CONTRA COSTA – On the Derivation and Definition of the Names …
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. CONTRA COSTA. — This name signifies “opposite coast,” and the County is so called from its situation opposite San Francisco, in an … [Read more…]