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The Railroad & White's Hill - Railroad history & view a photo taken from the canyon behind White Hill School in 1906 by a member of the Roy Family, owners of this farm at the time. The Victoria Memorial Home - Used as a home for dependent or partly dependent people. Located at the property West of the White Hill school's playing field.
Arequipa The Arequipa Sanitarium opened west of Fairfax on September 4, 1911. Its purpose was to treat tubercular infected working women of the Bay Area in pleasant and healthful surroundings and at the same time keep them occupied with meaningful tasks until they were cured and could return to their homes. As a result of their work, Arequipa Pottery, produced from 1912 through 1917, is an important part of today's Arts and Crafts appreciation. The pottery became world famous almost immediately and today, over 80 years after work ceased, is still sought throughout the county by collectors. Learn more about Arequipa & Hill Farm (Bothin), visit the Arequipa History Web site built by a local Senior Girl Scout for her Gold Award project. *** LORD FAIRFAX TODAY - HISTORY IN THE MAKING - (now history...) Lord Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord of Cameron, and eight of his friend have started a journey unprecedented in the annals of the Fairfax family. On May 2, 2005, they embarked on a trip from Vladivostok, Russia, on the Sea of Japan, westward for some 6,000 miles through Siberia to Moscow and north to St. Petersburg. The unique aspect of the trip is that they are traveling on BMW 1150cc Adventurer motorcycles. The expedition is expected to last until the middle of June. Their Website, illustrated with snapshots along the way, will be reporting frequent progress reports as they travel and is easily accessed by anyone connected to the internet via the following address: http://www.whitenightsride.org.uk/riders.html Check it out - you should find it an interesting journey, even from thousands of miles away. update: Journeys End - White Nights Ride reach the end of their journey 13th June, 2005 At 11 AM on the 12th of June, the White Nights Ride rolled into St Petersburg past the famous statue of Peter the Great to a final halt in front of the Saint Isaac Cathedral, marking the end of its 7 week, 7506 mile bike odyssey across Russia. In intermittent rain, which has marked much of their journey, cheerleaders and a full military band fanfare greeted the riders, backed by loved ones from home as well as Russian supporters, fans and the curious. A full complement of 9 bikes rolled in, headed by White Nights Ride leader NICHOLAS FAIRFAX on a BMW K1200 RT Touring Bike kindly loaned to him by BMW Russia in Moscow following his bike's "disintegration by lorry" near Kazan! Then came ROSE CECIL on her reconstructed bike, NICHOLAS VON PREUSSEN, TIM VON HALLE, RON PAPE, VICTOR EMERY, KEVIN SAUNDERS, MAXIM STEPANOV- their new-found Russian friend who is Publisher of Russia's Moto magazine and who has ridden with them all the way on his own BMW GS Adventurer, VERNON STRATTON in the marvellous BMW X-3, BORIS ZIMIN in another chase vehicle, once again offering his place to a guest rider, starting with the Ride's Patron, HRH PRINCE MICHAEL of KENT for the 475 miles from Vladivostok to Khabarovsk, then to documentarist RUPERT MURRAY, for the 3858 miles from Irkutsk to Moscow, and finally to double gold Olympic rower JAMES CRACKNELL, for the 713 miles from Moscow to St Petersburg. James is writing a feature article on the Ride for the Telegraph Newspaper to be published imminently. See site for more details. Jan. 30 2007 re: Dian Fossey We would like to correct some misinformation on many websites about Dian Fossey's birthplace. She was not born in Fairfax, California. Her birth certificate, on file at the San Francisco Department of Health, shows her place of residence on Broderick Street and her place of birth at Saint Francis Hospital, both in San Francisco. This would seem to make her a San Francisco native. She was born to George E. and Hazel Kidd Fossey on January 16, 1932 The birth certificate has been on file since January 21, 1932. From later city directories and news accounts, we find that dian's father, George Edward Fossey, and her stepmother, Kathryn, lived at 9 Ridge Road in Fairfax from 1965 thru August of1968. It is possible that Dian visited them before George's death in September of1968 but we have no record of such contact. His death was reported in the Independent Journal on September 17, 1968. Just to set the record straight and keep history accurate.
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