Resources
RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
School Visits and Community Talks & Walks
Our speakers can give talks about the Ohlone People, Pacifica History, the Ocean Shore Railroad, the Portola Expedition, and give a walking tour of the city's historic area. For information, leave a message for Steve Johnson at 650-355-1909.
Bibliography
The following local history books are available at the Pacifica Coastside Museum gift shop:
"Pacifica" by Kathleen Manning and Jerry Crow (Arcadia Publishing, San Francisco, 2010)
"Ocean Shore Railroad" by Chris Hunter (Arcadia Publishing, San Francisco, 2004)
"Alta California" by Nick Neely (Counterpoint Press, Berkeley, 2019)
"The Ohlone Way" by Malcolm Margolin (Heydey Press, Berkeley, 1978
Karl Baldwin, Pacifica's first city manager
Bill Drake, Pacifica's remarkable newspaper editor and publisher
Lydia Comerford Fahey, gun-carrying local who kept railway surveyors honest.
Jean Fassler, Pacifica's first mayor
Dolly Fine, famous San Francisco Madam who operated a Sharp Park hideaway
Galen Hickock, the infamous "doctor" who once owned the Sam Mazza Castle
Grace McCarthy, a Pacifica city founder and mayor
Elma Oddstad Mendola, who helped her brother Andy develop Linda Mar and Park Pacifica
Mildred Owen, founder of Pacifica Performances
Bob Siebert, Lydia Fahey's neighbor and an early pre-Pacifica teacher
Footprints of Pacifica Episode Guide
Winters Tavern History: Live Presentation at Winters
Pacifica Historical Walking Tour (Sharp Park neighborhood) Call for an appointment.
Sharp Park Golf Course: A Jewel in Pacifica (video)
Tours of McCloskey (Sam's) Castle in Pacifica
Sharp Park Internment Camp Photos: Bancroft Library
Sharp Park Detention Center: Japanese, Italians, Germans
Pacifica's WWII Prison Camp Has Largely Been Erased — But It Was There | KQED
Rumrunning, Ghosts and Speakeasies: The Many Lives of Pacifica's Castle | KQED
Video: Devil's Slide Trail (with Steve Johnson)
Historical portrait of Lydia Comerford Fahey, by Jean Bartlett
Biography on Bill Drake, Editor and Publisher of the Pacifica Tribune (1959-1989), (PDF)
Bartlett's Biographies: Pacifica Stories
Newspapers.com - Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s
Pacifica Live Cams, by Chamberlain Nature
Sea Bowl Herman Moves to the Museum (video)