Oakland Attractions
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Alameda County
Location and origin
Oakland, connected with San Francisco by the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and situated only 8mi/12km east of the metropolis on the west bank of the great bay, was where the lumberjacks lived who discovered the big oak-forests near the bay and the beautiful redwood stands in the nearby hills, very little of which remain today. Then came the gold-diggers, and in 1852 the town named after its oak trees was founded. Oakland grew in importance in 1869 when it was made the terminus of the transcontinental railway; in the same year the mayor of the day laid out in the center of town the Merritt salt-water lake which bears his name.
Location and origin
Oakland, connected with San Francisco by the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and situated only 8mi/12km east of the metropolis on the west bank of the great bay, was where the lumberjacks lived who discovered the big oak-forests near the bay and the beautiful redwood stands in the nearby hills, very little of which remain today. Then came the gold-diggers, and in 1852 the town named after its oak trees was founded. Oakland grew in importance in 1869 when it was made the terminus of the transcontinental railway; in the same year the mayor of the day laid out in the center of town the Merritt salt-water lake which bears his name.
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