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Author : Robert Daras Tatam
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ISBN 13 : 9780963795403
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (954 download)
Download or read book Old Times in Contra Costa written by Robert Daras Tatam and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book History of Contra Costa County, California written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facsimile reprint of the 1882 ed. published by W.A. Slocum, San Francisco.
Author : Karina Yan Glaser
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0358256208
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (582 download)
Download or read book The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish written by Karina Yan Glaser and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hilarious Harlem family is on a mission to find the perfect way to celebrate their Papa's fortieth birthday while discovering more about their mysterious grandparents in this heartfelt romp and latest installment to the New York Times best-selling series, perfect for fans of the Penderwicks. It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party. But then Papa must leave town to help his best friend and the Vanderbeeker children are surprised to find their maternal grandparents on their doorstep. Grandma is very critical of everything they do. Meanwhile, they find themselves learning more about their papa's father than ever before, and wishing they could have known him a bit better. Can they learn more about the grandfather they lost and come to appreciate the grandparents they still have while making sure their papa has the best birthday ever?
Author : Carol A. Jensen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738558257
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (582 download)
Download or read book Brentwood written by Carol A. Jensen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautiful Brentwood area of Contra Costa County is the oldest continuously populated community in California inland from the great coastal centers. Californios eschewed this challenging portion of the Central Valley, so pioneering physician John Marsh established a permanent settlement here in 1837 at his Rancho Los Meganos. Soon, the burgeoning viniculture, wheat, orchard, and cattle operations attracted many Gold Rush miners back to their original agricultural callings, now in the California Delta. The 1860s arrival of British agribusiness concern Balfour Guthrie Investment Company soon established the largest grain-export and fruit-packing venture in the West. Brentwood Township, established in 1878 and named for Marsh's ancestral home in England, includes some of the state's most bountiful land. The region fostered the greatest wheat production west of the Mississippi River during the 19th century.
Author : Michael C. Healy
Publisher : Heyday.ORIM
ISBN 13 : 1597143812
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (971 download)
Download or read book BART written by Michael C. Healy and published by Heyday.ORIM. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider’s “indispensible” behind-the-scenes history of the transit system of San Francisco and surrounding counties (Houston Chronicle). In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider’s account of the rapid transit system’s inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, warts and all. With a master storyteller’s wit and sharp attention to detail, Healy recreates the politically fraught venture to bring a new kind of public transit to the West Coast. What emerges is a sense of the individuals who made (and make) BART happen. From tales of staying up until 3:00 a.m. with BART pioneers Bill Stokes and Jack Everson to hear the election results for the rapid transit vote to stories of weathering scandals, strikes, and growing pains, this look behind the scenes of an iconic, seemingly monolithic structure reveals people at their most human—and determined to change the status quo. “The Metro. The T. The Tube. The world's most famous subway systems are known by simple monikers, and San Francisco's BART belongs in that class. Michael C. Healy delivers a tour-de-force telling of its roots, hard-fought approval, and challenging construction that will delight fans of American urban history.”—Doug Most, author of The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
Author : Joel A. Harris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738569130
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (691 download)
Download or read book Concord written by Joel A. Harris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located in central Contra Costa County in the shadow of Mount Diablo, the land that includes Concord was originally a Mexican land grant given to Don Salvio Pacheco in 1834. The original Mexican land grant families of Concord were quickly supplanted by American settlers during the Gold Rush in the 1840s and 1850s. The original Spanish name for the town, Todos Santos, was changed to Concord by the American settlers and their local newspaper, against the wishes of the Pacheco family. The name stuck, and the town became Concord in 1869. Now a town of over 120,000 people, Concord's development is a true American story of Native Americans, Spanish explorers, Mexican Californios, and settlers from across the country and around the world.
