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Accidental and Camp deaths, 500. Acreage of Oakland parks prior to 1905, 270. Across from Everts and Benitz buidings, 242. Across the street (Broadway, 9th to 10th), 244.
Act creating Alameda County, 163. Act incorporating Oakland, 98. Act to improve San Antonio Creek, 113. After the Armistice, Nov. 11, 450. Agricultural survey for 1927, 601. Airport assured, 579.
Airport brought fame to Oakland, 602. Airport Committee appointed, 566. Alameda Adopts another charter, 665. Alameda Agricultural Society, 119. Alameda Belt Line change authorized, 521. Alameda, City and township, 156. Alameda city elections, 662. Alameda County boys face Argonne, 470. Alameda County boys in the 91st Division, 457.
Alameda County Farm Bureau, 400. Alameda County holders of commissions in 12th Infantry, 488. Alameda County in the World war, 359.
Alameda County in the World war-with the Colors, 443.
Alameda County's industrial advantages, 230. Alameda Express, The, 228. Alameda's first newspaper, 158. Alameda incorporated, 158. Alameda men decorated, 490. Alameda officials, Present, 667. Alameda population, 630. Alameda's new hotel opened, 591. Alameda-War Relief Work Council, 399. Alameda-Women's Committee, 399. Albany adopts charter, 676. Albany Elections since incorporation, 674. Albatross in harbor recruiting for navy, 446. Alemany, Archbishop, Joseph, 67. Alisal (Cottonwood), 87. Alvarado, Facts about, 91. Alvarado loses county seat, 170. Alviso, Augustin, 69. Amador, José Maria, 68. American citation awards, 494. American commodore captures Monterey, 25. American decorations for valor, 489. Americanization Committee, 402.
American Legion, The, 438. American Military Governors, Years of, 61. American Red Cross, The, 391.
American visitors and early settlers, 96. Annual art exhibit, 568. Annual audit of accounts, 548. Annual new industries luncheon, 564. An obscure beginning, 336. An obscure beginning, 338. Another ant war, 638. Another charter adopted by Alameda, 665.
. Appraisal of property, 548. Arci, Lieutenant, captured, 38. Arc lamps in 1887, 224. Arguello, Capt. Luis Antonio, 65. Argus, The Daily, 228. Armenian and Syrian Relief, 402. Armstrong, Captain, 25. Arrival in New York harbor, 475. Arrivals of 1849 to 1865, Names of, 72. "Arroyo Sanatorium," 619. Artist quoted on Bear Flag, 45. Assemblymen, to 1883, 182. At Belleau Wood, 469. At Camp Kearney, 479. At Camp Mills, 480. Athens Athletic Club dedicated, 523.
Attempt to take part of Washington town- ship, 175.
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Badger's Park, 149. Baker, Joseph E., vii. Baley bonds sale, 373. Bancroft, H. H., 44. Bank clearings increased, 504. Banking record of 1918, 618. Banks of 1895, The, 226. Bartlett, William Chauncey, 203.
Bear adopted as Great Seal, 44. Bear Flag army of all breeds, 53. Bennett issued proclamation, 60. Berkeley adopts city manager plan, 660. Berkeley Baptist Divinity School, 582. Berkeley-Berkeley Community Council, 399. Berkeley but a scattered settlement, 344. Berkeley church observes fiftieth anniver- sary, 643. Berkeley city elections, 659. Berkeley gymnasium, 152. Berkeley manufacturing, 153.
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Belgium Medal of Honor, 495. Berkeley men decorated, 490. Berkeley-National Defender's Club, 399. Berkeley of early days, 149. Berkeley population, 629. Berkeley Unit, U. S. Food Administration, 400.
Between 11th and 12th Streets, 250. Big day arrives, The, 607.
Blake & Moffit Block, The, 244.
Bleak, James G., 44.
Boot and shoe factories, 231.
Board of Education created, 123.
Board of Lady Managers, for deaf, dumb and blind, 152.
Board of Supervisors, 539.
Board ordered erection of courthouse, 171.
Building operations in East Bay for 1927, 554.
Building operations of ten years, 266.
Building permits break record, 519.
Building permits for 1917, 617. Building record for 1921, 628.
Building record for 1923, 631.
Building rented for courthouse, 171.
Building summary, War period, 616.
Business and Professional Women's Club, War Service Committee, 402.
Business director, Oakland township, 190. Business directory, Alameda township, 193.
Business directory, Eden Township, 194. Business directory, Brooklyn township,, 196. Business directory, Murray township, 198.
Business directory, Washington township,
200.
