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17 December 1911 Advertisement in The Oregonian

Because we are such a mobile population, it seems unusual when people stay rooted for a lifetime in their communities, and particulary so when they live as adults in the homes where they grew up.

I’m doing a series of stories profiling Alamedans who live in the houses where they grew up. Here are people who have spent most of their lives under one roof.

Steve Goodman | Knowing all the nooks and crannies (click to read)

Maryon Lewis Kinsey | More than 80 years in one place

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