History Museum of Sonoma County
Cynthia Leung talks about the exhibit, I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story
Sonoma County Historical Society
How do you preserve your local history and sense of place? We take a look at the Sonoma County Historical Society and see how their members help preserve local history through research and active community events.
CE Neal Slide Narration 1964 Storm & Flood Damage Northwestern Pacific RR
In 1964 a storm & Flood damaged the Northwestern Pacific railroad. Found in the NWPRR historical Society Archives was a reel to reel tape of C. E. Neal the Vice Pres and GM of the NWPRR narrating some slides. We found all but two of the slides and matched the naration to the slides. Here is the narration that has not been heard since 1965. 1Hr 22 min DVD available from nwprrhs.org
Tucson Rodeo and Parade Museum
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Camp Windsor
The story of a German POW camp in Windsor, California during World War II. Produced by Robyn Kasper. Copyright 2014 Kasper Productions. Awarded the Jack Taylor Media Award by the Sonoma County Historical Society March 22, 2015. Selected to be shown on the big screen in the Windsor Independent Film Festival, in the category Films That Are True on May 29, 2015 at 6 pm at the Raven Theater in Windsor, California.
By August of 1944, German soldiers were surrendering to the Allies in the hundreds of thousands. Hitler was losing the war, and with massive American reinforcements of men and supplies, it was more honorable to surrender than to retreat. Soldiers of all ages and nationalities had started to surrender to the Allies.
Sonoma County housed German Prisoners of War in the town of Windsor, California, mainly an agricultural, rural community with farmers, ranchers, and winemakers, not too different from today. All of the young, healthy, able-bodied men had gone off to fight in World War II, so, ironically, the German POWs were housed at Camp Windsor, and commissioned out to help the farmers, ranchers, and winemakers, whose own young sons had gone off to fight in the war. The American severe labor shortage was alleviated by prisoner labor which freed American troops for shipment overseas.
It is amazing that so few American soldiers were supervising so many Germans. There were approximately 250 POWs housed at Camp Windsor. When they would go out to assist the agricultural community, they were only accompanied with one or two guards. The POWs and the guards had a friendly camaraderie at the camp. The German POWs were treated with courtesy and even some warmth by the American guards.
America could afford to house the Germans. The Germans had been brainwashed with propaganda into believing that America was in ruins, when in fact it was in full swing, in war mode, and the country was fueling the war. They expected to see the major cities of the U.S. in ruins, bombed and devastated. Instead, they saw a healthy America and were soon living in beautiful Sonoma County.
When the war was over, the POWs went back to Europe. When they went home, they did not know what they would find. They probably had it better here because in Europe the cities were in ruins. They had left an idyllic place, a place where they had food, shelter, and a purpose to their lives, to home, food shortages, and an uncertain future.
This is the story of Camp Windsor. Featuring the President of the Windsor Historical Society Stephen Lehmann, with narration by John Moran and Hans Kasper, the story of Camp Windsor comes to life with anecdotes and rare pictures.
Most people are familiar with the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII, but very few people realize that there were German POW Camps in America. A German POW camp was in Windsor, California, a sleepy little town in Northern California, about an hour North of San Francisco.
Visit the Windsor Historical Society’s Museum located in the historic “Hembree House” at 9225 Foxwood Drive, Windsor, California 95492, (707) 838-4563, info@windsorhistory.org, and see the exhibit that tells the story of German Prisoners of War that spent some of World War II in camps in California, including one in Windsor! It is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, except for major holidays from 9:30 to 4:30. The museum may also be opened by appointment.
“Camp Windsor” was produced, written, directed, filmed, and edited by Robyn Kasper of Kasper Productions with additional footage by Hans Kasper. This production was made possible of the use of facilities and services of C Media, a community media center for the North Bay in Santa Rosa, California.
© 2014 Kasper Productions
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O gauge model railroad display
At Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society's exhibit Small World : Tiny Toys and All Things Miniature
A behind the scenes look at a new park addition.
Visit the new Curreri addition to Sonoma Valley Regional Park and learn about some upcoming volunteer projects.
Guerneville Treasures from the Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection
Approximately 200 pictures of early Guerneville, Calif., plus home movie clips including the last train through Guerneville. The majority of photographs come from the collections of the Sonoma County Library, with additional photographs from the collection of Guerneville historian John Schubert.
Narrated by Jan Guidotti. Credits music: Sweet Georgia Brown / Latché Swing (Creative Commons --
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2019 State of the County Full Presentation (English)
The 2019 State of the County Address full presentation.
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THA SPEEDER RIDE with new camera!!! Loleta, CA
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2019 State of the County - Ben Stone (English)
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California Republic
The California Republic was a short-lived, unrecognized state that, for a few weeks in 1846, militarily controlled the area to the north of the San Francisco Bay in the present-day state of California.
In June 1846, a number of American immigrants in Alta California rebelled against the Mexican department’s government. The immigrants had not been allowed to buy or rent land and had been threatened with expulsion from California because they had entered without official permission. Mexican officials were concerned about a coming war with the United States coupled with the growing influx of Americans into California. The rebellion was soon overtaken by the beginning of the Mexican–American War.
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KRCB Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Got off of radio. Trains are rollen!!!
City of Santa Rosa Cultural Heritage and Design Review Board Joint Meeting October 16, 2019
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NCRA Meeting 12 Nov 2008 Eureka CA
North Coast Railroad Authority(NCRA) meeting at Eureka, CA 12 Nov 2008. Started at 11:30 AM. Northwestern Pacific(NWP) railroad.
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producer: Lawrence LaBranche