Business directory, Old, 188.
Business, Name, residence, when settled, 190-202. Business section in 1896, The, 237. Bret Harte Ode read, 152. Breweries, 231. Brick yards, 231. Bridges authorized, 119. Broadway Block, The, 242.
Broadway, East Side, from 12th to 13th, 240. Broadway, West Side, from 13th to 14th, 238. Brooklyn annexed to Oakland, 122.
Brooklyn churches, 148. Brooklyn manufactories, 148. Brooks, Fred Emerson, Verses by, 456. Budget, 547.
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Cable lines replaced horse-cars, 226. California becomes a state, 59. California Com. for Relief in Belgium and France, 402. California Hosiery Co., 131. California Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, 152.
"California Grizzlies" or 144th U. S. F. A., 483.
California Military Academy, 123. "California Republic," 45.
California Sheltering home, 124. Californians decorated by six countries, 431. Californians under de la Torre joined by party under Carillo, 52. "California 363d," 456.
Captains (police) with service, 291.
Capwell Company merges with Emporium, 576.
Carpenters' strike, 1926, 569.
Carpentier secures water-front, 99.
Carpentier won mayoralty, 111.
Carpentiers given exclusive ferry rights, 112.
Carquinez Bridge dedicated, 582.
Carson, Kit, 27.
Castro, Don Manuel, 29.
Castro forced men to "volunteer," 52.
Castro gets Sloats proclamation, 57. Castro, Guillermo, 67, 69.
Castro issues proclamations, 51.
Castro, Juan José, 68.
Castro rancho changed hands, 176.
Casualties in Meuse-Argonne, 471.
Centerville, 92.
Central Bank Building, The, 252.
Central Pacific depot, 86.
Central Pacific enters Oakland, 177.
Charter adopted at general election, 538.
Charter adopted by Albany, 676.
Charter becomes operative, 551.
"Chief" adopted as title, 290.
Chiefs of police, with service, 291.
Children's Year Committee, 400. Churches in 1883, 125.
Churches, lodges, societies, 124. Churches, societies and clubs, 231. City boundaries of 1891, 209.
City charter of 1888, 203.
City clerks, Oakland, 1854 to 1884, 132.
City departments, Other, 276. City elections of Berkeley, 656.
City Hall built, 122.
City Hall burned, 1877, 120.
City officials, Oakland, to 1884, 132.
City of homes, A, 536.
City of Oakland, officials, July 1, 1928, 654.
City planning conference, 574. City schools of 1895, 216. Civic organizations, 226. Civilian Relief Committee organized, 394. Civil Service, 544.
Civil Service reorganization, 275. Civil war period, The, 175.
Clinton and San Antonio; then Brooklyn ; then East Oakland, 145. Clock donated for City Hall tower, 122. Coal mines near Livermore, 87. Colbourn ouster fails, 637.
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Collecting books, 389.
College of Agriculture in war, 426. College of California incorporated, 340. College of California, The, 150. Collision when road was six days old, 177. Coming of Walter Blair, The, 530. Committee on plans for City Hall, 122. Community chest drive, 569. Community chest raises quota, 643.
Community of ranches, A, 531. Contents, by chapters, ix. Contra Costa, The, 112; 228.
Cornerstone for New Lowell Junior High School laid, 597.
Cornerstone laid for old Agricultural College, 150.
Cornerstone of Scottish Rite Temple laid, 586.
Cory, C. L., on "Shipbuilding Committee," 364.
Cosmopolitan Mutual Building and Loan Ass., 130.
Cost of schooling, 575. Costs of school sites and buildings, 273.
Council acts to secure cemetery, 113.
Council offered prizes for plans, 122.
County charter, The, 538.
County charter proponents active, 537.
County Council of Defense appointed, 362.
County Division of State Council of De- fense, 401.
County elections since 1914, 318.
County had enough doctors, 175. County Infirmary site, 177. County officers (other) of pioneer days, 183. County officers other than supervisors, 541. County's brave decorated, The, 494.
County's early history, 163.
County seat fights, 69. County's first military company, 175.
County's Honor Roll, The, 497.
County treasurer's office shows shortage, 174. County Women's Committee, Council of De- fense, 401.
Court clears way for war memorial, 585. Courthouse bonds defeated, 330. Court of Sessions meets, 168. Cowie, Thomas, 43, 48. "Cradle of Alameda County," 63. Croix de Guerre awards, 494.
Cross streets between Washington and Broad- way, 254. Crossed the flooded Escaut, 474.
