- El Cerrito Historical Society
The El Cerrito Historical Society in Northern California discovers and preserves local history and informs area residents of that history through our website, newsletters and special programs
- WHO WE ARE — El Cerrito Historical Society
The El Cerrito Historical Society is a non-profit, 501(c) tax-exempt organization founded in 1975 and focused on locating and preserving the local history of El Cerrito, California, and environs Membership is open to everyone
- Atalk about the history of Point Isabel, Richmond, CA — El Cerrito . . .
Hana Gardens Senior Center 10870 San Pablo Avenue El Cerrito, CA, 94530 United States Google Calendar ICS From Ohlone settlement, to Mexican rancho, to dynamite manufactory, to frog farm: Point Isabel has a rich and fascinating history, largely undocumented until now
- PHOTO ARCHIVE — El Cerrito Historical Society
The El Cerrito Historical Society maintains an extensive physical archive of photos and images of the area The society is in the process of digitizing these images for future display on the website In the meantime, the public can access the collections by visiting the Shadi Room
- Castro Adobe model — El Cerrito Historical Society
The Adobe had stood by Cerrito Creek for more than 100 years Some people in El Cerrito were trying to save the Adobe at the time of its destruction, but their hope went up in flames This model honors the Castro family, the first non-native family to live in El Cerrito
- Arhoolie — El Cerrito Historical Society
For close to 50 years serious albeit fun-loving fans of stomping, honking, swinging rhythm and blues music, traditional jazz, bluegrass and honky tonk, early rock ‘n roll, Mexican conjunto music, and, yes, polkas, have trekked from around the globe to an otherwise innocuous storefront in El Cerrito to visit Down Home Music, a record store
- EC Timeline — El Cerrito Historical Society
As El Cerrito celebrated the 100th anniversary of its incorporation in 1917, the El Cerrito Historical Society compiled this look back at some important dates in our history Circa 3,000 B C Native American settlements tracing back perhaps 12,000 years can be found in El Cerrito and nearby areas
- Triumph and Trials at a Hillside Monument (part 1) — El Cerrito . . .
Seen from below in the 1920s, the largely tree-less and sparsely populated hills of El Cerrito and Kensington beckoned -- so much empty land, such spectacular views
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