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A brief history of Washington Township, Alameda County, California
From the prehistoric to the present, learn about Washington Township, Alameda County California.

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Local History Sites
Historic buildings, areas and people.

Local Links
Community sites.

1868 Earthquake
Information on the "Great Quake."

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Alvarado Walking Tour Walking tour of the Alvarado community in Union City. Tim Swenson researched and organized this article.

http://www.museumoflocalhistory.org/pages/Alv_Walking.pdf

Ardenwood Historic Farm East Bay Regional Parks District web site on the Patterson House and the surrounding farm.

http://www.ebparks.org/parks/ardenwood

Bancroft Library An excellent resource for California History.

http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/Looking/index.html

Belvoir Springs Hotel Fremont- When Charlie Chaplin dined at the Hotel Belvoir, he sat in a formal dining room under 15-foot ceilings, while waiters served up famous chicken dinners from stained glass trays.

http://belvoirsprings.com/

Broncho Billy Anderson Photographs of silent screen star Broncho Billy Anderson.

http://silentgents.com/OGAnderson.html

California Bricks Dan Mosier co-author of "History of Tesla, a California Coal Mining Town" has a website on California Bricks. There were several brick yards in Fremont which provided material for local buildings and structures, and they are listed and discussed on his site.

http://calbricks.netfirms.com/index.html

Centerville Depot On Saturday morning May 29, 1909, the first steam-powered passenger train into Centerville received a hearty welcome. A cannon was fired, the locomotive was decorated with flags, and the train crew was presented with Centerville's choicest fruits and flowers.

http://www.nilesdepot.org/centerville/home.html

Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin was many things to many people. He was first and foremost a great silent artist

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~pringle/silent/chaplin/chaplin.html

Decoto Walking Tour A walking tour of the historic community of Decoto. Researched and organized by Tim Swenson.

http://www.museumoflocalhistory.org/pages/DecotoTour.pdf

Democracy on Exhibit An article about the Museum's "Democracy on Exhibit" which was published in the September 26, 2003 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle.

http://www.museumoflocalhistory.org/pages/democ.htm

Mission San Jose History The Franciscan missionaries had long hoped to establish a "chain" of missions in which each link of the chain would be a day's ride apart on horseback...

http://www.californiamissions.com/cahistory/sanjose.html

Mission San Jose History Site A very good chronology, from the founding to the present day, of Mission San Jose.

http://missiontour.org/sanjose/history.htm

Newark History The roots of our community [Newark] are almost 150 years old.

http://www.ci.newark.ca.us/live/history.html

Niles Canyon Carved from the coastal hills by Alameda Creek, Niles Canyon stretches eight railroad miles between Fremont (formerly called Niles) and Sunol

http://www5.pair.com/rattenne/niles/Nilescyn.htm

Niles Canyon Railway Take a trip back in time on the San Francisco Bay Area route of the First Transcontinental Railroad.

http://www.ncry.org/

Niles Depot Historical Foundation The former Southern Pacific Railroad depot is owned by the City of Fremont and operated as a railroad and local history museum by the Niles Depot Historical Foundation.

http://www.nilesdepot.org/niles/home.html

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum This committee is dedicated to the acquisition and historic preservation of the artifacts and local history as it pertains to film making in Niles. Niles Essanay Preservation Committtee

http://www.nilesfilmmuseum.org/

Pacific Bus Museum The Pacific Bus Museum, an active organization of "bus enthusiasts" based in Northern California, is dedicated to honoring the history of this unique form of transportation.

http://www.pacbus.org/index.html

SPCRR One of Newark's first industries was the building and maintenance of railroad rolling stock.

http://www.spcrr.org/

Stanford Winery in Warm Springs Leland Stanford wanted to spend his retirement years making the finest wines in the world. Unfortunately, he never achieved this goal, but not for lack of trying.

http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1998/sepoct/articles/stanford_label.html

Tesla--A California Coal Mining Town Tesla coal provided fuel for California's railroads, towns and industry. Alas, Tesla is no more, but photos and personal histories remain of this Alameda County town.

http://www.museumoflocalhistory.org/pages/book_gallery.php

Tower of the Niles Niles Tower in 1981 looking north (railroad east) along the SP Decoto mainline (Hayward Line). WP's crossing is in the foreground. Just on the other side of the WP main is SP's bridge spanning Alameda Creek.

http://www5.pair.com/rattenne/niles/niles.htm

Union City History City website's history page.

http://www.ci.union-city.ca.us/general/history.htm

Union City Museum Contact information for Union City's museum.

http://web.userinstinct.com/5665720-union-city-historical-museum.htm