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Daily mail (except Sunday) in 1858, 173. Daily Tribune, First issue of, 132. Dallas, A. J., replaces Jones, 26. Davis, Lieut. Wm. V., Jr., 613. Days of Fremont and "Bear Flag," The, 26.
Death of Captain Rand (police), 284. Death of President Wheeler, 354. Deaths, Camp and accidental, 500.
Deaths from unknown causes, 501. Decoto, 94.
Dedication, iv.
Defenders' Recreation Club, 402.
Destructive fires of early days, 306.
Details scrutinized in 1,342 plants, 415.
Died of diseases, 499.
Died of wounds, 498. Directory-Oakland township, 190.
Discuss intercity tunnels, 641.
Distinguished prisoners, 39.
Distinguished Service Cross awards, 494.
District of Sonoma was large, 49.
Division into wards, 211.
Dole announces prizes, 602.
Domingo, José, 65.
Donates new dormitory for women, 353.
Down to statehood, 21.
Drives for funds, 367.
Duell, Benjamin, 43.
Duties of officers, 542.
Dwight Way Park Nursery, 156.
Dwyer Marble Works, 131.
Dyment, Colin, Editor, 80.
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Early boards of supervisors, 180. Early carriage makers of Oakland, 130.
Early comers-names, by years, 1849-1865, 72.
Early-day legislators, 182.
Early days of Berkeley, 149.
Early days-Peralta land grant, 529.
Early days of police department, 279.
Early elections, 146.
Early explorers and settlers, 63.
Early governors, 60.
Early history of the Oakland library, 131.
Early land grants, 62.
Early lodges and churches of Eden township, 80.
Early military organizations, 127.
Early paving in Oakland, 142.
Early petition, An, 69.
Early private schools, 123.
Early public improvements, 119. Early railroad history, 114.
Early Regents of the University, 345.
Early settlers of Alameda, 158.
Early settlers of Washington township, 88.
Early State Governors, Years of, 61.
East Bay Water Co. deserved credit, 416.
Eastern Star, The, 232.
East Side of Broadway, 7th to 8th, 245. East Side of Broadway, 9th to 10th, 243 East Side of Broadway, 11th to 12th, 241 Eden township grants, 65.
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Efforts to incorporate, 158. Eighth Division, The, 488. Elections at Hayward, 678. Elections in Alameda City, 662. Elections in Emeryville since incorporation, 681
Elections in Oakland since 1904, 647. Election of December, 1887, 203.
Election of 1873 (Alameda), 160.
Election of 1874 (Alemeda), 160. Election of 1875 (Alemeda), 160.
Election of 1880 (Alameda), 161. Election of 1882 (Alameda), 161.
Election of 1916, 321.
Election of 1924, 330.
Elections of 20 years in San Leandro, 672. Elections since Albany incorporated, 674. Elections to be held biennially, 213.
Electric street car lines, 225.
Elks, 232. Elliott, Mrs. W. B., 44. Emeryville elections since incorporation, 681. "Encinal railroad," The, 116. Enemy aliens compelled to register, 366.
Enquirer, The, 228. Esturay Subway progress, 558.
Estudillo estate donates courthouse site, 171. Estudillo, José Joaquin, 69.
Events of February (1925), 509.
Events of 1925, 507.
Everts and Benitz Blocks, The, 242. Exemption boards, county, cities, 459. Exemption officers, by divisions, 460. Explorations, Early, 21.
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Facts about Charter of 1895, 214. Facts about early San Leandro, 80. Facts about Murray township, 84. Fallon recruits 22 men, 56. Federal census of 1920, 621.
Ferry "Peralta" meets with strange accident, 639.
Fiendishness outdoes that of Indians, 49.
Fifteen freeholders chosen, 203. 54,000 school children, 636. Fifty-ninth birthday, 354. Final reunion at St. Mary's College, 640. Fined for bull-fighting, 173. Fire and police departments, 279. Fire companies of 1883, 312. Fire department in 1872, 305. Fire department in 1879, 309. Fire department, 1905-1915, 313. Fire department organized, 1876, 160. Fire limits of 1890, 311. First American emigrants, 64. First American settler, 64. First annual fair in county, 174. First Baptist Church, Brooklyn, 143.
First county supervisors, 171. First directors for cemetery, 113. First election, 166.
First ferry railroad, 1863, 111. First Field Artillery, C. N. G., 478.
First high schools accredited, 353.
First issue of Oakland Daily Tribune, 132.
First legal execution for murder, 175.
First local option fight, 179.
First National Bank of Oakland, 128.
First newspaper, 80.
First newspaper, Oakland, 112.
First Presbyterian Church celebrates 73d an- niversary, 514.
