Features -videos Fairfax in 1968
Accordion Club at Fairfax Park, todays ball field, 1930's
Fairfax Rodeo at Circle V Stables, 1959 and 1963
Fairfax family visit 2002 Fairfax CA - FHS video
Tour of the original home site of Charles and Ada Fairfax, now the former site of the Marin Town and Country Club. A tour through town in the Fairfax vintage fire engine. A luncheon and reception at St. Ritas' Parish Hall. 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. *** 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 of 1968. It is possible that Dian visited them before George's death in September of 1968 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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