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The history of Oakland, a city in the county of Alameda, California, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement by Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams, and Andrew Moon in the 19th century. The area now known as Oakland had seen human occupation for thousands of years, but significant growth in the settlements that are now incorporated into ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. [13]
Oakland's third mayor is also little more than a historical cipher. The 1939 WPA history of Oakland states that Charles Campbell tried to have Robinson's victory in 1856 declared void, claiming that Carpentier had engineered his defeat with illegal votes.
The Oakland firestorm of 1991, also known as the Tunnel Fire was a large suburban wildland–urban interface conflagration that occurred on the hillsides of northern Oakland, California, and southeastern Berkeley over the weekend of October 19–20, 1991, before being brought under full control on October 23.
History of Oakland — in Alameda County, ... Pages in category "History of Oakland, California" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total.
The city of Oakland and county of Alameda were still on the hook to repay their $200 million share, which turned out to be more like $350 million. The city felt burned — and for good reason.
The Dunsmuir House and Gardens (also known by the name The Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate and previously known as Oakvale Park) is located in Oakland, California on a 50-acre (200,000 m 2) site. The Dunsmuir House has a neoclassical-revival architectural style and is listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It is now used ...