San Anselmo has a rich and varied history as the following articles attest.
General History
Country Fair Day
Early Marin by Donald E. Perry
Grand Encampment – Camp Schofield 1875
Incorporation Facts and Trivia
Little Histories of the Road
Play Ball! A Bit of Baseball & Memorial Park History
Red Hill – A Mystery Solved
Red Hill – Photo Essay
San Anselmo Fire Chief Frank Sousa – Marin County Fire History
San Anselmo’s Long History of Flooding
San Anselmo Public Library
San Anselmo Then & Now (a series of articles)
The Old Swimming Hole at Lansdale
The Town Hall Tower
Tragedy on Bald Hill – 1941 Plane Crash
Trains? In San Anselmo?
What Sugarfoot Has Seen: The amazing life of a cast-iron deer
Women Break into Politics (Carmel Booth)
People/Homes/Neighborhoods
A Retreat for Artists and Writers (James Arthur Cahill and Arthur Preston Hankins)
Agatha Court – Where Bees Buzzed and a Garden Grew
Alexander Bouick’s Account of His Journey from Scotland to San Francisco, 1881
Barber Tract: The History of a Neighborhood
Before United Markets Came to Town – An Untold Story Revealed (Hilldale Park)
Morningside Court
Patterson Footbridge (Karl-Sais Bridge)
History of the Robson-Harrington House
Reminiscences of Kernan and Geraldine Robson
Harold G. Stoner’s Architectural Legacy in Marin County (Sleepy Hollow)
On Sleepy Hollow Ranch
Sleepy Hollow Ranch in 1904
Sleepy Hollow’s “Secret War” Mission: Memories of Sleepy Hollow, 1943
Samuel Heiman – A Busy Architect
The Samuel P. Taylor Family in San Anselmo
San Rafael Heights: The Beauty Spot of Marin
Sequoia Park: A Perfect Paradise
The Homes of James and Mary Tunstead
The Short Ranch
Yolanda Court, The Igloo and the Brecks
San Anselmo Businesses
Destination San Anselmo – Summer 1908 (Early Hotels and Campgrounds)
Rose E. Shapira, Pioneer San Anselmo Druggist
The Only Hotel in Town (History of the San Anselmo Inn)
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Mr. Montgomery and His Chapel
Notable Buildings of San Francisco Theological Seminary
Rev. Andrew C. Strachan’s Crazy Quilt
Then and Now: Montgomery Memorial Chapel
Then and Now: Scott Hall