Why Alameda history?
Alameda actually has a very unique and colorful past, once you have a chance to really examine it. It’s a little like finding out your maiden aunt was once a Hollywood starlet. People tend to view Alameda as a quaint, sleepy little island town but over the years it’s been quite rootin’-tootin’! We’ve hosted all kinds of characters – Wyatt Earp, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, Amelia Earhart, Phyllis Diller, Jim Morrison and many more, and we’ve played a part in many larger world-stage events like Doolittle’s Raid in World War II. In many ways, Alameda’s history is like a microcosm of California history. And it’s always been a place people gathered to have fun – from Native American “oysterfests” and Spanish-Californio fiestas and bullfights, to Croll’s Gardens and Neptune Beach! How does it all work? What is the process? The process is really painless. Once a storyteller has decided on a story he or she would like to tell, and practiced a little to get it down to five to 10 minute
