September 9, 1949 - The Pacific Enterprise, a British tramp steamer, ran aground on treacherous rocks about a mile offshore of the Point Arena lighthouse in a heavy coastal fog. The ship was traveling from Vancouver, B. C. to Glasgow, Scotland, and its cargo of lumber, wheat, canned salmon, and zinc and lead ingots was estimated to be worth $4 million. The Pacific Enterprise at Point [...]
September 6, 1914 - Albert Brown, secretary of the Farmers & Apple Growers Association, began a trip across Mendocino County to promote the upcoming Mendocino Apple Fair. Albert was the founder of the apple show and the driving force behind the construction of Apple Hall, which was built in 1912 for produce exhibits including the fair. Albert’s first stop was the south coast where he met [...]
September 4, 1930 - A big crowd turned out for the first night of roller skating at the skating rink on the southwest corner of Lansing and Ukiah Streets. The Beacon reported that “The opening night was well attended and there were a large number of skaters on the floor most of the evening.” The skating sessions, managed by Joseph Scheper, would operate on Wednesday, Thursday, [...]
Saint Anthony's Catholic Church, 1906-1930. The first Saint Anthony's in Mendocino with the monastery in the rear. September 2, 1906 - Very Reverend Father Anthony Brennan, Provincial Superior of the Capuchin Franciscans, dedicated the order’s newly completed monastery adjacent to St. Anthony’s Catholic Church on Lansing Street. He also unveiled the Statue of St. Anthony of Lisbon, a gift from A. L. Gonsalves of Melburne. Builder [...]
I recently completed my time as the collections intern at the Kelley House Museum as part of my MA in Museum Studies coursework at the University of San Francisco. The project I was assigned was to help catalog a collection left to the museum by a descendant of the Kelley family, Rosemary Maulbetsch, the great-granddaughter of William and Eliza Kelley, who passed away in 2017. The [...]