Fairfax California

 New release! The first full size book on Fairfax history.

Over 100 years in the making, (the town's history we mean) we are pleased to announce the new release of a book of Fairfax History! Images of America FAIRFAX, by local authors William and Brian Sagar, a father-and-son team. Both have researched and compiled images from the Fairfax Historical Society's archives and private collections to bring you an outstanding selection of images and text history.

This 128 page book contains over 200 images of Fairfax from the late 1800's through the 1940's.

Step back in time and watch as the town grew through the years.

Learn about some of the people who shaped and settled Fairfax including its early owner and namesake, Lord Charles Snowden Fairfax. The hereditary baron, whose family once owned much of Virginia, entertained guests in grand Southern style on his lovely estate known as Bird's Nest Glen. Later the home became Pastori's, the beloved local landmark hotel and restaurant visited by famous guests like Irving Berlin, who once serenaded diners from a piano perched on a tree house. The 1906 earthquake chased refugees from San Francisco across the bay, and new Fairfax subdivisions appeared, along with the Fairfax Incline Railway, built to help sell hillside lots. In the same era, its meadows, hay fields, and dairy ranches provided the setting for early silent movie Westerns. Today Bird's Nest Glen has become the Marin Town and Country Club, and the city boasts a thriving business district and prosperous residential areas, but it has never lost its rustic charm and hospitality.

A book that will never grow old!

 Check your local book store for availability:

Locally: Fairfax Lumber, Fairfax Variety, Book Beat, Sherman's General Store

San Anselmo: Book Smith

County: Borders and other book stores.