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On this day, 3 March 1927

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On this day, Healdsburg Tribune, 3 March 1927: Quite a number of legislators were absent from session this morning, having gone to Vallejo to witness the raising of the main Carquinez bridge span, at the invitation of Assemblyman Robert B. McPherson of Vallejo and Senator Will R. Sharkey of Martinez. SPORTS Babe’s Contract Prosperity Evidence … [Read more…]

CONTRA COSTA – On the Derivation and Definition of the Names …

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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…]