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Redwood City: A Hometown History

Archives Committee of the Redwood City Library

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Description:Redwood City, the oldest city in San Mateo County (south of San Francisco), has a rich and fascinating history. Its navigable deepwater port helped make it an early commercial center for the export of lumber -- redwood, of course -- and various other goods, such as hides.As the city grew, exports such as salt from the San Francisco Bay and cement were shipped around the world. From early pioneer days with rural stagecoach transportation through the railroad and automobile, Redwood City has been core of the San Francisco Peninsula. In the pages of this book are the stories of how the city developed:from rugged outpost to high technology center. The book is profusely and lavishly illustrated with photographs that reveal the events, lives, and personalities of yesteryear and today. Some of the topics include:Rancho de las Pulgas.The Arguello Family.Saloons and Bordellos.City Government..Becoming the county seat.Hides and Leather.Oysters and Salt from the bay.The Port of Redwood City.An Airport in Redwood City!The railroad.The police and Fire Departments.The fire department.Redwood City's Parks and Schools.Redwood Shores.Marine World.Hispanics and Japanese in the city.Rodeos.High technology and entrepreneurs.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Redwood City: A Hometown History. To get started finding Redwood City: A Hometown History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 520

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Star Publishing Company

Release: 2007

ISBN: 0898632978

Description: Redwood City, the oldest city in San Mateo County (south of San Francisco), has a rich and fascinating history. Its navigable deepwater port helped make it an early commercial center for the export of lumber -- redwood, of course -- and various other goods, such as hides.As the city grew, exports such as salt from the San Francisco Bay and cement were shipped around the world. From early pioneer days with rural stagecoach transportation through the railroad and automobile, Redwood City has been core of the San Francisco Peninsula. In the pages of this book are the stories of how the city developed:from rugged outpost to high technology center. The book is profusely and lavishly illustrated with photographs that reveal the events, lives, and personalities of yesteryear and today. Some of the topics include:Rancho de las Pulgas.The Arguello Family.Saloons and Bordellos.City Government..Becoming the county seat.Hides and Leather.Oysters and Salt from the bay.The Port of Redwood City.An Airport in Redwood City!The railroad.The police and Fire Departments.The fire department.Redwood City's Parks and Schools.Redwood Shores.Marine World.Hispanics and Japanese in the city.Rodeos.High technology and entrepreneurs.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Redwood City: A Hometown History. To get started finding Redwood City: A Hometown History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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