First public schools, 122.
First railway, The, 534.
First school, The, 102, 533.
First sewers laid, 1866, 120.
First spot settled by Spaniards, 22.
First "squatters" in California, 24.
First trial trip over Alameda Road, 117.
First white settlement in Brooklyn township, 65. Fitch, Capt. H. D., 48.
Flags sent to Sutter's Fort and to Bodega, 59.
Flight of the Age, The, 602.
Floating the Victory Loan, 371.
Flyers select Oakland field, 606.
Folger, James A., 204.
Food conservation, 395.
Ford, Henry L., 43; 45.
Ford squad captured four, 54.
Ford, with 14 men, attacks gang of 85, 54. "Foreigners," 64. Fortieth Division, The, 486.
"Four Minute" speakers, 364.
Fourteenth Street wharf completed, 596.
Fourth annual convention Women's Clubs, 518.
Free reading room established, 161.
Fremont force joined by Redding and trap- pers, 52.
Fremont gets summons, 28.
Fremont, John C., 27.
"Fremont Oak," The, 27.
Fremont party of Americans, French, Eng- lish, Swiss, Poles, etc., 53.
Fremont replies to Pacheco, 28.
Fremont starts work on fort, 29. Fremont visited by settlers, 32.
From 9th to 10th, Washington St., 249.
From 12th to 13th, Washington St., 250. Fruitvale man decorated, 491. -
Further growth (fire dep't), 1915-1928, 316.
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Garments sent overseas, 394. General election of 1914, 319. General election of 1920, 325.
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General election of 1922, 328. General power of supervisors, 539. General Vallejo's ideas, 35. Giannini, A. P., Makes large gift, 357. Gibbons, E., 108.
Gibson sent to find messengers, 48. Girl's War Service Department, 385. Glasscock. Tohn R., 205. Goat Island project abandoned, 118. Goddard, Lieut. Norman A., 613.
Goebel arrives first, 610.
Goebel, Arthur C., 613.
Golden Eagle Block, The, 259.
Gomez, Don José Joaquin, 28.
Gordon, William, 38.
Governors-Spanish, Mexican, Military and Early State, 60.
G. A. R., 232. Griffin, Bennett H., 613. Grigsby, Capt. John, 38. Grizzlies demobilized, 486. Grizzlies landed at Liverpool Aug. 28, 484. Grizzlies marched across Northern France, 485.
Ground broken for boy scout amphitheatre, 515. Ground broken for new_Capwell store, 638. Growth of public schools, 272. Growth of University under Wheeler, 356. Guinn, J. M., vii.
Gunpowder supply short, 48.
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Halley, William, vii. Harbor bonds carry, 525. Hayward city elections, 678. Harbor development, 265. Harbor engineers make report, 510. Harbor improvements, 220.
Hauled down Bear Flag, raised Stars and Stripes, 59. Hawkins, Lieut. Kenneth C., 613. Hawks Peak, 29. Hayward, 400. Hayward District War Work Council, 400. Hayward men decorated, 491. Haywards Weekly Journal, 80. Headquarters troop and detachment, 476. Hegenberger, A. J., 614. Higera, Fulgencio, 68. Higuera, José, 65. Hittell, John S., 44. Holy Redeemer College dedicated, 570. Home for Aged Women, 124. Home Guard (89th Co. Calif. Mil. Reserve), 402. Home Journal, Brooklyn, 148. Honor Roll of the County, 497. Horse cars for Brooklyn, 149. Hordes of Yankee immigrants, 64.
Hospitality for soldiers and sailors, 376. House-to-house canvass disclosed need, 388.
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Ide, William B., 45. Ide's proclamation, 49.
Important war-time discovery, 429. Improvements at Neptune Beach, 512. Incorporators of "Encinal R. R.", 116. Incumbents in Livermore won big victories, April, 1928, 684.
Independant, Oakland newspaper, 148. Industrial growth continues in 1924, 634.
Industrial growth following war, 616. Industrial growth of 1920, 622.
In Eden township, 78. Influenza epidemic, 388. In the days before the ferries, 110. Introduction, v.
Irving, Maj. Livingston, 612.
Italian restaurant, store, saloon, 86.
Italian War Cross, 495. Item, The, 228.
Jones Ap Catesby, 25. Jones' costly error, 26. Judson Manufacturing Co., 130.
Judge Harris on anti-Americans, 366.
Judges of police courts, 656.
July's building permits (1925), 519.
Junior Red Cross, 402.
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"Keep our children in the school," 384. Kellersberger surveyed portion of town, 110. Kelly Marble Works, Oakland, 131. Killed in action, List of, 497.