Author : Jennifer Posedel
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738574400
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Hercules written by Jennifer Posedel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of explosives manufacturing in Hercules began in 1879, when the California Powder Works acquired a site on San Pablo Bay, 20 miles northeast of San Francisco. The powder works, subsequently owned by Dupont and the Hercules Powder Company, produced one of the first internationally branded products: Hercules dynamite. It became the world's leading producer of TNT during World War I. The town of Hercules was incorporated in 1900, and for nearly 75 years, its population remained under 300. The company-owned village had no retail district, but its employee clubhouse was the anchor for the city's social life. After the explosives plant closed, buildings comprising a small historic district were restored, while a diverse residential suburb grew rapidly around it. Hercules chronicles the city's industrial past and a vanishing way of life.
Author : Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Index of Articles Upon American Local History in Historical Collections in the Boston Public Library written by Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jennifer Dowling
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738547466
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Rodeo written by Jennifer Dowling and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rodeo, located on the east shore of San Pablo Bay, was envisioned as the meatpacking center of the West when it was established by the Union Stockyard Company in 1890. That vision failed, but the town continued attracting residents for jobs at the nearby Hercules powder works, Selby smelter, and Oleum refinery. By the 1940s, a war-based industrial buildup made Rodeos population surge, and this was followed by a postwar boom in housing and retail construction. During these prosperous years, Rodeo was a regional hub for fishing and boating. Times have changed, but the images in these pages recall Rodeos early yearsthe marina, businesses and homes, schools, civic officials, and local industry, as well as the towns celebrations, such as the Holy Ghost and Aquatic Festivals.
Author : Les Claypool
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1933354062
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (333 download)
Download or read book South of the Pumphouse written by Les Claypool and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark, clever tale of two brothers, a fishing trip, misconceptions, drugs, and violence. South of the Pumphouse combines classic motifs of epic struggle with layered imagery reminiscent of both The Old Man and the Sea and the raw, tweaked perspective of a Hunter S. Thompson novel.
Author : Ken Ludwig
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307951499
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)
Download or read book How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare written by Ken Ludwig and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines an engaging way to instill an understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's classic works in children, outlining a family-friendly method that incorporates the history of Shakespearean theater and society.
Author : Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Index of articles upon American local history... written by Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Boston Public Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bulletin written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Suzanne Bohan
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610918010
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Twenty Years of Life written by Suzanne Bohan and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Twenty Years of Life, Suzanne Bohan exposes the ugly truth that health is largely determined by zip code. Life expectancies in wealthy versus poor neighborhoods can vary by as much as twenty years. Bohan chronicles a bold experiment to challenge that inequity. The California Endowment, one of the nation's largest health foundations, is upending the old-school, top-down charity model and investing $1 billion over ten years to help distressed communities advocate for their own interests. With compassion and insight, Bohan shares stories of students and parents, former street shooters, urban farmers, and a Native American tribe who are tapping into their latent political power to make their neighborhoods healthier. Their stories will fundamentally change how we think about the root causes of disease and the prospects for healing.
Author : George Vincent
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738570426
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Pinole written by George Vincent and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pinole began as the cornerstone of a massive land grant nearly 200 years ago and grew to become an economic center of early Contra Costa County. Today it is a diverse and public-spirited small city with a high regard for, and interest in, its heritage. Pinole was named for the gruel (penole or pinolli) made from seeds, grain, and acorns given by welcoming Native Americans to explorers in the Pedro Fages expedition in 1772. Pinoles rich commercial and farming historymade possible by its access to San Pablo Bay and by the convergence of two railroads that ran through the heart of the communityis chronicled here with numerous photographs from the latter part of the 19th century through 2009, recalling buildings, people, and events that still live in the hearts of the citys modern-day residents.
Author : Hero Eugene Rensch
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804700795
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (7 download)
Download or read book HIST SPOTS OLD EDN written by Hero Eugene Rensch and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Now in a one-volume revised edition, this encyclopedia of California historical information remains an ideally practical reference to the state."--From the dust-jacket front flap.
Author : Dean L. McLeod
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738555515
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Port Chicago written by Dean L. McLeod and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of Port Chicago, California, an all-American town and naval facility which came into being in 1908 on Suisaun Bay in Contra Costa County and was dissolved in 1968 when property was bought and buildings demolished by the Federal Govern
