by BHM Offices | Jul 31, 2020 | Benicia History, California History, News & Notes, Podcast
The second episode of the Benicia Historical Museum’s COVID Quarantine Camelcast is now available! Hosted by Benicia resident and BHS graduate Dean Putong, our podcast provides a “camel’s eye view” of Benicia’s unique history. In this episode, Dean and Executive...
by BHM Offices | Jul 17, 2020 | California History, News & Notes
On this day in 1944, in the worst Home Front disaster of World War II, explosions at the U.S. Naval Magazine at Port Chicago result in more than 300 deaths. The blasts were felt in a 40-mile radius – as far away as San Francisco – and windows were blown out and...
by BHM Offices | Jul 9, 2020 | California History, News & Notes
On this day in 1846, Captain John B. Montgomery, with a party of 70 marines and sailors from the U. S. Sloop "Portsmouth…Posted by Benicia Historical Museum at the Camel Barns on Thursday, July 9, 2020
