Author: OJALA, CORI AND KEVIN MCGRATH (EDITED BY PAMELA DORWAY-WORLEY)
Title: Remembering Days Past: Hercules, California 1879-1979
Description: Hercules, CA: City of Hercules, California, 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the editor Pamela Dorway-Worley. This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is some toning to the table of contents page and the page right before it where a newspaper clipping has been laid-in. "Contra Costa County’s first inhabitants arrived in the area six to ten thousand years ago, including the Bay Miwok people and the Huichin Ohlone People; however there were no known significant settlements in the Hercules area. The land that would become Hercules was part of a tract of land known as “Pinole y Canada del Hambre” which was granted in 1823 to Ygnacio Martinez (for whom the city of Martinez, California was named) for his service as the commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco. This grant was reconfirmed in 1842 as Rancho El Pinole. In 1848, this area became part of the United States with the rest of California. Contra Costa County was created in 1850 as one of California's original 27 counties. The Central Pacific Railroad (later part of Southern Pacific) ran the first rail lines across Hercules’ waterfront in late 1878, as the main route for the Transcontinental Railroad was realigned via train ferry through the purpose-built town of Port Costa then to Richmond and Berkeley to connect at the Oakland Pier. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad came through the area around 1899. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Editor. Very Good .
Keywords: Californiana Hercules, CA California History Contra Costa County, CA Pinole, CA
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Title: Remembering Days Past: Hercules, California 1879-1979
Description: Hercules, CA: City of Hercules, California, 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the editor Pamela Dorway-Worley. This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is some toning to the table of contents page and the page right before it where a newspaper clipping has been laid-in. "Contra Costa County’s first inhabitants arrived in the area six to ten thousand years ago, including the Bay Miwok people and the Huichin Ohlone People; however there were no known significant settlements in the Hercules area. The land that would become Hercules was part of a tract of land known as “Pinole y Canada del Hambre” which was granted in 1823 to Ygnacio Martinez (for whom the city of Martinez, California was named) for his service as the commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco. This grant was reconfirmed in 1842 as Rancho El Pinole. In 1848, this area became part of the United States with the rest of California. Contra Costa County was created in 1850 as one of California's original 27 counties. The Central Pacific Railroad (later part of Southern Pacific) ran the first rail lines across Hercules’ waterfront in late 1878, as the main route for the Transcontinental Railroad was realigned via train ferry through the purpose-built town of Port Costa then to Richmond and Berkeley to connect at the Oakland Pier. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad came through the area around 1899. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Editor. Very Good .
Keywords: Californiana Hercules, CA California History Contra Costa County, CA Pinole, CA
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 45895
- Book number: 45895
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