In 1931 Russell J Maynard opened his gasoline service station and repair shop on the northeast corner of 36th and Grove Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) at 3601 36th St.
Maynard’s Texaco Station
Detroit of the West – Oakland California
A bit of history of the automotive industry in Oakland from 1911 to the mid-1960s. After surveying the coast, the leaders of General Motors decided Oakland was the logical place to build a new plant. Oakland was ideal, with facilities for Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, and Western Pacific railroads and deep-water ports.
Elmhurst Presbyterian Church
In the late summer and early fall of 1893 residents of Elmhurst began building a simple and dignified wood-framed church.