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Pictorial History

La Fayatte: A Pictorial History

La Fayette
From Rancho to Suburb

A pictorial history of the
City of Lafayette

By Sandy Kimball
Joan Merryman, Picture Editor
Richard Lloyd, Book Design

Published by the Lafayette Historical Society
Post Office Box, 133 Lafayette, California

To
Fern Powell Davis
Archivist
Lafayette Historical Society

Copyright © 1976 by
The Lafayette Historical Society
Lafayette, California

Lafayette map

An entire Mexican land grant and portions of four others once occupied the rolling hills and sunny valleys now within the borders of the modern city of Lafayette.

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      • Speculators
      • Yankee Settlers
      • Early Days
      • The Farmers
      • Village Life
      • From Wagon Roads to City Highways
      • School Days
      • The Leisure Life
      • Historic Houses
      • The Changing Pace
      • The Town
      • The City
      • References
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