Effort launched to re-move theater
Two hundred people came together at the Bill Bristow Community Theater on the Edna Hill Middle School campus Dec. 19 to look at pictures, tell stories and remember. With a new theater set to open ...
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Edna Hill Middle School drama teacher Bart Schneider leans against the Bill Bristow Community Theater signature wall. Students who have participated in productions at the theater have been signing their names on the wall for the past five years. Schneider hopes a part of this wall can be transferred to the new theater, which is scheduled to open in January. <Br><i>Photo courtesy of Bart Schneider</i> Final curtain to fall at venerable Bristow Theater
This weekend’s final performance of the Christmas play “Bah, Humbug” will be the last to grace the stage of the Bill Bristow Community Theater at Edna Hill Middle School. After more than 30 years ...
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Ferries were used in the late 19th century to transport passengers and goods across the 1,100 miles of Delta waterways. Historical photos such as this, which offer a glimpse into life in East County, are featured in the 2010 East Contra Costa Historical Society Calendar.<br><i>Photo courtesy of the East Contra Costa Historical Society</i> Calendar marks local history timeline
Edna Hill, Barbara Guise, Everett LeMoine donations added to museum collection
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