Kit Carson, 27. Knight, William, 37. Knives thrown at naked men, 48. Knowles & Co.'s Granite and Marble Works, 131. Knight's Landing, 32. Kohlmoos hotel opened, 161.
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Labor, 547. Labor problem was acute, 408. Ladies' Relief Society organized, 124. Lake Merritt (Peralta), 271. Lancey, Thomas C., on The Bear Flag, 42. Land values, 219. Lanz Brothers Soap Works, 130. Large farms, 189. Large land owners of 1876, 188. Largest taxpayers of 1859, 174. Larkin, Thomas O., 28.
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Last pipe laid for new water line, 642. Laying of sewers started, 161. Legal advisory boards-World war, 461. Legion of Honor awards, 495. Leimert Building, The, 256.
Liberty Loan Committee, 403. Liberty Loan drives, 386.
Library and reading rooms, The, 230.
Library, Early history of the Oakland, 131.
Lighting system, Oaklands, 224.
Lindbergh, Col. Chas. A., 615.
Livermore gave winners big vote, 684.
Livermore, Robert, 64.
Livermore the second settler, 82.
Location of Mills College, 147.
Lodges, churches, societies, 124.
Lodges in Brooklyn, 147.
Lodges of Berkeley, Pioneer, 153.
Lodges of Livermore, 87.
Lone Eagle visits Oakland, 615.
Long search for missing flyers, 610.
Long strides toward metropolitan destiny, 502. Losses to university in 1919, 433.
"Loyalty Week," 378.
LeConte, former president, dies, 350.
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Macadam paving of the '60s, 144. Macadamized Broadway voted, 120. Maccabees, 232.
Macdonough Theatre, The, 237.
Magazine writer, draft dodger, 366.
Maitland and Smith flights, The, 614.
Maitland, Lieut. Lester J., 614.
Major Irving enters race, 603.
Malloska, Wm., 612.
Manufacturing, 230.
Manufacturing statistics announced, 628.
Many changes in Oakland's official family, 589.
Many gifts to university, 348.
Many new industries came, 505. Marier, Amèdée, 100. Markham, Edwin, addressed pupils, 578. Martin Jensen and his difficulties, 605.
Masonic lodges, 232.
Mayors of Oakland, 1854 to 1884, 132. Medical examiners- World war, 461.
Meetings with U-boats, 480.
Men called, inducted, accepted, rejected, 462. Men of county decorated for bravery, 494.
Merchants' Exchange elects officers, 517. Merchants' Exchange on second floor, 253. Merritt, Captain Ezekiel, 38. Messenger sent to Capt. Montgomery, 47.
Messengers never came back, 48. Metropolitan growth of 1925, 502. Mexican claims horses of Fremont party, 28. Mexican governors, Years of, 60. Mexican grants in Murray township, 66.
Military organizations, Early, 127. Military participation, 443. Mills' Seminary, 147.
Mills, Various, 231.
Miscellaneous (charter provisions), 550.
Miss Doran tries again, 609.
Mission Dolores de San Francisco founded, 22.
Mission had many cattle, sheep, horses, 24. Mobilization of National Guard, 445.
Montgomery, Captain, 47.
Moody, Volney Delos, 206.
More public buildings started and completed, 511.
Mountain View Cemetery, 113.
Municipal elections of Piedmont, 668.
Municipal functions, 548.
Murray township settlements, 82.
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Name and rights of county, 538.
Name, business, residence, 190-202. Names of arrivals, 1849-1865 by years, 72.
Names of county's men winning World war decorations, 494.
Names of locomotives, 118.
National Guards, Records for 1926, 565.
National League for Woman's Service, 403.
Nced of Americanization, 385.
Newark-Dunbarton, 94.
New baby hospital dedicated, 642.
New charter (Oakland), 289.
New construction (buildings), 267.
New County Charter, The, 537.
New ferry boats built, 119.
New Ladies' Relief Home for Aged dedi- cated, 644.
New lighting system installed, 557.
New school buildings dedicated, 570.
New school for Berkeley, 524.
New University Epworth Methodist Church South, 515.
News events of 1925, 507.
News events of 1927, 561.
Newspapers, Early, 82.
Newspapers of the day (1895), 228.
New temporary courthouse ready in 1855, 171.
New $30,000 courthouse ready in 1856, 172. Niles, 94.
Niles Woman's Club, 401.
1928-The present year, 636.
1927, The year, 554.
1923 building record, 631.
91st left Camp Lewis for overseas, 466.
