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2011 June Potluck Picnic – Historical Groups, Gibson House, Woodland 
  May Historic Society Spring Field Trip: Stockton and the Charming Lodi City
  May Kathy Olmstead, John Steinbeck and the Sacramento Conspiracy Trial of 1935
  April David Hickman, Duck Days Past: Tule Lands Before the Causeway
  March Ryan Baum, Bank of Woodland through History and Documents
  February April Farnham and her research on Native history up through Gold Rush
  January Freedom Riders to Alabama, former riders participated in program
2010 February Peggy Perrazo, Cemeteries of Yolo County – Stones, Bones, and Stories, Davis Cemetery
  March YCHS trip to Colusa County and Glenn County, led by Dennis Dingemans
  March Cemeteries of Yolo County - Stones, Bones, and Stories at Mary’s Chapel
  April Cemeteries of Yolo County - Stones, Bones, and Stories, Capay Cemetery, Esparto
  May May Festival, Gibson House, Woodland 
June Potluck Picnic – Historical Groups, Gibson House, Woodland 
  October Cemeteries of Yolo County – Stones, Bones, and Stories, Cottonwood Cemetery
2009 January Greg Atkins, History of Dixon plus a guided tour of Downtown Dixon
  February Evelyne and Richard Rominger, UC Davis Centennial Celebration
March Jt. Meeting with West Sacramento Historical Society, Jazzy Blues Café, West Sacramento
April Winters History Project Program with three guest speakers, Chuy’s Taqueria, Winters
May May Festival, Gibson House, Woodland
June Potluck Picnic - Historical Groups - Gibson Museum, Woodland
October West Sacramento Raceway, West Sacramento Library Community Room, West Sacramento
November Author, Dorothy N. O’Neal talks about her new book. Winters, Winters Library

YCHS Visits Solano Hills and Waterfront, led by retired Professor Dennis Dingemans
2008 January Paul Ivazes, History of Gas Lighting in America, Gibson Museum, Woodland
February SUVCW and Tour of City of the Dharma Realm, Arthur F. Turner Library, West Sacramento
March Mary Hanly, Jewels of Northern California, Hattie Weber Museum, Davis
April Sandy Beers, Fashion Through the Ages, Yolo County Administration Bldg.
June Potluck – Historical Groups – Gibson House, Woodland
October Al Clover, Hesperian College (1861 – 1896), Christian Church Disciples of Christ, Woodland
November Lonny Wonder and Linda Lucchesi, Heidrick Agricultural Museum, Woodland
2007 January Albert Hurtado, John Sutter, A Life on the North American Frontier, Springlake Fire Dept.
February Bob Sommer, California’s Farmers Markets, Hattie Weber Museum, Davis
April Kirby Morgan, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Woodland City Cemetery
May May Festival, Gibson House, Woodland
Historic Martinez Museum and tour of historic community
June Potluck – Historical Groups – Gibson House, Woodland
October Tour of Woodland Train Depot, Woodland
November Bob Sommer, A Brief History of American Bicycle Lanes, Hattie Weber Museum, Davis
2006 January A Visit to the Hattie Weber Museum – two presentations, Davis
February African American Historic Reenactments, West Sacramento Senior Center
March Tim O’Halloran, Water District Manager to Speak, Flood Control District Office, Woodland
April Jim Dahlberg, History of Box Labels, Clarksburg Library, Clarksburg
May May Festival, Gibson House, Woodland
June Potluck – Historical Groups – Gibson House, Woodland
September Bus Trip to Downieville
October Wendy Hillis, New Orleans Project, Springlake Fire Department, Woodland
November Jim Becket, Old Barns and Burned Sheep, Springlake Fire Department, Woodland
2005 January John Lofland, Davis: Radical Changes, Deep Constants, Hattie Weber Museum, Davis
February Nadine Salonites, History of the Opera House and Hershey Sisters, Woodland
March Sandy MacPherson, African American Quilts Display, Gibson House, Woodland
John Steinbeck Museum & San Juan Bautista Mission, Shirley Goldman/BJ Ford leaders
April Pioneers of Capay Valley, Taber Ranch in Capay
May May Festival, Gibson House, Woodland
June Potluck Picnic – Historical Groups – Gibson House, Woodland
October Colette Stewart, Historic Nelson Ranch, Woodland Senior Center, Woodland
November Alton Pryor, Those Wild and Lusty Gold Camps, Yolo Co. Library, Davis
2004 January Susan Hodgson California Indians, Artisans of Oil, Rumsey
February African American History Month, Tuskegee Airmen, co-sponsored, West Sacramento
March Douglas Brown, German Prisoners of War Labor Camps in Yolo County, Clarksburg
April Michael Sands, Woody Guthrie & American Folk Music, Methodist Church-Woodland
May May Festival, Gibson House, Woodland
June Potluck Picnic – Historical Groups – Gibson House, Woodland
October Dino Gay, Dead Cat Alley Tour, – Woodland
November Gold Rush Gambling with Lucky Pierre Riverboat Gambler, Yolo Co. Library, Davis
2003 January Gerrie Robinson, Oral History Interviews, Knights Landing Community Center
February Marilyn Demas, Ungraded School No. 2 Colored, Mc Dowell Ctr., West Sacramento
March Doris Earnshaw, Women Pioneering the Future, Yolo County Library, Davis
April Ann Scheuring, author of Abundant Harvest, Esparto Library, Esparto
May May Festival, Gibson House, Woodland
June Potluck Picnic – Historical Groups – Gibson House, Woodland
Tour of Benicia’s Capitol Bldg., Camel Barns, & Glass Studios, Shirley Goldman, leader
October David Wilkinson, Crafting the Valley Jewel – Yolo County Library, Davis
November Michael Sands, Lonesome Whistle in narrative and song, Train Depot, Woodland
2002 January Lorry Dunning, Mules to Machines, County Fair Mall, Woodland
February Ellen McNeil, The Old Rhoads School in Elk Grove Park, Yolo County Library, Davis
March Wilderness Medicine/Lewis & Clark Expedition, University Retirement Ctr., Davis
April Stan Garvey, King & Queen of the River, Margaret Mc Dowell Ctr., West Sacramento
May May Festival, Gibson House, Woodland
Tour of the Museums of Oroville, Shirley Goldman leader
June Potluck Picnic – Historical Groups – Gibson House, Woodland
October Bob Balkow, Towe Museum - The Automobile, United Methodist Church, Woodland
November J.C. Moritz, teaching children who travel with the Carnival – Yolo Community Ctr., Yolo