Historical Society’s ‘Walk Into History’ Returns, Digs Into Mt. Tam and Muir Woods Scenic Railway – May 29

Historical Society’s ‘Walk Into History’ Returns, Digs Into Mt. Tam and Muir Woods Scenic Railway – May 29

by | Apr 14, 2022 | City of Mill Valley, Depot Plaza, Downtown Mill Valley, Holidays, Mill Valley History, Miller Avenue, Mount Tamalpais, Parks & Recreation

Preview scenes from the Mill Valley Historical Society’s 2022 Walk Into History on May 29. For more than 40 years, the Mill Valley Historical’s Society‘s Walk Into History annually has explored the people, places and things that serve as the foundation of our...
Faced With a Dearth of Candidates, City Skips June Council Election, Appoints Wickham, Burke and Perrey

Faced With a Dearth of Candidates, City Skips June Council Election, Appoints Wickham, Burke and Perrey

by | Mar 30, 2022 | City Council, City of Mill Valley, Diversity & Equity, Downtown Mill Valley, Emergency Preparedness, Housing, Mill Valley History, Miller Avenue, Volunteerism

Clockwise from top left, Jim Wickham, Stephen Burke, City Hall and Max Perrey. Well, that was uneventful. The City of Mill Valley’s scheduled June 7th City Council election was canceled last week due to a lack of candidates for the three open positions on the...
Mill Valley Fall Arts Fest Is Now Accepting Artist Applications for 2022

Mill Valley Fall Arts Fest Is Now Accepting Artist Applications for 2022

by | Mar 16, 2022 | Art, Arts & Entertainment, Downtown Mill Valley, Kids, Live Music, Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Mill Valley History, Mill Valley in the News, Parks & Recreation, Public Restrooms, Shopping

Scenes from the 2021 MV Fall Arts Fest. As has been the case with all of Mill Valley’s major events over the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most important outcome of the two days of the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival in 2021 was that they...
A Coalition of Creative Mill Valley History and Train Buffs Hopes to Expand Plaza to Include the Historic Engine No. 9 – Here’s How You Can Support Them

A Coalition of Creative Mill Valley History and Train Buffs Hopes to Expand Plaza to Include the Historic Engine No. 9 – Here’s How You Can Support Them

by | Nov 11, 2021 | City of Mill Valley, Depot Plaza, Downtown Mill Valley, Kids, Mill Valley History, Mill Valley Lumber Yard, Philanthropy, Volunteerism

Engine No. 9 As we’ve been reporting regularly over the past three years, Friends of No. 9, the organization formed by the Mill Valley Historical Society, Friends of Mt. Tam, Marin History Museum and others, purchased the Engine No. 9, the only surviving piece...