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Richard Holmboe gave a presentation on the history of the Pigeon Point Light Station for the Half Moon Bay History Association on August 13, 2024

Presented by the Half Moon Bay History Association, on May 21, 2024. Originally planned to connect San Francisco and Santa Cruz, the little railroad enterprise was prevented from achieving its goal by the combined forces of an earthquake and the automobile. During his presentation, Chris mentions this Oral History recording (th-cam.com/video/zGu30dykXdo/w-d-xo.html) by the Pacifica Historical S...

Analog video shot and narrated by Tom Woosman on two Sundays in 1994 and 1995 of the larger downtown area in Half Moon Bay, California. It's an interesting reminder of how much things have changed in less than 30 years. Tom donated this video to the Half Moon Bay History Association in Decemb er 2023. Tom has released it without copyright for your enjoyment.

Miramar History with Jo Fry. Presented by the Half Moon Bay History Association at the Half Moon Bay Odd Fellows Ocean View Lodge on August 8, 2023. Jo begins with a short introduction with some of her artifacts from Miramar, then discusses the history of he Miramar area of the San Mateo Coastside. Miramar lies between Half Moon Bay and El Granada, California. About HMBHA The Half Moon Bay Hist...

Local educator Bob Pinto discusses and demonstrates the manufacture of tools by Indigenous people of western North America-their use of natural resources, and their art. He will present Traditional Arrow-Making by North American Indigenous People: a Demonstration. The presentation was held at the Senior Coastsiders public meeting room on March 20, 2023 Mr. Pinto is retired from the USDA Forest ...

Mark Hylkema is an archeologist working for the California State Parks system. On October 18, 2022, he gave a presentation for the Half Moon Bay History Association on the history, culture, and lives of Native Americans (Ohlone) in the Half Moon Bay and San Francisco Peninsula. The presentation was held in the meeting room of Senior Coastsiders in Half Moon Bay, CA About HMBHA The Half Moon Bay...

Mavericks Big Wave Surfing History with Judy Matienzo, Ryan Seelbach, and Bianca Valenti. Presented by the Half Moon Bay History Association at Senior Coastsiders. Presented on December 13, 2022 About HMBHA The Half Moon Bay History Association (www.halfmoonbayhistory.org/) is dedicated to bringing together all members of the community to preserve and share the history of the San Mateo Coastsid...

World War II at Home: America's Fear hits the Coastside Presenter: Naomi Patridge Date: September 24, 2015 This program presented by the Half Moon Bay History Association tells the story in the first person about the he months that fear gripped the American Public, and the years that a vital part of our Coastside community went away to internment. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, our Japanese n...

We created this video to promote our efforts to create a new history museum for the San Mateo County Coastside. The new Coastside History Museum completed construction in April 2023, and will open to the public with new and old exhibits June 2023. About HMBHA The Half Moon Bay History Association (www.halfmoonbayhistory.org/) is dedicated to bringing together all members of the community to pre...