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HistoryView – Loving Modesto, Loving History

Harrison Power

By Harrison Power Love Modesto is coming up this month, and with it a spike in community involvement with volunteer ...

DowneyView – 70 Years of History

Chris Murphy

By Steve Perry A few weeks ago, I ran into some folks planning a gala. It was for Downey High ...

HistoryView – The Shamrock Affair

Harrison Power

McHenry Shamrock Affair By Harrison Power With St. Patrick’s Day ahead of us, many are likely looking forward to resuming ...

HistoryView – Love is in the Air

Harrison Power

By Harrison Power With “love in the air” this month, there are great ways to get out of the house ...

HistoryView – Preserve our History

Harrison Power

HistoryView By Harrison Power With the New Year of 2022 officially here, that means that 2021 is in the history ...

HistoryView Longtime Downtown Business Gem

Harrison Power

HistoryView Longtime Downtown Business Gem By Harrison Power Since the days of Downtown Modesto being the bustling center of commerce ...

Modesto Women’s History

Chris Murphy

Modesto Women’s History   There have been many milestones in our country recently and even here in our community. The ...

Hazel Houser Spencer: Woman of History

Guest ViewCrew

Hazel Houser Spencer: Woman of History by Stella Beratlis Hazel Houser Spencer, Stanislaus County lyricist and composer of many country ...

Music in the Nineties

Middagh Goodwin

BigView: Music in the NinetiesBy Middagh Goodwin Original music in the early nineties shifted, hair metal and new wave were ...

The Arcade Craze of the 80s

Middagh Goodwin

Arcades have a long history but the Video Arcade is a product of the ’80s even though the first video ...

The History of Heat Wave Skate Park

Guest ViewCrew

The History of Heat Wave Skate Park by Marc “Squid” Johnson The skatepark was designed by San Francisco skater Dan ...

BigView – The 1950s A Decade Full of Optimism

Chris Murphy

A Decade of Optimism, Growth, and Prosperity By Ken White Let’s rewind to a valley not so far away, not ...

BigView – The 1950s

Chris Murphy

The BigView by Chris Murphy There is really nothing like the sound of a hot rod motor, the squeal of ...

BigView – Modesto in the 1940s

Chris Murphy

The BigView The 1940s were a decade of change in Modesto USA. As the depression of the 1930s slowly changed ...

1937 – The Birth of Rockabilly

Chris Murphy

Modesto’s Rockabilly Roots put the “Rock” in the Roll By Chris Murphy In 1937, the first notes of Rock and ...