“The John Marsh House – the Bay Area's Greatest Forgotten Historic Treasure,”

A Slide-Lecture by

Eugene Metz, A.I.A.

President, the John Marsh Historic Trust

The El Cerrito Historical Society, meeting at the El Cerrito Senior Center, 6500 Stockton Avenue, El Cerrito, behind the Library, two blocks west of San Pablo Avenue.

1 p.m. Sunday, April 19, 2009

Light refreshments.

. Free!

John Marsh was one of Northern California's pioneer settlers – and one of its most notorious! A “doctor,” Indian fighter, gold miner and murder victim, Marsh persuaded other pioneers to make their way to California in the 1840s – and then infuriated them. The first white Settler in the San Joaquin Valley, he founded a ranch near today's Brentwood in 1837, and built his magnificent Stone House in 1856.

Today the Stone House is part of a state park but remains in need of restoration and funding!

Learn about John Marsh and this wonderful house!

For more information contact Dave Weinstein, El Cerrito Historical Society, 510-524-1737, davidsweinstein@yahoo.com . Visit our website, www.elcerritowire.com/history/ .