Oakland
Details
- Names
Oakland
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Began as transport point on ferry line to San Francisco; acquired by Horace W Carpenter 1852; extended in 1854; received many refugees from San Franscisco after earthquake of 1906; site of 8.5 mile long Oakland Bay Bridge (1936) and several military bases.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Born
Robert Colescott (American, 1925-2009)
Warrington Colescott (American, 1921-2018)
Edward Hagedorn (American, 1902-1982)
- Active
- Died
Tony DeLap (American, 1927-2019)
Grace Fountain (American, 1858-1942)
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