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Bob Chandler is a rare personality. He is a professional historian. For over three decades he lead Wells Fargo in the discovery and preservation of the company’s rich history. In the process, he has uncovered much of the fabric of the Old West. He will share some of the chapters of history within Wells Fargo – their famous stagecoach service, their place in California’s gold rush, and development of its banking business. Dr. Chandler writes and speaks with authority on such diverse historical subjects as early express transport, banking, politics, civil rights, stamp collecting, and more.                           

Chandler, Wells Fargo Bank’s senior research historian for 32 years, will elucidate why and how Wells Fargo did business.  Using displayed historical documents, the speaker will illustrate the ways Wells Fargo performed its Banking, Express, Letter Express, and Stagecoaching activities. He reports that he will be bringing a mini-museum along for the meeting.

As wife Susan says, “He finds a ‘leaf’ and then must determine where it fits on the tree of history.”  His San Francisco Lithographer: African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown (2014) illustrates his deductive method. He has also written a short history of California, the Arcadia series volume on Wells Fargo, and more than 60 articles on Gold Rush, Civil War California, and early western transportation.  Exceedingly serious, Bob is an X-Noble Grand Humbug of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus. His Mother's family is from the Madeira Islands (by way of Hawaii) making Bob half-Portuguese – sharing some of the roots of our Coastside community.

Want to know more? Watch Bob Chandler as he leads discussion all about the history of Wells Fargo.

The big premiere is January 29 at 7 PM only on Pacific Coast TV, Comcast Channel 26/27 Half Moon Bay and Coastside.

You can also check it out on our YouTube Page and our Video On Demand Server to watch now!

 The goals of the Half Moon Bay History Association are to preserve, educate, and celebrate the Coastside Community’s past.

You can visit them online: http://www.halfmoonbayhistory.org

Or in person at the historic Zaballa House on 326 Main Street, Half Moon Bay, CA

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The Half Moon Bay History Association is dedicated to recording all parts of local history, even the parts that might not want to be remembered. The History Association held an event remembering the Japanese Americans being sent to internment camps during World War II. This event included a 2015 PCT honoree Naomi Partridge, a Japanese American who was relocated to an internment camp in Topaz, Utah, along with other Japanese Americans living in the coast side towns, including Half Moon Bay and Pescadero.

Some of the experiences Partridge explained included going to the Tanforan racetrack for questioning, living through terrible conditions at the internment camps, due to the  government's lack of health and safety, and witnessing a little girl being murdered during the camp. Despite of the rough conditions in the camp, the Japanese Americans still had some form of government in each of their barracks to deal with issues, as well as having a high school and a nursery.

Overall, Partridge said no one during that time has ever suffered more than the Japanese Americans, who lost their jobs, homes, and identity. When asked if something like this would ever happen again, she thinks so based on that one can access the media anywhere, and the media is constantly propagating fear into people. Partridge said "The only way to prevent another race falling victim to the government, is to understand that fear is only a concept and must not take over one's mind".

 PCT will be playing this special on October 23 at 6 PM on Comcast Ch 26/27 Coastside.

You can visit the Half Moon Bay History Association online at: http://www.halfmoonbayhistory.org/museum.html

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The Half Moon Bay Walking Tour Comes to PCT!

By Justin Phu

Out of all the cities and towns in the coastside, Half Moon Bay has an historic past. Being the first settlement of what is now San Mateo County back in the 1840's, the land grants of the Half Moon Bay area were given to the early Mexican settlers. Soon after, the Gold Rush in 1849 brought in people of various cultures to California and to Half Moon Bay, which helped shaped its colorful and unique history. In addition, many events including the 1906 earthquake left an impact on Half Moon Bay.

The infamous earthquake of 1906 affected many places in the Bay Area, and Half Moon Bay was no exception. Both the Mexican adobes and early American brick buildings in the area were destroyed, but the original wooden structures, dating back in the late 1800s, survived the earthquake and can still be seen by the public today. Overall, this is just one of the main events in Half Moon Bay’s historic past.

In addition to the 1906 earthquake, another event that would affect Half Moon Bay was the Prohibition Era (1920-33). Although production and sales of alcohol was ban during this period, that did not stop bootleggers from smuggling in illegal liquor to Half Moon Bay. In fact, the hidden coves and the fog in the Half Moon Bay area were great advantages for both the local and Canadian bootleggers. The Prohibition Era, along with the 1906 earthquake are just little snippets of the town’s colorful history and there is so much more to it.

Want to know more? Watch David Cresson, the President of the Half Moon Bay History Association, as he leads a tour through downtown Half Moon Bay and explains the town’s historic past.  

It will premiere on Sunday, August 13 and repeats every Saturday at 7pm.

If interested, you can join the next tour by calling (650)726-4468. The goals of the Half Moon Bay History Association are to preserve, educate, and celebrate the Coastside Community’s past.

You can visit them online: http://www.halfmoonbayhistory.org/museum.html

Or in person at the historic Zaballa House on 326 Main Street, Half Moon Bay, CA

Check us out PCT's Coverage Here:

Look for showtimes at our Program Guide  

via Video On-Demand 

or

via YouTube