Benicia

Author : Julia Bussinger
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738529332
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benicia written by Julia Bussinger and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special Bay light falls on beautiful Benicia, on the north shore of the Carquinez Strait. Two U.S. citizens, Robert Semple and Thomas Larkin, bought the land from Mexican Army General Mariano Vallejo for $100 and the promise to name it for Vallejo's wife in 1847. The next year a customer at Von Pfister's Benicia waterfront store let slip the secret of the gold discovery at Sutter's Mill. Benicia's deep water harbor attracted Pacific Mail and Steamship Company, the first major California industry, the famous Matthew Turner shipyards, tanneries, and the Central Pacific Railroad, which made Benicia its transcontinental terminus. State legislators made the town their third state capital in 1853. That oldest surviving capitol building still stands along with many historic buildings, including the stately structures of a U.S. military base that began with the Benicia Barracks in 1849 and continued to serve until 1964.

Author : Robert Bruegmann
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benicia, Portrait of an Early California Town written by Robert Bruegmann and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benicia-Martinez Bridge System Project, Contra Costa County, Solano County written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James E. Lessenger and H. Allan Gandy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467109630
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benicia Arsenal, The written by James E. Lessenger and H. Allan Gandy and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Benicia Arsenal served the US Army in the West for 117 years. Located at a strategic location between the San Francisco Bay and the interior of California, the military reservation began as cavalry barracks. During the Civil War, the arsenal was the logistics headquarters of the California Volunteers, a force that replaced the Army units that went east to fight. In the later 19th century, the arsenal supported missions in Russia, Hawaii, and South America. The 20th century took the arsenal from the horse-and-buggy era to NIKE missiles and provided support during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. During World War II, half the workforce were women and, in the postwar period as the Army integrated, so did the arsenal. The arsenal closed in 1964, and the land was converted into an industrial park that now houses more than 300 companies.

Author : James E. Lessenger
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467143847
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benicia State Capitol, The written by James E. Lessenger and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1853, Benicia was chosen as the third capital of the new state of California. Along with San Jose, Vallejo and Sacramento, Benicia had been vying for the honor of hosting the legislature, and competition was fierce. Benicia was not the first choice, nor did it have what many politicians considered critical amenities, but it had something the others didn't: a beautiful, Greek-style capitol building available for use. Political rivalries and land disputes would eventually cause Sacramento to be awarded the capital, but for nearly thirteen months, Benicia held that distinction. Author James E. Lessenger provides an inside look at the politics at play in the fledgling Golden State and their effect on the ambitions of Benicia.

Author : California State Agricultural Society
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the California State Agricultural Society written by California State Agricultural Society and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : California. State Agricultural Society
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report written by California. State Agricultural Society and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1106 pages
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Download or read book Report of the California State Agricultural Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : California State Board of Agriculture
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
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Download or read book Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society written by California State Board of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : California State Agricultural Society
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Total Pages : 452 pages
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Download or read book Transactions written by California State Agricultural Society and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: