I just found this information on the St. Paul's Church site at http://www.stpaulssanrafael.org/history/Progress.htm : "The Reverend Charles Hitchcock, an Englishman, took over as rector in 1904. Charles Hitchcock came to San Rafael to take over as headmaster of the Selborne School, a private boys college preparatory school. The school burned in 1899 and Mr. Hitchcock and his family barely escaped with their lives. Loyal friends and students persuaded him to rebuild--which he did--the new Hitchcock Military Academy was built on Grand Avenue. This school, together with the Tamalpais Military Academy, also in San Rafael, helped fill the pews of St. Paul's with military cadets in uniform. This in turn must have attracted the young ladies of the town to put in an appearance at church. Mr. Hitchcock was only rector for one year, but he continued to fill in and was always available for sermons or to assist at special occasions. He continued as headmaster of Hitchcock Military Academy until 1911 when he retired." Kathy Devlin -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Devlin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 11:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [MarinGenSoc] Bernard Webb Dear Deborah, Our "mountain" here in Marin County is called "Mt. Tamalpais" - which might be the name you refer to below. I believe there were two military academies in San Rafael in the early part of the century. One (I think the more prominent of the two) on Mission Avenue which is now a private co-ed school, called the Marin Academy (1600 Mission Avenue, San Rafael CA 94901 Phone 415 453-4550). The other was on the corner of Grand and Belle Avenues near Dominican University, and I think now is now a part of a church property (Trinity Community Church, 1675 Grand Ave, San Rafael 94901 phone 415 456-1795). I don't recall the exact names of either military school - perhaps one was "Tamalpais". If you don't get a better response from someone on our list, maybe you could start by inquiring at the above. Also, the Marin County Historical Society at 1125 B Street, San Rafael 94901 ph. 415 454-8538 can probably help. Good Luck. Kathy Devlin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 9:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MarinGenSoc] Bernard Webb Will you please give me some direction on how I find out when my uncle taught at the San Raefel Military School? It may have been called Mt Pamilpias. My uncle died in 1908 at the age of 36 or so. Thank you kindly, Deborah, MA ==== MarinGenSoc Mailing List ==== For a list of the current holdings of the CD ROM research library go here: http://www.maringensoc.org/cd_list.html ==== MarinGenSoc Mailing List ==== Interested in going on a Field Trip? Check our website for the Field Trip Calendar http://www.maringensoc.org