Ninety-first in hot action, 473.
Non-War Construction Committee, 401.
Notaries public of pioneer days, 185.
Not a pageant-just duty, 436. Noriega, José, 48-68.
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Oakland Bank of Savings, 128. Oakland becomes a city, 111.
Oakland Boiler Works, 130.
Oakland Brewery, The, 131. Oakland Carriage Factory, The, 130.
Oakland Chapter, Red Cross, 391-403.
Oakland City Flour Mills, 131.
Oakland city improvements in the '60s, 120. Oakland city officials, 1854 to 1884, 132.
Oakland Daily Times, 132.
Oakland elections since 1904, 647.
Oakland Fire Department, 301. Oakland from 1905 to 1915, 261.
Oakland founded, 97. Oakland Gas Light Co., 130.
Oakland in the nineties, 215.
Oakland Iron Works, 130.
Oakland Library Association, 131.
Oakland lodges, 125.
Oakland made bid for state capitol, 173.
Oakland Masonic Temple, 124.
Oakland men decorated, 492.
Oakland pioneers has many old residents, 516.
Oakland Planing Mills, 131.
Oakland Police and Fire Departments, 279.
Oakland population, 629.
Oakland's population growth, 216.
Oakland Press, The, 132.
Oakland secures county seat, 178.
Oakland Trotting Park, 156.
Oakland welcomes the 159th, 452.
Oakland's assessed valuation, 1927-28, 556. Oakland's first newspaper, 112.
Oakland's first public schools, 122.
"Oakland's Own" marched on rose-strewn pathway, 454. Odd Fellows, 232. Officials elected (Oakland). since 1904, 647.
Officers and elections, 213. Officers community chest drive, 515.
Officers who returned with 159th, 456. "Oh thou memorial vessel !", 467.
Old county business directory, An, 188. Olney, Warren, 208. 144th U. S. Field Artillery, 483.
143d Field Artillery, U. S. A., 478.
159th demobilized at the Presidio, May 1, 1919, 456. 159th from Camp Kearney to France, 447. On the West Side (Broadway, 8th to 9th), 246. On the West Side (7th to 8th), 247. Operation of selective service act, 462.
Organization of permanent fire department, 1869, 303. Organization of mounted riflemen, 59. Organizations of 91st demobilized, 476. Other early arrivals, 72.
Other industries, 415. Our Dead-verse, 501.
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Pacheco, Thomas, 69. Pacheco, José Dolores, 67. Pacific Iron & Nail Co., 130. Pacifists and conscientious objectors, 365.
Padilla gang capture Todd and another man, 53. Paints and oils makers, 231. Parent-Teacher Congress, 577.
Parks and boulevards, 268. Park sites secured between 1905 and 1915, 270.
Pastors of the early '90s, 234.
Patriotic rallies, 378.
Peralta, Antonio Maria, 69.
Peralta granted princely estate, 95.
Peralta land grant, 529.
Peralta, Luis Maria, 65.
Peralta, Vicente, 48.
Peralta, Ygnacio, 69.
Peraltas, Domingo and Vicente, 67.
Permission to build station, 118.
Petition on county seat in 1835, 70.
Phoebe, A. Hearst Scholarships, The, 352.
Physically fit congregate, 463.
Pico, Andres, 68.
Pico's address, 33.
Piedmont, 529.
Piedmont adopts new charter, 670.
Piedmont Center Community House, 514. Piedmont elections, 668.
Pierce, Charles D., 209.
Pierce brings news of Castro, 52.
Piles arrive and create hurrah, 114. Pioneer boats, 146.
Pioneer breweries, 80.
Pioneer business concerns, 128. Pioneer churches and lodges, Berkeley, 152. Pioneer churches, lodges and business firms, 162.
Pioneer days of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, 95.
Pioneer manufactories, Alameda, 162. Pioneer parks of Oakland, 270. Pioneer settlers, 62.
Pioneers die, 590.
Pioneers of the time, 167. Pirouette, first ferry, 146. Pleasanton, 87-401. Pleasure resort, A, 532.
Pledges and amounts - Community chest fund, 570.
Plans announced for Latham Square build- ing, 518. Plants scrutinized, 415. Playgrounds, 272. Playter Block, The, 256.
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Police and fire departments, 279. Police department in the late '70s, 285. Police department in 1880, 287.
Police personnel in 1886, 288. Police force in 1890, The, 289
Police force and politics, 290.
Police department from 1905 to 1915, 291.
Police department roster, May 1, 1916, 296.
Police department in 1928, 298.
"Politics" and the police force, 290.
Political changes, 562.
