Katie Watts's guest appearances

Katie Watts

Onstage with Jim and Tom

Mike Harris

Daniel Steinbock

David Glass

Scott Phillips

Nick Malgieri

Sam Chase

Jamie DeWolf

Jared Powell

Ben Morrison

Amy Bruni

David Luning

Gabe Katz

Emily Whitehurst

Luke Erickson

Dallas Myers

OwlTail

John Sheehy

Jim &amp; Tom welcome historians Katie Watts and John Sheehy for a deep dive into Petaluma’s history from the the 1920s to the 1970s. We explore how Petaluma became known as the world’s egg basket, Prohibition, speakeasies, massive bootlegging rings, famous people-meeter and Petaluma booster Bill Soberanes, the post-war boom, Gilardi’s, Mayor Helen Putnam, the near decimation of Petaluma’s downtown, how the east side developed and much more.

Episode 180 | Petaluma History IV feat. Katie Watts & John Sheehy | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 6/11/20

Skip Sommer

Chuck Lucas

Onstage with Jim and Tom welcomes John Sheehy, Katie Watts, Skip Sommer &amp; Chuck Lucas to explore Petaluma’s Rivertown era (1850 - 1900). We discuss the town’s roots in the gold rush and California land grants, the big six names that shaped the town, the con artists, the personalities and much more.

Petaluma History II with John Sheehy, Katie Watts, Skip Sommer & Chuck Lucas - 9/30/14

Harlan Osborne

Onstage with Jim and Tom welcomes Harlan Osborne (Argus Courier), Katie Watts (Press Democrat) &amp; John Sheehy to explore and discuss Petaluma history. This 70 minute conversations explore many moments and characters in the town's history, including: when Petaluma tried to secede (twice), Garrett Keller the squatter, the near civil war battle with Santa Rosa, “Mr. Petaluma” Bill Soberanes, the origins of the “egg capital of the world” (even if it wasn’t true), Doc Naify, Petaluma’s reaction to prohibition (becoming a boomtown), the Jewish chicken farmer community and much more.Classic Petaluma locations &amp; characters referenced: The Spa, Gilardi’s, Marios &amp; Johns, Agius Grocery, Fannie Brown’s, A &amp; B Market, Fair West, Volpi’s, Twin Oaks, Elks Lodge, Petaluma Hotel, Caulfield's Meats, Andresen’s, The Hideaway, Mattei Brothers, The State (The Mystic) and the California/Showcase Theater (The Phoenix), the roost dances at Kennilworth, KAFP ("Krowing Always For Petaluma”), KTOB, Mario Figone, Baccala's Market, The Cordas, The Dolcinis, Judge Rollie Webb, Clem McCorkell, Stan the Man Greenhagen, Tom Caulfield, Lamar Lauritzen, Bert Kerrigan, Bill Soberanes &amp; Margaret Soberanes.

Onstage with Jim and Tom welcomes Harlan Osborne (Argus Courier), Katie Watts (Press Democrat) &amp; John Sheehy to explore and discuss Petaluma history. <br><br>This 70 minute conversations explore many moments and characters in the town's history, including: when Petaluma tried to secede (twice), Garrett Keller the squatter, the near civil war battle with Santa Rosa, “Mr. Petaluma” Bill Soberanes, the origins of the “egg capital of the world” (even if it wasn’t true), Doc Naify, Petaluma’s reaction to prohibition (becoming a boomtown), the Jewish chicken farmer community and much more.<br><br>Classic Petaluma locations &amp; characters referenced: The Spa, Gilardi’s, Marios &amp; Johns, Agius Grocery, Fannie Brown’s, A &amp; B Market, Fair West, Volpi’s, Twin Oaks, Elks Lodge, Petaluma Hotel, Caulfield's Meats, Andresen’s, The Hideaway, Mattei Brothers, The State (The Mystic) and the California/Showcase Theater (The Phoenix), the roost dances at Kennilworth, KAFP ("Krowing Always For Petaluma”), KTOB, Mario Figone, Baccala's Market, The Cordas, The Dolcinis, Judge Rollie Webb, Clem McCorkell, Stan the Man Greenhagen, Tom Caulfield, Lamar Lauritzen, Bert Kerrigan, Bill Soberanes &amp; Margaret Soberanes.

Petaluma History with Harlan Osborne, Katie Watts & John Sheehy - 7/14/14