Red Trains in the East Bay
Author: Robert S. Ford
Publisher: Interurban Press
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 366
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Publisher: Interurban Press
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 366
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert S. Ford
Publisher: Interurban Press
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Karen Sorensen
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738547671
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Located directly across San Francisco Bay from the famous Golden Gate, the small city of Albany has a history far larger than its size would suggest. Just one-and-a-half-miles square, the Albany area has been the home of many diverse people and interests. The first inhabitants were the Huchiun Indians, followed by the Peralta family and their vast Rancho San Antonio. The Gold Rush brought new settlers and dynamite manufacturers, an incompatible pairing that could not last. Albany's population swelled after the great 1906 earthquake, when many San Franciscans moved to the East Bay. By the 1920s, new homes built by well-known developers like C. M. MacGregor attracted many more families. During World War II, Albany's population expanded yet again with the influx of shipyard workers housed at Codornices Village, now known as University Village. Albany has evolved to keep pace with modern times but also has maintained much of its small-town, familyfriendly character, a combination that makes it one of the most soughtafter locations along the East Bay shore.
Author: Grant Ute
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738547060
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Across the great bay from San Francisco, the city of Alameda evolved into an island hometown of fine Victorian and Craftsman architecture and a port containing a naval air station, shipbuilding center, and the winter home of the long-gone Alaska Packers fleet of "tall ships." But Alameda also was a busy railroad town. In 1864, a passenger railroad with a ferry connection created a commute to San Francisco. In 1869, the city became the first Bay Area terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad. Alameda became an island because a railroad allowed construction crews to dig a tidal canal, separating it from Oakland in 1902. Later generations rode steam, then electric, trains to a grand ferry pier where ornate watercraft guided them the 20 minutes to San Francisco. An auto tube, and later the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, hastened the demise of ferry, then rail, operations before World War II.
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780870951152
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A historical and pictorial survey of the electric railways of the Bay Area. Illustrated with numerous historical photos, a thumbnail history of each company is included.
Author: Jack London
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9780806129204
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The classic story of the dog Buck and his adventures in the Klondike gold fields is accompanied by notes and illustrations placing the story in the context of its era
Author: Jim Walker
Publisher: Interurban Press
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 132
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Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 1914
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