Corte Madera Memories
  • WELCOME
    • HOW IT ALL BEGAN....
  • EARLY HISTORY
    • WHAT'S IN A NAME?
    • FIRST SETTLERS
    • RACETRACKS IN CORTE MADERA?
    • A VILLAGE EMERGES >
      • BITS & PIECES >
        • 1913 "BOOSTERS" >
          • RAILROADS
        • 1899 to 2014 VIEWS
        • VIEWS FROM EAST PEAK
    • CHURCHES
    • SCHOOLS
  • CORTE MADERA BECOMES A TOWN
    • LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    • CHRISTMAS TREE HILL HISTORY >
      • EARLY MAP - CHRISTMAS TREE HILL
      • HOMES ARE BUILT
      • HISTORIC PHOTOS
      • HISTORIC PLACES
      • CM WOMEN'S CLUB IN THE 2000'S >
        • CORTE MADERA WOMEN'S CLUB HISTORY
      • 1926 Aerial View from 15,000 Feet
      • MEADOWSWEET DAIRY
    • BIG CHANGES AFTER WW II >
      • 1952 MASSIVE GROWTH
      • BIG CHANGES AFTER WW II
      • BUSINESS BOOM
      • LIBRARY
      • SCHOOLS
    • CHRISTMAS TREE HILL HISTORY
    • REAL ESTATE AD
    • FAMILIES GROW
    • OLDTIMERS' MEMORIES SHARED >
      • WILLIAM ISAAC PIXLEY
      • HARRY RICHARDS
      • SONIA DELEW
      • SUE BIGALL
      • LLOYD REA
      • HAROLD & MARY BATES
      • LAURA ROWE RICHARDS
      • EDITH SCHLOBOM
      • ELSIE THIERBACH
      • AUDA BORDANARO
      • WILLIAM TALLEY
      • FRED MORRIS
      • EARL & DONNA HART FAMILY
      • LOUISE LAMB
      • KURT NORSTAD
      • ELVA WILSON
      • JAN VALK
      • LUIS KUBICHEK
      • BILL & PEGGY THOMAS
      • ALBERT & JEAN LEVESQUE
      • ANDY VIRENO
      • AUGUSTINE HALL
      • HARRY & ANNETTE SCHRIEBMAN
      • MARY SCHWERDT
      • GERALD GRANUCCI
    • MARINER COVE
    • VISTA DEL BAHIA
    • MIRA VISTA
    • BUSINESSES
    • MADERA DEL PRESIDIO >
      • NEW ZONING ORDINANCE CUTS DENSITY
      • PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
      • RING MOUNTAIN OPEN SPACE PRESERVE
      • CORTE MADERA NORTHRIDGE
    • OLD TOWN SQUARE
  • 50TH ANNIVERSARY
  • CORTE MADERA MARSHES
  • SHARE YOUR OWN STORY
    • A VISIT WITH DOROTHY MALMGREN
    • LUIS KUBICHEK & BOYS' SOCCER
  • CORTE MADERA ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
  • SCENIC VISTAS
  • MARQUART LAGOON REGATTA
  • CELEBRATIONS
  • 4th of JULY PARADES
  • WOMEN'S CLUB 100TH BIRTHDAY
  • CENTENNIAL YEAR EVENTS 1916-2017
    • 75TH ANNIVERSARY
    • NEW YEAR'S EVE KICKOFF
  • LOCAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS
    • LAURA ROWE RICHARDS >
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      • PAGE 2
      • PAGE 3
      • PAGE 4
      • PAGE 5
      • PAGE 6
      • PAGE 7
      • PAGE 8
      • PAGE 9
      • PAGE 10
      • PAGE 11
      • PAGE 12
      • PAGE 13
  • THE BOOK: A HISTORY OF CORTE MADERA
  • THE BOOK: A HISTORY OF CORTE MADERA
  • WELCOME
    • HOW IT ALL BEGAN....
  • EARLY HISTORY
    • WHAT'S IN A NAME?
    • FIRST SETTLERS
    • RACETRACKS IN CORTE MADERA?
    • A VILLAGE EMERGES >
      • BITS & PIECES >
        • 1913 "BOOSTERS" >
          • RAILROADS
        • 1899 to 2014 VIEWS
        • VIEWS FROM EAST PEAK
    • CHURCHES
    • SCHOOLS
  • CORTE MADERA BECOMES A TOWN
    • LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    • CHRISTMAS TREE HILL HISTORY >
      • EARLY MAP - CHRISTMAS TREE HILL
      • HOMES ARE BUILT
      • HISTORIC PHOTOS
      • HISTORIC PLACES
      • CM WOMEN'S CLUB IN THE 2000'S >
        • CORTE MADERA WOMEN'S CLUB HISTORY
      • 1926 Aerial View from 15,000 Feet
      • MEADOWSWEET DAIRY
    • BIG CHANGES AFTER WW II >
      • 1952 MASSIVE GROWTH
