Issue date

Subject, some with sub categories

06/00/78

A TOWN'S FOUNDING - PATTERSON

10/00/78

THE HISTORY OF GRAYSON & WESTLEY

06/00/79

FOUNDING OF PATTERSON FOUNDING OF PATTERSON

11/00/79

OUR PIONEERS

     William F. Woolley - Patterson City Engineer

     Elwyn Hoffman, 1st Editor Of The Patterson Irrigator

     Martha Bishop, Performed Nursing Duties

     Frank Cox, Son Of Pioneer John Dunlop Cox

     John D. "Jack" Cox, Born On John Dunlop Cox Ranch

     Bridgford Dairy, Bridgford Holstein Ranch-- Hwy 33

     W.H. "Shorty" Gilbert, Lawyer

     R.J. Spooner, Manager Of Patterson Water Company

     Walfrid Knutson, Building Contractor

     Col. Marshall, "Father Of Central Valley Project"

     Fred Bartch, Mgr. Of The Orig. J.D. Patterson Ranch

     Post Office,  Patterson Ranch Co.  Office 1910-1913

     Niels Hansen, Rural Mail Carrier

     Commercial Bank, Opened August 16, 1920

     George Allustiarti, Worked Laying Out City Parks

     Marshall Blue, Patterson City Marshall, 1921-1925

05/00/80

DEL PUERTO CANYON,  EL SOLYO RANCH

11/00/80

OUR CHURCHES

     Evangelical Covenant Church, Founded 1909

     Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Incorp. Jan.1912

     Presbyterian-Methodist-Federated Churches

     Presbyterian, 1st Service In New Church May 2, 1912

     Methodist Church, Built In 1914

     Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Erected May 1917

     Assembly Of God Church, Purchased In 1933

05/00/81

IMMIGRANT FAMILIES MAKE GOOD

     Ielminis, Mario, Arrived In 1919 At Age 16

     Azevedo Family, 1914

     Joe Verisimo And Bride Maria Faustino Foster

     F.D.E.S., Sociedade Da Festa Espirotp Santo - 1917

     Church Of Christ - Established Around 1938

     First Southern Baptist Ch. - Dedicated May 16, 1948

     United Pentecostal Church - Started Around 1956

     Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, W.  Side

     Westley Assembly Of God Church, Building July 1953

     St. Anthony's Episcopal Church, Began In 1974

11/00/81

OUR FIREFIGHTERS

     Ossie Ball, Dick Gaiser

     Westley Fire Department's 25 Anniversary - 1973

05/00/82

PIONEERS & HISTORIC HOUSES

     The Welty House - 1912

     John C. Knutson family arrived - 1912

     May Daily Mc Gill - 1913

     Delmo Pezzoni's parents - 1913

     Sue Smith Gilbert's family - 1912

     Helen Larson Baalack's father - 1912

     The heinzle family - 1914 & 1920

     Elmer Fink - 1911

     Manuel Azevedo Sr. - 1913

     R. J. Spooner - 1911

     Lilly Hatlen's father - 1912

     Walfrid Knutson & T.J. Moe - 1911

     Lilliam Gravestock Hatherell's father - 1915

     Hammerstrand family - around 1911

     Eva Fritz Paul's family - 1912

     The Evans/Cripe House - before 1918

     The Hernandez Adobe - 1844

     Hilma Gustafson agadoni's Family - March 1913

     Herman Ohlson & family - November 1910

     A. O. Blomgren - 1911

     D. B. George - 1910

09/00/82

A BIOGRAPHY OF DOROTHY HARRISON

03/00/83

OUR PIONEERS - PART III

     Frank S. Stanley Family, Crows Landing - 1894

