Category: Santa Rosa History
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Santa Rosa JC Hockey team and Grace Bros. Brewery
Yes, there was a real hockey team in Santa Rosa. Back in 1939, Joseph T Grace (my great uncle and one of the original Grace Bros) and a strong supporter of local athletics as well as a wise businessman built an ice arena. In conjunction with the UC Berkeley ice hockey coach, JT concocted a […]
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Grace Brothers Whistle
To a couple generations of Santa Rosans the Grace Brothers whistle was as much a part of their growing up as was picking prunes. Santa Rosa, being a much smaller town of less than 30,000 in the middle and late 1950’s, left lots of room for kids to roam on their bikes. But for parents […]