This book begins with the Kennedy Tunnel of 1903 and ends with the opening of the fourth bore in 2013. The two bores which opened in 1937 changed Contra Costa County from an area of small rural communities into one of growing suburbs. Illustrated historical history.
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Written by Julie Sullivan, it contains a collection of oral histories that goes beyond objective images and artifacts to flesh out life in Lafayette. The book contains recollections from people like Lou Borghesani of Lou’s Bar (today The Roundup Saloon):
Ma Hunt was a well-known person, famous for her pies, and people would come in for years asking about her. I never knew her personally. On June 6, 1934, I walked in and asked the people who were leasing the place if I could buy the business. They wanted $1,150 and all I could get was $950. I told them, supposing I give you $950 and pay the rest in three months, and they went for it. But the deal had to be that night, and the next morning I took over, because I didn’t want to lose any of the stock. The next morning at seven I was in there doing business.
Beginning with early families, it progresses through the decades up to the end of the 1970s.
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A comprehensive up-to-date pictorial history of Lafayette.
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A historical study written for a young audience.
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This book begins with Elam Brown’s journey west by covered wagon in 1848, and continues with a detailed history of Lafayette for the next 7 decades. It fills in many historical gaps in Brown’s personal history and brings him vividly to life.
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A pictorial history of Lafayette. A look into the life and landscape of the community that has been home to tribes of Indians, Mexican grantees, Yankee farmers, village shopkeepers and innkeepers, and today is home to more than 20,000 suburbanites.
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