     Roy Needham - June 1919

     W.L. (Lester) Glotfelty - 1916

     Fulton Family - No Date

     Lane Brothers - Hauled Gravel - No Date

     Webb & Son - Hauled Gravel - No Date

     Edward B. Gearhart - About 1912 Or 1913

     Earl Hibbard - About 1912 Or 1913

     Fred E. Blosser Family - July 1914

06/00/83

SCHOOLS - PART I

     Patterson Union High School - Dedicated April 23, 1915

12/00/83

SCHOOLS - PART II

     Las Palmas School - Opened December 7, 1911

     North Colony School- Opened January 1914

     Rising Sun School - District Organized In 1870

     The Haight School - Built In 1887

     Jehu Hammerstrand(Interview) - Arrived In 1911

06/00/84

PATTERSON'S ETHNIC HERITAGE - PART I

     The Scandinavians - Around 1911

     Van Buskirk - Circa 1911

     The Portuguese - About 1912

     The Swiss- About 1913

     The Mexican-Americans - About 1925

12/00/84

OUR PIONEERS - PART IV

     The Glen Hendy Family - First In Modesto, 1897

     The Thomas H. Wash Family - Between 1910 & 1911

     The B.L. Millard Family - 1923

     Clay Vilas - 1930's

     Annie Wall Barnett - November 1912

     Ruth Wall, Annie Wall Barnett's Daughter

     The John Milton De Vilbiss Family - 1910

     The Japanese On The Westside

     The Fukuhara Brothers - Frank 1925, George 1927

     The Murata Family - 1947

     Patterson Farms Inc., Organized 1959, Shig & Jimmie

     Yamamoto, S. & K. Namekata, M. Uyeda, M. Yamaichi

06/00/85

SCHOOLS - PART III

     Northmead School & Edna Keechler Stewart

     Northmead Opened - September 21, 1922

     Edna Keechler - Began Teaching Career - 1928

12/00/85

SCHOOLS - PART IV

     Las Palmas School Part Ii, The Basques In Patterson

     Las Palmas School Building Addition Completed 1913

     North Colony School, Magnolia Avenue - Opened 1914

     High School Held In Las Palmas Classrooms - 1913

     High School Students Moved - 1915

THE BASQUES IN PATTERSON

     The Sarasqueta Family - Arrived 1935

     The Barbaste Family. John 1914 & Wife, Jeanne 1915

     Phillip Maya, Wife Amalia & Children Arrived In 1917

     Jose & Josepha Iturreria Arrived In 1917

06/00/86

SCHOOLS - PART V

     First Grayson School 1910 On Howard Rd.,Westley

     Second, Spanish Style - April 1931

     Currant Grayson School Built In 1951

12/00/86

SALADO CREEK HISTORY

     Flood 0f 1980

JACK STEWART'S BAND

     Stewart Family Story

     Tribute To "Jack" Patterson

06/00/87

PATTERSON CLUBS - PART ONE

     THE COLONY CLUB - PATT. WOMEN'S ALLIANCE - FEB. 1914

     PATTERSON STUDY CLUB

WINTER '87-'88

PATTERSON CLUBS - PART TWO

     1. Patterson Business Girls' Club - Chart. April 15, 1937

     2. Patterson Garden Club

     3. Del Puerto Hospital Auxiliary– October 3, 1960

06/00/88

DR. ERNEST G. ALLEN

     Arrived In Patterson September 1923

     Dr. Allen Day - September 21, 1952

WINTER '88-'89

20 YEARS IN PICTURES

20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PATTERSON TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY

