See also OAKLAND'S FAMOUS OLD TIME BOULEVARD - Oakland Tribune 12 Nov 1916, Sun - Page 47 and other stories mentioning Joe Dieves.
WAYSIDE ROAD HOUSES OF YE OLDEN TIME
Retrospective Glance Over Ancient Landmarks in Alameda Which Passed When Railroads Came.
The old-fashioned road house is almost a thing of the past in Alameda county. Time was when there were not a few of them, and they flourished more or less successfully for many years. But modern ways, change of customs, and above all, the multiplicity of railway lines, steam and electric, have nearly banished the roadhouses which were once prominent as milestones along the various best-traveled road of Alameda county.
