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Petaluma’s Main Street looking south from Washington Street, 1890s (photo Sonoma County Library)

Bustling Main Street: Petaluma’s Melting Pot of Commerce, Community, and  Celebration
A Zoom Presentation

Register today for an evening exploring the hidden gems within Petaluma’s history via a Zoom presentation on October 26th, at 7 p.m.
https://events.sonomalibrary.org/event/bustling-main-street-petalumas-melting-pot-commerce-community-and-celebration

A small group of American capitalists are commonly known as Petaluma’s “founding fathers.” But the vibrancy of the downtown was actually created by a variety of Irish, Chinese, German, Swiss-Italian, and Portuguese immigrants, as well as Black merchants, who formed tight-knit ethnic, religious, and financial communities in pursuit of the American Dream.

Join local historian John Patrick Sheehy as he shares stories of how these diverse communities made Main Street a bustling melting pot of commerce, community and celebration.

In support of our Exhibit – ‘Your Hometown Main Street, Petaluma CA

Co-sponsored with the Petaluma Regional Library

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