Redwood City
Subtitle: a hometown history
By: Archives Committee of the Redwood City Public Library.
Contributors: Redwood City Public Library. Archives Committee.
Publisher: STAR PUB. Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9780898632972
Subjects: Redwood City (Calif.) -- History.
Table of contents: title: Redwood City : an overview / by Jeanne Thivierge; title: Rancho De Las Pulgas : how the Arguello family and their shrewd lawyer, Simon Mezes, shaped today's Redwood City / by Annette O'Connell; title: The Embarcadero : Redwood City's beginnings in lumber and shipping / by John Edmonds; title: The main and broadway intersection / by John Edmonds; title: Saloons, breweries, and bordellos / by Mary K. Spore-Alhadef; title: City government : changing to meet the needs of each era / by Mary K. Spore-Alhadef; title: Redwood City becomes the county seat / By John Edmonds; title: Hides to leather : tanneries / by Larry Brundage; title: Using San Francisco Bay and her tributaries for industry : oysters and salt / by Jim Munro and Duane Sandul; title: History of the port / by Jack Castle and Duane Sandul; title: How the railroad changed Redwood City / by Bob Hoffman; title: Redwood City's short-lived airport / by John Edmonds; title: Volunteer citizens formed Redwood City's fire department : from historical records; title: Incorporation of Redwood City gave birth to formalized police department / by Mark Pollio; title: Parks : a big boost from Alfred 'Red' Morton : from historical records; title: Union Cemetery and the pioneers who are buried here / by John Edmonds; title: Redwood City Library / compiled by Gene Bernard Suarez; title: Sequoia High School : the peninsula's first high school / by Nancy Oliver; title: Japanese-Americans in Redwood City : an era when chrysanthemum was the king / by Jagruti Patel; title: Latinos in Redwood City / by Maria Diaz-Slocum and Jacqueline Diaz; title: Climate best by government test / by Jeff Filippi; title: Historic Lathrop House and the families that called it home / by John Edmonds; title: Redwood Shores / by Jeanne Thivierge; title: Redwood City's rodeo, parade, and fireworks / by Mary K. Spore-Alhadef; title: Marine world / by Jackie Averill; title: Helping shape the look and infrastructure of Redwood City : BKF engineers, surveyors, and planners, and DES architects + engineers / compiled by Duane Sandul; title: Redwood City : home to the world's most prestigious hi-tech companies / by Edwin C. Krantz and Duane Sandul.