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Allendale, then and now

Oakland Sequoia Mountain Park; Part 2

Tioga Pass, No Cars

Fast Electric Train, "The Comet," Crossing Lake Temescal, Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway postcard

The Santa Fe Improvement Club and racial segregation in Oakland, 1910 - 1917

LOG CABIN IN HILLS MADE ART STUDIO - Thomas Hal Boyd

TRAMPING TO REDWOOD PEAK, by Harold French, Sat, Jan 8, 1910, The San Francisco Call

Knave - Early Churches, Gamblers Built It, Brides From Germany, A Marriage Lottery, An Old Donner Trail, Culbertson Grade, Literary Treasures, Frank Norris Relics, Survived Two Fires, More About Scotty, Some Richmond History, The Castro Grant, A New Discoverer

Knave - early history books, Calaveras Chronicle, Gay Christening, Lake County Native American History, A Matter of Fish, Versatile Dr. Semple, Letter Carriers Outing

A tour of Fernandez Ranch singletrack, from my door

To Wildcat Beach in Point Reyes, from our doors in the Oakland hills; a weekend bikepacking trip with Joe and Mark

OLD TIME SPANISH PICNIC - Alisal, the Sycamores - Frank Bernal - Rancho el Valle de San Jose

The Anti-Mask League of San Francisco in 1919, during the third wave of the Spanish Influenza pandemic

MEDAU'S TRACT. Seems to Have Been Designed by Nature for a Park Site. Nov 22, 1897, Oakland Tribune

EBMUD Refuses Canyon Road Aid, Dec 23, 1953, Oakland Tribune

The First Fifty Years After the Discovery of San Francisco Bay - from the report of F. W. Beechey, British Navy, 1825, San Francisco Chronicle, October 17, 1909

Second Wave of Spanish Influenza in California, January 1, 1919 to March 1, 1919 newspaper clippings

Oakland Sequoia Mountain Park; Part 1, the Bond Measure

Knave - History in the Making, Changing Scene, Shady Harrison St., Contra Costa Hills, Orchards and Pasture, Fascinating Steam, Soldiers and Indians, Bull and Bear Fights, Monterey Celebration, By No Means Gentle

Historic Site Now City Park - Ancient Indian Camp Given to Oakland By Robin McCrea

A BICYCLE BABEL - Hostile Demonstration to Be Made by Oakland Wheelmen - bicycle advocacy - Oakland Tribune, 27 Sep 1895

Crab Nebula

Saving Oakland's Sequoias - Eastbay Residents to Have Grounds at Their Disposal for Camps and Picnics - Oakland Tribune 24 Feb 1924

JOAQUIN MILLER. A Visit to the Old Poet of the Sierras. Hartford Courant, 02 Nov 1911

Knave: Potter Elk Horn, Redwood Canyon, Redwood Regional Park, Mariano Vallejo

MANY DUSTY ROADS LED OUT OF CITY - Oakland road histories

The Knave - Angels Camp, John Muir, scorching, San Leandro Triangle, bicycle history

Mid-Winter Wheeling in California. - The Wheelmen's Gazette - January 15, 1888

If Your Children Cry for Bread, Will Ye Give Them a Stone? - The Wheelmen's gazette April, 1886

East 23rd Avenue & 12th Street, Oakland - Then and Now

Lake Merritt in 1907, and in 2020

Acme Reunion, Six-Day Bicycle Racing - Oakland Tribune, 07 Jun 1935, Fri, Page 38

Windy, solo bay lap over Tam, the story in pictures

A Few Hints - San Jose weekly Mercury, Volume XVI, Number 46, 8 April 1869

EARLY DAYS OF OAKLAND - Oakland Tribune, 04 Dec 1875, Sat, Page 3

Varney's Biclorama - The Referee & cycle trade journal Vol. 16, No. 15, February 6, 1896

Riding from my door to the top of Mt. Tamalpais, then completing a lap of the Bay

Boundary Line Between Alameda and Contra Costa - Daily Alta California, Volume 29, Number 10060, 24 October 1877