PHOTOS: FIRST FIESTA PARADE - JULY 1971

WINTER 88&89

PATTERSON JUBILEE PHOTOS - JUNE 1 & 2, 1984

     First Grayson-Westley Reunion - August 23, 1986

     Lutheran Church 75th Anniversary - June 1986

     First "Welcome To Patterson" Day - October 4, 1987

     Covenant Church 75th Anniversary - April 1986

     Vernalis Air Base Fire - June 1974

     Zacharias Ranch Auction - August 3, 1974

     Downtown Patterson Flood - February 27, 1973

     Allen's Furniture Store Fire - May 1980

     First & Second Rising Sun Sch. Bldg.  Demo.  8- 21-1975

     Original Northmead School Demolished - July 1975

     Patterson High School Bldg. Razed - Sept. 15, 1975

     Las Palmas Mobile Estates Grand Opening - 10-20-‘74

     Building Of Apricot Estates - July 1985

     Stadium Built By Volunteers Completed -Sept.  1971

     Tire Burning Facility Began Operations - Early 1988

     Vada Fink Honored For Planning Comm.  April 15-1972

     Wn. Logan, City Attor. 53 Years, Honored April 9,1973

     John V. Azevedo Honored By The Patt-Westley Chamber Of Commerce – November 1982

     Community Staged Ielmini Brothers' Day     8- 18-1985

     Clarence Selander "Outstanding Person Of The Year" On November 19, 1978

     Dr. Vernon Goutiere Retired - December 1987

     Ore Minniear Honored By Pths - March 6, 1983

     D.A.R. Presents Plaque To Pths - May 22, 1982

     Walter & Lucille Filippini Sold Business - June 1976

SPRING  '89

PATTERSON'S WESTERN HILLS - INTO THE SUN - PART ONE

     Eno Tok, Very Early Inhabitant - April 15, 1776

     First Europeans - April 1776

     3 Classes Of Indians - Mountain, River & Mission -1855

     JAMES LICK OBSERVATORY - EARLY 1880s

     THE A.C. HUBBARD FAMILY - 1860s

     J.D. Cory/The Paige Family - 1877

     Ranford De Forest - 1880

     Paul Gerber, Sr. - 1897

12/00/89

THE LOCAL THEATER WAS MAIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

     Elmer & Vada Fink Purchased The Showhouse In 1932

1990

WESTLEY IN THE 1920S AS OBSERVED BY RAY RAINES

1991

PATTERSON AREA DRY YARDS

     Charles Benson - 1912

     Jack Patterson Cutting Shed - 1924-25

     Alfed Knutson

     Mr. Callahan

     Karl & Ingeborg Ingebretsen - 1920

     James Mahaffey, Jr. 1924

     Ray Klopping Yard - Early 1030s - 1950s

     Fred & Ollie Blosser - 1919

     Mr. Eggers

     Walter Lee - 1937

     Mr. J. L. Jensen

     Agnes Hurtig

     George A. Johnson - 1927-1940

     Knute Fylling (For Family Only)

     Mrs. Prior's Dry Yard

     John And Bernice Torrison - 1940s

     Walfred Knutson & T. J. MOE - Ivt Avenue

     O. P. Olson

     Prune Orchards On Orange Avenue - 1921

     Patterson Gold Started By Lauren Campbell, Brice

     Draper, Tom Keller & Juston A. Traina In 1960s

     Covell Ranch Dry Yard - 1930-1947

     Jepe & Carrie Jessen - Around 1910

     Albert & Hulda Carlson - 1932

     Albert Carlson And Edwin Fredrickson

     Carl Johnson - Fig Avenue

     El Solyo Ranch - 1923

1992 ISSUE

DEL PUERTO CANYON

     First Inhabitants Were Indians

     Joaquin Murrieta Had A Camp In The Canyon

     HOMESTEADERS ARRIVED IN THE 1880s AND 1890s

     Land Parcels Of 1895 Shown  Map In The Museum

     Early Land Owners Chas. Mc Laughlin, J.R. Mc Donald,

     Cox & Davidson Bros., James Thompson, Charles Horr    

     H.M. Hyde, & J.A. Gove

     Niels Hansen - 1900

     Helen Gerber's Uncle, Gus Herman, Homesteaded At The Turn Of The Century

     George Atkins Homesteaded

     Phil Stadler Family - The Old Adobe

     First House At Mouth Of Canyon, Lester Hammond

     Charlie Elfers Homesteaded Before 1900's

     Canyon Land Held By Cox Family Since 1910

     Ed & Lucille Tryons, From England, Bought 9000 Acres At Turn Of The Century

     Domingo Dominguez Leased, &  Bought, Some Of  Tryon's Land Wt.  Partner Ben Allustiarti - 1932

     Charlie Elfers Purchased 3400 Acres Of Tryon Land

     Celestin Lazure Bought 1280 Acres Of Tryon Land

     Lazure's Land Later Acquired By Phil Stadler

     Louis Valerdi Leased Acreage Of Tryon Land-1930s

     Constable Blue Bought The Next Portion, Leased Out The Range Land, Barn & Corrals To Reis Family

     Bill Peale, Blue's Stepson, Homesteaded 160 Acres Back Of The Blue Property

     Harold Tripp Had Homestead; Sold 3,600 Acres To Al Ham From San Jose

     The Phoenix Mining Company

     The Patterson & Western Railroad Built To Transport Ore To Processing Plant In Patterson

     By June 1916 12 Miles Of Road Built Into Del Puerto

     Hazel William's Family Homesteaded 160 Acres Next To Phoenix Mine

     Work Camp Set Up 1933, Ore Minnear Superintendent

     Later Became The Honor Farm.

