Bay Farm Island: A personal history
By Dave LeMoine My name is Dave LeMoine. Thank you to Alamedan history writer Mike Lano for taking up the cause of Bay Farm Island. There are great stories that need to be told. For my part, my history...
View ArticleThe Broad Brush: Your Alameda news in 60 Seconds
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Broad Brush, your two-sentence weekly news review. Here’s what happened this week. Dave LeMoine was inspired by our recent column on the first families of Bay Farm...
View ArticleHistoric Alameda crane set for the wrecking ball
By Dave Boitano A symbol of the Island’s shipbuilding past is set to be demolished. An 86-foot-tall shipyard crane built during World War II and located next to the Main Street ferry terminal awaits...
View ArticleThe Broad Brush: Your Alameda News in 60 Seconds
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Broad Brush, your weekly, two-sentence news review. Here are your headlines for the week. Arthur Weil knows the face of hate. Weil, a former history teacher and...
View ArticleAlameda in history: The first families of Lincoln Park
By Dennis Evanosky Vigilante James Farwell, consul Frederik O’Hara Taaffe, steamboat captain Robert R. Thompson and their families once lived on an estate that today’s Alamedans know as Lincoln Park....
View ArticleThe Broad Brush: Your Alameda News in 60 Seconds
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Broad Brush, your weekly, local news review. Here are your Alameda headlines for the week. City Council members have asked Assistant City Manager Liz Warmerdam to...
View ArticleAlameda in history: The Cohen estate
By Dennis Evanosky In September 1869, the transcontinental railroad was set to arrive at San Francisco Bay. But there was one problem: the San Francisco & Oakland Railroad’s wharf at Gibbons Point...
View ArticleThe Broad Brush: Your Alameda News in Brief
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Broad Brush, your weekly, two-sentence local news review. Here’s what happened this week. What do you think the city and its citizens can do to keep everyone safe...
View ArticleAlameda in history: Alameda’s first inhabitants
By Dennis Evanosky Today’s Island city began life as a peninsula where Native Americans — members of the Ohlone tribe — first lived, more than 3,000 years ago. These first settlers took advantage of...
View ArticleThe Broad Brush: Your Alameda news in 60 seconds
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Broad Brush, your two-sentence local news review. Here are your headlines for the week. Alameda Municipal Power may soon provide a subscription solar power service...
View ArticleAlameda in history: The East End’s railroad families
By Dennis Evanosky Alameda’s West End served the railroads well in the 19th century. In 1864, A. A. Cohen’s San Francisco & Alameda Railroad made its home at Pacific Avenue and Main Street. Five...
View ArticleAlameda in History: Failed railroad led to thriving ferry service
By Dennis Evanosky In December 1862, Timothy Dame, Peter Donahue and Charles McLaughlin formed the Western Pacific Railroad. These men were already busy building the San Francisco & San Jose...
View ArticleAlameda in History: The South Pacific Coast Railroad’s lost ferries
By Dennis Evanosky Last month we met Charles Minturn and A. A. Cohen and leaned the roles their ferry boats played in our history. In this month’s story, we’ll ride the South Pacific Coast Railroad’s...
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