Polk promulgated treaty July 4, 60.
Population-1900-1910-1920, 622.
Port Commission named, 579.
Port improvements, 645.
Post office established at Washington Cor- ners, 177.
Postmasters of county, 1870 and 1875, 186. Powell, Howell A., 207.
Primary contest of 1922, 327.
Primary election of 1914, 318.
Primary election of 1918, 322.
Primary election of 1920, 324.
Primary election results of 1926, 332.
Principal news events of 1925, 507.
Pringle, E. J., 208.
Private schools, 123.
Preachers of the early '90s, 234. Preparedness, 359.
Present Berkeley officials and boards, 661.
Present officials of Alameda, 667.
President speaks at Oakland, 436.
Progress of city (Oakland) to 1871, 144. Progress on water supply, 558.
Proclamation by Captain Ide, 49.
Public Museum established, 274.
Public parks, Lake Merritt, 220.
Public property of Oakland, Value of, 586.
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Railroads and street car systems, 225. Railroads merge, 1867, 118. Raise fund to dredge bar, 113. Rebekahs, 232.
Recall, 549. Recall petition fails, 515.
Recent city elections, 647.
Record for third, fourth and fifth loans, 372.
Recovery of the water-front, 263.
Red Cross Home Service, 402.
Red Cross medals awarded, 494. Regents of university, Early, 345. Regiment at Camp Mills, I. L., 448.
Reid, Wm. T., becomes president, 348. Relic of old days torn down, 511. Repairs, alterations (buildings), 267. Republican County Central Committee, 333. Results of general election of 1918, 324. Results of 1926 general election. 334.
Resume of early explorations, 21. Reuter's Dye Works, 131. Revere, Lieutenant, 43.
Rice, Grantland, 501. Richardson, Capt. W. A., 64.
Rinehardt, Dr. A. H., introduces President, 436.
Road matters considered, 169.
Roads and highways, 543.
Robert Livermore first Anglo-Saxon, 71.
Rockridge Clubhouse dedicated, 516.
Russians settle in California, 24.
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Salt manufacture begun, 82. Samm's Mills, Oakland, 131.
San Francisco, Alameda and Stockton R. R. Co., 117.
San Gabriel Mission, 64.
San Jose Mission established, 22.
San Leandro a stage station, 80.
San Leandro elections of past twenty years, 672.
San Leandro man decorated, 494.
San Leandro's cherry festival, 518.
San Lorenzo, 403.
San Pablo Avenue, 258; a thoroughfare, 122.
Sawyer, Frederick A., 109.
Schlueter, Paul H., 613.
School buildings of early Oakland, 123.
School enrollment, Oakland, 1927, 560.
School for Radio. Electricians, 422. School of Military Aeronautics, 421. Schools, Cost of sites and buildings, 273. Schools, with rooms, students, cost, 218. Schuster, Ad., Verse, 475.
Schwab, Chas. M., came to coast, 411.
Schwab, Mrs., christens Defiance, 412. Scott, Gordon, 613.
Scott, William, 38.
Semple, Dr. Robert, 38.
Severe earthquake, 1868, 176.
Shattuck, F. K., 100.
Shell Mound Park, 156.
Shipbuilding, 404.
Ships launched-name, date, type, etc., 625. "Silk Farm," The, 536.
Six American military governors between 1846-1849, 59.
Sixty new industrial plants in 1919, 620.
Sloat, Com. John Drake, 26.
Sloat's proclamation, 56.
Smith, Jedediah, 64.
Societies, lodges, churches, 124.
Society of California Pioneers, 46.
Something about the flyers, 612. Sonoma captured, 38.
Sonoma Democrat's true story of the Bear Flag, 43.
Sonoma garrison selects officers, 46.
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Soto, Barbara, 69. Southern Pacific Bulletin, 114. South side of 14th St., Broadway to Wash- ington, 254. Spanish and Mexican land grants, 65. Spanish authority overthrown, 25. Spanish governors, Years of, 60. "Spirit of St. Louis". comes, 615. Squatters invade plain, 79. State Council of Defense, 364. State senators, 1853-1883, 182.
Statistics, 1859, valuations, taxes, 174.
Steamboat Oakland built, 1858, 173. Street and sewer improvements, 267.
Street car lines, 225.
Stringham appointed on Utility Board, 644. Storm, Peter, 45.
Story of second Red Cross drive, 370. Strode, Charles B., 67.
Students' Army Training Corps, 421.
