TALL TREES GREW HERE AWAY BACK - Redwood Forest Reached for Oakland Sky - Oakland Tribune 01 May 1952

1952 May 1 full clip of Redwood history Thu, May 1, 1952 – Page 118 · Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) · Newspapers.com

TALL TREES GREW HERE AWAY BACK

Redwood Forest Reached for Oakland Sky 

CUT TO REBUILD S.F.

It's hard to imagine the smoke of lumber mills shrouding the Oakland skyline and sweating oxen hauling gigantic redwood logs down Broadway but that's just what was happening in the year 1849, when most Californians were off to make a fortune in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

Oakland Playground for Motorcyclists

Touring over the hills and trails, three Oakland MC members enjoy the natural terrain. From the rear: Bob Vargas, Stan Wilner, Bob Smith and Bud Dutot.

Panoramic view of the park-playground. Trails extend over the top and down the other side of the farthest hill. Plans for extension are in the wind.

 

Oakland Playground FOR MOTORCYCLISTS

MOTORCYCLISTS' PLAYGROUND - Oakland Riders Enjoy Exclusive Use of City Park Trail - Motorcyclist - date?

MOTORCYCLISTS' PLAYGROUND

Oakland Riders Enjoy Exclusive Use of City Park Trail

San Leandro Knights MC members McMeans, Barnes, Marino, Hickman and McKinney at entrance to rugged two-mile trail in Oakland.

By Don R. Hammitt
Photos by Jerry Krieger

WHEN directors of East Bay Regional Park began enforcing an old edict. "No motorcycles allowed on. horse trails," representatives of three of the area's oldest motorcycle clubs stepped forward to voice objections. As a result horsemen are happy, cyclists are happy and the large public park north of Oakland, California, has what park directors believe to be the first public park trail for exclusive use of cyclists.