     The Honor Farm Land Is Present Frank Raines Park

     Historical Tour Of Del Puerto Canyon - 1 Mile Markers Placed Near Historical Sites

1993 ISSUE

25TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

     25th Anniversary Of Patterson Historical Society

     Stories Of Sam & Louise Marioli Family

     Amie & John Bertolosso, Jr. Family

     Lloyd & La Verne Bowman

     Cyril & Ilene Sperry Cripe

     Antone & Mary Ghisletta

     Leo & Vera Ghisletta

     Earl & Minnie Hibbard, (Hibbard Built Many Homes,

            Sacred Heart Church In 1917, First Northmead School.

     Alvin & Martha Nelson Story

     John & Rose & Frank Soares - 1923, Show Business

     Robert & Wilma Thorkelson Married 1937

     Mary Christopherson Totman- 1912

1994-95

THE DEL PUERTO HOTEL

     Part I - Starting A Town & Hotel

     Part Ii - Interview With Daughter Of One Of Hotel's First Managers

     PART III - THE WAR YEARS - 1930's TO 1950's

     Part Iv - The Delphia Years - 1954

     Part V - The Troubled Years

     Part Vi - The "Vee Hooper Saga"

     Part Vii - The Hotel's Rebirth

1995-96

THE PATTERSON IRRIGATOR

     Construction Completed - 1929

     Patterson Irrigator Founded - 1911

     First Publisher - Elwyn Hoffman

     R.C. Fleharty Owned Irrigator 28 Years

     Ron Swift & Ed Sternberg Bought Irrigator 9-1-1962

     Rebuilding - 2nd Story Added - 1991

1997 ISSUE

THE FOUNDING OF DEL PUERTO HOSPITAL

     Idea For Hospital - Roy Needham & Al Bevis - 1945 Rotary Club

     5 Man Board Of Directors Appointed By County Board Of Supervisors – July 1946

     Dedication Ceremonies - Sunday, July 30, 1950

     Dr. Ernest Allen - First Chief Of Medical Staff

     Alma Allen Elected First Chair Of Hospital Aux.

     First Administrator - Jennie P. Scherzinger - 1950

     Geraldine Mendonca First Baby Born - August 1950

1998 ISSUE

OUR PIONEERS - PART 5

     Homer Brewer, "The Curve" - 1962

     Paul & Pearl (Peterson) Johnson

     Albin Johnson Family - July 1911

     Charles Peterson & Anna Anderson (Pearl Johnson's Parents

                 Paul & Pearl Johnson Married June 26, 1937

     George A., Mabel & Merrill Johnson Family Arrived By Train   March 19, 1920

     Homer & Edith Brewer & 3  Children Arrived In 1929

     Ward & Gladys Campbell With Bro.  Marlar 1927

1999 ISSUE

OUR PIONEERS - PART 6

     The Herger Brothers

     Houk Families' Story

              The Houk Brothers (Rube, William & Bert) & Ed Sutter Bought ranch In 1936

     Ed & Mae Belle Rogers Came To El Solyo Ranch 1933

     Herman & Bessie Stonecipher, Melvin Skidmore Worked On The Covell Ranch.

     George Covell Died In 1947 And His Wife (Grace) Rented The Land

2000 ISSUE

PATTERSON CLUBS PART III

     The Lions Club Began May 27, 1947

     The Rotary Club Formed In June Of 1941

     The Soroptimists Founded June 8, 1955

2001

PATTERSON BOY SCOUTS DATE BACK TO 1917

      An American Legion Post Formed In Patterson In 1920 And Became The Sponsor Of The Local Scouts

     Patterson Became Troop 81

     Two Patterson Girl Scout Organizations Formed In 1940.

     Crows Landing Started Troop 80 In 1937

     Church Of Latter Day Saints In Crows Landing Reorganized Troop 80 In 1964

     The Vernalis Area Organized Troop 79 In 1948

     El Solyo Ranch Organized A Neighborhood Patrol Of 7 Scouts In 1946

     The Westley Fire Department Began Sponsorship Of Troop 79

     Explorer Scouts

     Cub Scouts Have Been Continuous Since 1944

     The Westley Fire Department Also Sponsored A Cub Scout Pack In 1987

     Grayson Westley School Area Sponsored Troop 79

     Older Boy" Sea Scout Program

     Patterson's Sea Scout Program Started In The Mid 1930s

2002

PATTERSON CLUBS PART IV

     Masonic Lodge Formed In December 1919

     Order Of The Eastern Star Formed Nov 14, 1924

2003

PATTERSON AT WAR PART I

     World War I

     World War II, The Pacific

     World War II, Europe