Summary of accomplishments, 262. Summary of airport activities, 557. Summary of land claims and grants, 67. Summary of year's activities, 506. Sunol, Antonio, 68, 88. Supervisors, Early boards of, 180. Swan and Whitthorne buy store, 637. Swift, Granville P., 45.
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Table of land claims, 67. Tanneries, 231. Taxes levied in 1861, 175. Tax levies fixed, 594. Tax rate fixed, 523. "Temescal," 65. Ten bond issues fail in Berkeley, 657. Ten years under Mayor Mott, 261. Textile manufacturers, 231. "The Buffalo Exchange," 256. The department under Mayor Spaulding, 282. The folks at home, 359. "The Goose-Step Four," 475. "The July Riots" (1877), 283. "The Oak," 256. "The Office," 256. The year 1927, 554. Thibault, T. J., 108.
Thirty-seven new ships launched in year, 624. Those killed in action, 497. Three bond issues fail, 667. Three entries crash before race, 606. Three-fingered Jack, 48. 348th Machine Gun Battalion, 476. 316th Ammunition Trains, 476. 316th Engineers, 476. 316th Supply Trains, 476. 316th T. H. & M. P., 476. 363d Infantry, 476. Times, The, 228.
Todd and companion abandoned by cut- throats, 55. Todd, William L, 38, 45. Town of Niles, 401. Township officers, 541.
Traffic Committee's recommendations, 590. Transcript, The, 132, 228.
Transportation (war period), 417. Treaty with Mexico, 1848, 59. Tribune, The, 228; extends its holdings, 579; moves to new home, 618.
Twelfth U. S. Infantry, 487.
Twelve nations represented in Fremont's troops, 53. Two crash on takeoff, 608. Two murderers accounted for, 49.
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Union National Bank, 128. Union Savings Bank of Oakland, 128. U. S. Food Administration, 403. U. S. S. Portsmouth, 47. United War Work Campaign, 403. United War Work Campaign Victory Boys and Girls, 402.
University ambulance sections to France, 432. University and Berkeley history interwoven, 150.
University expanded under President Gilman, 346.
University football team finally beaten, 526. University of California created, 342. University of California, Facts about, 150. University of California, The, 336, 418. University, The, and other educational insti- tutions, 219.
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Validity of bond issue upheld, 514 Vallejo, Don Mariano Guadalupe, 35. Vallejo, José de Jesus, 68. Veterans' hospital, New, 512. Vidette, The, Brooklyn, 149. Visit of President Wilson, 435. Voters reject city-county proposals, 326.
War Board of Pleasanton, 401. War Camp Community Service, 403. War declared by U. S. against Mexico, 56. War Donations Committee, 401. War work and allied organizations, 399. War work council, 400. Wards, boundaries described, 211. Wards, Oakland, 211. Washington Brewery, The, 131. Washington Square named, 119. Washington Street, 248.
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Washington Street between 8th and 9th, 248. Washington Street, 10th to 11th, 249.
Washington Street, 13th to 14th, 252. Washington township, 403. Washington township, Facts about, 90.
Water bonds carry, 598.
Water-front to Carpentier, 99.
Water supply of 1895, 222.
Weber taken prisoner, 58.
Welcome to Pacific Fleet, 434.
Welcome to the 143d Field Artillery, 482.
West Oakland Mutual Loan Ass'n, 130.
West Side of Broadway, 12th to 13th, 240. Western Pacific R. R. work begun, 176.
Western Shore Gazetteer, 43.
"We Want to go Home !", 474.
Whale boats between Oakland and 'Frisco, 110.
Wheeler, Dr. Benjamin Ide, called to head Committee on Resources, 363. When Congress decided upon war, 406. Where some Oakland Pioneers lived, 137. Whitney case reappears, 584.
"Wild West" Division, The, 457.
William Hayward arrives in 1851, 78. Williamson's Flour Mill, 131. Wilson, President, visits county, 435. Windmill makers, 231. Winter, William, 44.
Woman's Committee, Council of Defense, 403.
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, 403.
Women's Christian Association started, 124. Women's Committee, 382.
Women's Committee, Council of Defense, 400.
Women's Committee of the Defense Coun- cils, 374.
Women's organizations, 390.
Womens Protective League, 365.
Wonderful changes in 35 years, 215.
Wonderful transformation, A, 62.
Wood, M. W., vii.
Work of women, 380.
Workers on Bear Flag, 45.
World war memorials, 442.
World war-men called, inducted, accepted, rejected, 462.
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Year 1921, The, 626. Year 1922, The, 630. "Y" drives, 375. Y. M. C. A., 232. Y. W. C. A., 232.
"Zig-zagged all over the Atlantic," 448.
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