Video. In its first collaboration with the Odd Fellows Lodge, the Half Moon Bay History Association presents another unique speaker’s event on February 11, 2020. Archaeologist Mark Hylkema returns to discuss a new topic centered on the Ohlone and their endurance from early colonial times to the present. The room was packed! Date: Tuesday, February […]
Did You Know There is a Road From El Granada Blvd. to Milbrae?
ARTICLE. Authored by Andy Howse from the Open the SF Watershed website The Road to El Granada. Hmmmm. As the crow flies, Millbrae, California, which sits on the bay side of the northern San Francisco Peninsula, is roughly eight miles from the town of El Granada, which sits on the Pacific. To drive from Millbrae […]
Wrecks at Franklin Point and the Shipwreck Cemetery ~ HMB History Lecture
VIDEO. “Perils of a Leeward Shore”; Franklin Point Historic Shipwreck Cemetery at Año Nuevo State Park, presented Tuesday, December 17, 2019, at the Portuguese Culture Center The public was welcome. HMB Coastside History Association presents maritime history event with Mark Hylkema, Cultural Resources Program Manager & Tribal Liaison/Archaeologist, Santa Cruz District, California State Parks. Mark […]
HMB Coastside History Association Asks City for 25 Year Lease to Build Museum
VIDEO. Half Moon Bay Coastside History Association’s, Juliette Applewhite, answers questions for the City Council. Visitors from 81 countries have visited the jail in the last year. The capital campaign to turn the Johnston Barn/Garage has raised $1.28 million, needing $1.6 . DONATE Half Moon Bay Jail Museum Remote Tour APRIL 4, 2019 BY MICHELLE (EDIT) […]
Primary Record of History of the Ohlone-Portola SF Bay Discovery Trail
ARTICLE/ PRIMARY RECORD. The uniqueness of the Heritage Trail is that it is based on two cultures, the Ohlone and the Spanish, that were unknown to each other until 1769. This is the story of two peoples—the indigenous population and their culture, and the coming of the Spanish and European colonization. This trail contains historic […]
HMB City Council Listens to the HMB Main Street Bridge Barrier Update
VIDEO / POWERPOINT. The Federal Highway Authority and Cal Trans will require ALL bridges in the United States to have “crash tested barriers” by September 2019. This also applies to historic bridges like the Main Street Bridge. Enjoy the video as City Engineer, Maz Bozorginia, takes you back to the 1900’s, then explains the bridge’s […]
Half Moon Bay History Tour ~ 1-Hour / 21 Stops
PHOTO -ESSAY. 21 stops on this 1-hour Half Moon Bay History Tour. Look across the street towards #3, The Odd Fellows. Why is the sign off set? Walk on East side. View buildings on West side of Main St. Check out Mural on the East side, opposite Knapp. Mention Carter Park, First Mayor / […]