      • BIG CHANGES AFTER WW II
      • BUSINESS BOOM
      • LIBRARY
      • SCHOOLS
    • CHRISTMAS TREE HILL HISTORY
    • REAL ESTATE AD
    • FAMILIES GROW
    • OLDTIMERS' MEMORIES SHARED >
      • WILLIAM ISAAC PIXLEY
      • HARRY RICHARDS
      • SONIA DELEW
      • SUE BIGALL
      • LLOYD REA
      • HAROLD & MARY BATES
      • LAURA ROWE RICHARDS
      • EDITH SCHLOBOM
      • ELSIE THIERBACH
      • AUDA BORDANARO
      • WILLIAM TALLEY
      • FRED MORRIS
      • EARL & DONNA HART FAMILY
      • LOUISE LAMB
      • KURT NORSTAD
      • ELVA WILSON
      • JAN VALK
      • LUIS KUBICHEK
      • BILL & PEGGY THOMAS
      • ALBERT & JEAN LEVESQUE
      • ANDY VIRENO
      • AUGUSTINE HALL
      • HARRY & ANNETTE SCHRIEBMAN
      • MARY SCHWERDT
      • GERALD GRANUCCI
    • MARINER COVE
    • VISTA DEL BAHIA
    • MIRA VISTA
    • BUSINESSES
    • MADERA DEL PRESIDIO >
      • NEW ZONING ORDINANCE CUTS DENSITY
      • PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
      • RING MOUNTAIN OPEN SPACE PRESERVE
      • CORTE MADERA NORTHRIDGE
    • OLD TOWN SQUARE
  • 50TH ANNIVERSARY
  • CORTE MADERA MARSHES
  • SHARE YOUR OWN STORY
    • A VISIT WITH DOROTHY MALMGREN
    • LUIS KUBICHEK & BOYS' SOCCER
  • CORTE MADERA ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
  • SCENIC VISTAS
  • MARQUART LAGOON REGATTA
  • CELEBRATIONS
  • 4th of JULY PARADES
  • WOMEN'S CLUB 100TH BIRTHDAY
  • CENTENNIAL YEAR EVENTS 1916-2017
    • 75TH ANNIVERSARY
    • NEW YEAR'S EVE KICKOFF
  • LOCAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS
    • LAURA ROWE RICHARDS >
      • PAGE 1
      • PAGE 2
      • PAGE 3
      • PAGE 4
      • PAGE 5
      • PAGE 6
      • PAGE 7
      • PAGE 8
      • PAGE 9
      • PAGE 10
      • PAGE 11
      • PAGE 12
      • PAGE 13
  • THE BOOK: A HISTORY OF CORTE MADERA
  • THE BOOK: A HISTORY OF CORTE MADERA
Corte Madera Memories

EARL & DONNA HART CAME TO CORTE MADERA IN 1958

Earl and Donna Hart were first-time purchasers in 1958 when dozens of home sites were laid out in the newly established Marin Estates neighborhood overlooking the tidelands in bayside Corte Madera.  Click here to listen to Earl Hart and his son Will talking with Jana Haehl and Katharine Hermann in 2012 about their  many good memories of family life in the Hart home on Vista Court.     
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The panorama photo  above shows the area being developed in the late 1950s.
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Donna and Earl were at the site regularly while their home was being built.

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The grassy hillside had few trees, and the Franciscan melange bedrock is close to the surface there, making them wonder if the shrubs and trees they'd plant would thrive.
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Hart home being built on Vista Court in 1958, at top;
almost complete, at left; and 54 years later, in 2012, at right.

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Donna and Earl with John, Amy, and Will.
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Granada School 2nd grade class, above,  and all students, below,  in 1966-1967.
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Corte Madera Tennis League organized in 1970s
by Donna Hart, Maisie Campbell, Dorothy Erickson, and Jean Ashby.

Below, Earl and Donna Hart with their children and grandchildren in 2004.

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