Old Rockville - Oakland Tribune, 06 Jan 1946, Sun, Page 17

'Old Rockville'

Recently John W. Winkley visited the site of this "old Rockville" in order to get some pictures of an old stone church there. He found many other things of historic interest connected with the place. Rockville, he tells us lies about five miles west of Fairfield, and about that distance northeast of Cordelia. It stood in pioneer days on the old stage road between Benicia and Sacramento.

THE GLORY OF THE HILLS. - Hike to Redwood Peak - Alameda Daily Argus, 03 Sep 1904, Sat, Page 3

"THE GLORY OF THE HILLS."

NATURE'S VARIED WONDERS BUT A SHORT JOURNEY AFOOT FROM ALAMEDA

Almost At Our Doors Are Picturesque Hills and Peaks, With Fern Grown Canyons Between.

A prominent peak in any range of hills or mountains commands attention the world over; and it is therefore not a matter of wonderment that the nearest and highest eminence to one's habitation should possess a power of attraction practically predominant.

Telegraph and Broadway then (1907) and now (2019)

I saw this postcard on Ebay, postmarked October 21, 1907 and probably shot within the few years beforehand:

Here's the same view today, December 17, 2019, from Google Maps:

BOLD BICYCLISTS - Two Oaklanders the First to Make the Trip to Mt. Hamilton - Oakland Tribune, 04 Jan 1888, Wed, Page 4

BOLD BICYCLISTS. 

Oaklanders the First to Make the Trip to Mt. Hamilton.

[The newspaper is missing some words, see clipping below. I make some guesses at the missing words.]

R. S. Coxhead and A. A. Bouton of Oakland took a trip to Mt. Hamilton on their bicycles a few days ago. They left Oakland Saturday at 2:15 P. M. and reached San Jose via Washington Corner at 6:25 P.  M.

"Map of Washington Corners", 1878, georeferenced here, original here

The Last Word on Juanita - Oakland Tribune, 26 Nov 1922, Sun, Page 74

The Last Word on Juanita

by Grace Ahern

Only Living Man Who Witnessed "Shame of the Yuba" Says Girl Hanged Was Maligned

"THE Shame of the Yuba" has long passed into history. Yet for seventy years it has been the subject of more conflicting opinion and more diverse views than any other incident in California annals.

A WILD RIDE - Charles Ayers Nearly killed by a Cow's Tail. - Oakland Tribune, 28 Nov 1894, Wed, Page 8

A WILD RIDE. 

Charles Ayers Nearly killed by a Cow's Tail. 

Charles Ayers and John E. Morris had an experience last Sunday that they will long remember. They are the owners of two fine wheels and they went for a ride in the country. They had heard of the coasting from Redwood Peak and they thought that they would have a spin.

On the Tip of the Crescent, by Louis Allen, Oakland Tribune, 24 Sep 1922, Sun, Page 64

Above - Live Oak near Grand Canyon, Eastbay. (De Luxe Studio photo). Center - Round Top, from Upper Redwood Canyon. Below - Map showing route taken in "Walking Eastbay Cities' Back Fence."

OVER THE HILLS - 'Cyclers Take Trip to Walnut Creek - Oakland Tribune, 08 May 1889, Wed, Page 3

OVER THE HILLS. 

'Cyclers Take Trip to Walnut Creek. 

Last Sunday Messrs. Welch, Burmester and Bliss, of the Bay City Wheelmen, made the trip from this city to Walnut Creek. The 'cyclers went by way of San Pablo creek to Lafayette, and then to Walnut Creek, returning through Moraga valley, Redwood canyon and Jack Hayes canyon to Oakland.

DOWN THE STRETCH, By George Sherck, Oakland bicycle memories, Oakland Tribune, 15 Jan 1942, Thu, Page 13

DOWN THE STRETCH

By George Sherck

Brothers Torchy and Doug Peden, Montreal gazette

"Keep an eye on those Peden brothers. They're up to something. There they go. The jam's on."