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The building behind you was the Port of Oakland headquarters from late 1961 until 1990. An aluminum skin now covers what was a 1920s cold storage building, the Haslett Warehouse. One third of the original building was demolished to allow construct…
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In 1850, a twenty-six year old New Englander named Edson Adams set his sights on 480 acres of oak covered shore at the foot of what is now Broadway, on the banks of San Antonio Creek. Although the land was part of the Peralta family rancho he and …
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The Port of Oakland was formed on November 10, 1925 when citizen passed bonds for the development of port facilities. On February 12, 1927, the first permanent Board of Port Commissioners was sworn in by Mayor John L. Davie, The Port's headquarter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CNP_history-of-the-transbay-ferry_Oakland-CA.html
Ferry service between Oakland and San Francisco has played a vital role over 145 years. The earliest licensed operator was Captain Thomas Gray who started his stern-wheeler river boat, the "General Sutter", from a landing at the foot of Broadway i…
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This is the approximate site of the first wharf authorized by the town of Oakland and constructed by Horace W. Carpenter at the foot of Main Street (now Broadway) in 1852. The wharf was used for shipping lumber and supplies.
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In 1886, ten year old Jack London traveled to Oakland with his family and led the rough and ready life of countless other working class lads of that era. Though he labored at menial jobs, the world of books captured his imagination at an early age…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CML_fritse-park-indian-mound-reconstruction_Menasha-WI.html
Prehistoric Indian Mound ReplicaThe last Indian mound of its kind in this area was located near this spot and known locally as the Hill of the Dead (Little Butte des Morts). This large mound, about sixty feet long, thirty feet wide, and about eigh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CMK_live-oak-lodge-u-d_Oakland-CA.html
This Monument marks the approximate location of a buildingin the loft of whichLive Oak Lodge U.D.Free and Accepted Masons of Calif. was instituted on Aug. 19. 1854
That meeting was the beginning of Masonic activities in Alameda County
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16X8_john-alex-alexander_Oakland-CA.html
John "Alex" Alexander spent his entire working life at Naval Supply Center Oakland. Symbolic of the many dedicated civilians who worked on the base, Alex inspired others through his tireless work on behalf of the community at large and promoted pu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16SP_rear-admiral-r-j-bear-arnold-u-s-n_Oakland-CA.html
Point Arnold is named after Rear Admiral R.J. "Bear" Arnold, U.S.N.. During World War II, Arnold earned the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as the supply officer on the USS YORKTOWN at the Battle of Midway. Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and…