Novato Historian

This quarterly publication of the Novato Historical Guild includes news items about Guild events and exhibits at the museums, as well as a feature article on local history, usually authored by a Guild member. You can download issues of the Novato Historian by clicking on the links.

Edition Date	Newsletter	Feature Story
Spring Issue 2024	Historian Vol 48 No1
Winter Issue 2023	Historian Vol 47 No4
Fall Issue 2023	Historian Vol 47 No3
Summer Issue 2023	Historian Vol 47 No2
Spring Issue 2023	Historian Vol 47 No1
Winter Issue 2022	Historian Vol 46 No4
Fall Issue 2022	Historian Vol 46 No3	The Meadow Club
Summer Issue 2022	Historian Vol 46 No2	Olympali
Spring Issue 2022	Historian Vol 46 No1	Clarkson’s
Winter Issue 2021	Historian Vol 45 No. 4	Novato Boys’ Club – Part 2
Fall Issue 2021	Historian Vol 45 No. 3	Novato Boys’ Club
Summer Issue 2021	Historian Vol 45 No. 2	The Reichert Villa Story – Part II
Spring Issue 2021	Historian Vol 45 No. 1	The Reichert Villa Story
Winter Issue 2020	Historian Vol 44 No. 4	Novato in the Twenties – nice, but not easy
Fall Issue 2020	Historian Vol 44 No. 3	Hamilton Transit Center
Summer Issue 2020	Historian Vol 44 No. 2	Marin French Cheese Factory
Spring Issue 2020	Historian Vol 44 No. 1	Nave Garage – 100 Years
Winter Issue 2019	Historian Vol 43 No. 4	Bill Nave Has Led Busy Life
Fall Issue 2019	Historian Vol 43 No. 3	Western Weekend
Summer Issue 2019	Historian Vol 43 No. 2	Novato Horsemen Riding Club
Spring Issue 2019	Historian Vol 43 No 1	Novato in 1955 – Part III
Winter Issue 2018	Historian Vol 42 No. 4	Novato in 1955 – Part II
Fall Issue 2018	Historian Vol 42 No. 3	Novato History in 1955
Summer Issue 2018	Historian Vol 42 No. 2	Old Houses of Novato
Spring Issue 2018	Historian Vol 42 No. 1	H. Pini & Co turns 100
Winter Issue 2017	Historian Vol 41 No. 4	Novato Pioneers
Fall Issue 2017	Historian Vol 41 No. 3	First Catholic Church 1889 – 1936
Summer Issue 2017	Historian Vol 41 No. 2	Mr., Mrs. & Mrs. Henry Pini
Spring Issue 2017	Historian Vol 41 No. 1	Sonoma and Marin Railwaay
Winter Issue 2016	Historian Vol 40 No. 4	Frank DeLong Sweetser
Fall Issue 2016	Historian Vol 40 No. 3	Carlile Recalls Past of Local Countryside
Summer Issue 2016	Historian Vol 40 No. 2	4th of July Parades in Novato
Spring Issue 2016	Historian Vol 40 No. 1	French Cheese Factories in Novato
Winter Issue 2015	Historian Vol 39 No. 4	Gracious Marin Living at Rancho de San Jose 175 years ago – Part II
Fall Issue 2015	Historian Vol 39 No. 3	Gracious Marin Living at Rancho de San Jose 175 years ago
Summer Issue 2015	Historian Vol 39 No. 2	Novato’s 4-H Club Rooms
Spring Issue 2015	Historian Vol 39 No. 1	The Gnoss Family
Winter Issue 2014	Historian Vol 38 No. 4	Novato Post Office History
Fall Issue 2014	Historian Vol 38 No. 3	The Man Who Put Novato on the Map
Summer Issue 2014	Historian Vol 38 No. 2	Loustanaus Still Remembered
Spring Issue 2014	Historian Vol 38 No. 1	History Is Us
Winter Issue 2013	Historian Vol 37 No. 4	Early Novato in 1920
Fall Issue 2013	Historian Vol 37 No. 3	Trip to the Country
Summer Issue 2013	Historian Vol 37 No. 2	Novato Comes to Life
Spring Issue 2013	Historian Vol 37 No. 1	Hermann Rudolff’s Justice
Winter Issue 2012	Historian Vol 36 No. 4	The Saga of the Firehouse Doors
Fall Issue 2012	Historian Vol 36 No. 3	Henry Harley (“Hap”) Arnold A True Pioneer
Summer Issue 2012	Historian Vol 36 No. 2	Knoxville 94945
Spring Issue 2012	Historian Vol 36 No. 1	Those Magnificent Men . . .
Winter Issue 2011	Historian Vol 35 No. 4	Fire, Fire
Fall Issue 2011	Historian Vol 35 No. 3	The History of Stafford Lake
Summer Issue 2011	Historian Vol 35 No. 2	The Rest of the Story: Novato Police Department
Spring Issue 2011	Historian Vol 35 No. 1	Chinese in Early Twentieth Century Novato
Winter Issue 2010	Historian Vol 34 No. 4	Novato’s First Men in Blue
Fall Issue 2010	Historian Vol 34 No. 3	Tragedy in Ignacio Marin’s Deadliest Train Wreck 100 Years Ago—August 8, 1910
Summer Issue 2010	Historian Vol 34 No. 2	The Genesis of Hamilton Field
Spring Issue 2010	Historian Vol 34 No. 1	History of “The Bucket of Blood”
Winter Issue 2009	Historian Vol 33 No. 4	History of 901 Sherman Avenue
Fall Issue 2009	Historian Vol 33 No. 3	Victim Of Progress Old Timers Mourn Demise Of School
Summer Issue 2009	Historian Vol 33 No. 2	83d Fighter Interceptor Squadron: A Brief Unit History
Spring Issue 2009	Historian Vol 33 No. 1	Salvatore Galli and His Restaurant
Winter Issue 2008	Historian Vol 32 No. 4	Pacheco Home and Winery Tour
Fall Issue 2008	Historian Vol 32 No. 3	A Mobile Home Park ? NIMBY
Summer Issue 2008	Historian Vol 32 No. 2	Novato Underground: Mining in Novato
Spring Issue 2008	Historian Vol 32 No. 1	Square Dancing in Novato

Feature Articles

The Novato Historical Guild publishes The Novato Historian newsletter four times a year. Each edition has a featured article about the history of the Novato and Hamilton Field area. Below are some of those articles.

Novato Historian

1838 – 1899

1900-1949

1950-1999

Hamilton Field