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December 2023 Events

November 2023 Events

October 2023 Events

The Merchant's tables were set up giving out valuable information on their services to the community, including providing a bowl of sweet treat for the kiddies. We provided a small pamphlet that the children would need to visit each Merchant table's display and get a sticker. After getting all the stickers, they would turn it into the Library and get a special sticker prize.

The main attraction were all the spooktacularly decorated custom lowrider cars that lined Chattleton Lane, the street located behind Walgreen's in San Pablo. Each lowrider car that was dislayed also had a frighteningly large bowl of sweet treats for the kiddies. This is their special way for the children to "Trunk or Treat" safely for all their Halloween goodies. It was a fun, community-focused event celebrating lowrider cars and culture. There was a large crowd at this year's event who came to check out the cars, learn about our local resources, and participate in a costume contest! 

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Below are some of those moments captured in the following photos by our Historian, Roxy of the children and adults alike visiting our table for 'Trick or Treat' and all the custom cars eerily decorated for the event on that Boo-tifully sunny afternoon.

Handout Booklet for Library Event with Schedule

September 2023 Events

September 8 - Pinole Historical Society Program

Jeff Rubin, president of the Pinole History Museum invited the San Pablo Historical and Museum Society to do a presentation for a “Rancho San Pablo 200th anniversary” program to be held at the Pinole Sportsman's Club for September 8, 2023.

Our Historian, Roxy, provided a Power Point slide show with narrative on its history.

February 2023 Events

From the kind words of Anne Austin, City of San Pablo on our first Valentine's Day event
"it was a huge success, and this is due to everyone working together to make it happen."

Video of the Henry & Anna Valentine Day Event.

Thanks to Janet Pottier's son, Jason for filming! Enjoy! 

See copies of the letters written by Henry Alvarado to his sweetheart Anna, here: Letters

Here is your opportunity to see some early history of San Pablo during the days of Governor Alvarado and the people who lived here during that era. Come take an interesting and educational journey to a time when San Pablo was grazing land for the vast ranchos. Another exhibit on San Pablo history includes photos of the Blume house in its original space, surrounded by farmland. The exhibit also has pictures of San Pablo village, its streets lined with saloons. Below are some examples of what you can see and explore in the Alvarado Adobe and Blume House Museums.

This film, by David Anaya, is the first bio-documentary of San Pablo’s most famous citizen and early California’s Mexican period Governors. Governor Alvarado and his family became residents of San Pablo after his retirement from government service. A replica of his Adobe is now a historic house museum.

The San Pablo Historical and Museum Society is now making this video available to the public, and you can view it here online, or download and save for later viewing. We hope this documentary will inspire you to visit Governor Alvarado's Adobe when our museums are again open. We welcome your comments on the film. A complete list of credits can be found at the end of this interesting and informative film. Enjoy! 

Juan B. Alvarado (1809-1882) born and raised in Monterey, Alta California under the Spanish crown, led a federalist revolution to rise to political prominence during the Mexican period.  Alvarado married into the well established Castro family (of San Pablo/Contra Costa) and granted multiple land grants to settlers during his political tenure before retiring in San Pablo as an American citizen. 

This free premier documentary film screening event of San Pablo's most famous citizen, Juan B. Alvarado. Governor of Alta California, (1836-1842) by  D. A. Anaya was a great success.  

Museum tours and Alta California Period Music by Los Arribeños de San Francisco and food from Teto's Catering followed the Film Screening at the Alvarado Adobe. The Program made possible with the financial support of the San Pablo Community Foundation Grant. 

On Saturday, April 18, 2020, a special encore virtual film screening of this original documentary film on the life of Gov. Juan B. Alvarado was available online via Zoom through the courtesy of the Richmond Museum of History & Culture.

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