A bit more history of some of the homes built in the 1930s in the Piedmont Pines neighborhood of Oakland.
Living on the Shore of Lake Temescal
When Walter was attending school, he lived with his mother and stepfather, George W. Logan. They lived on a farm alongside Lake Temescal, where Logan was the caretaker for the filtering plant that supplied Oakland's drinking water.
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The Garden Spot of East Oakland
Iveywood and the Iveywood Extension are subdivisions in the Elmhurst District of Oakland.
School Names
Have you ever wondered where a school got its name? Sometimes it is obvious. Here's a bit of history of the names of Oakland Schools. Just a bit.
Court of All Nations
The Court of All Nations is located on Hillen Street (formally Trumbull Street) near Mills College, with a view of the bay and the nearby hills. The group of fifty homes was built in 1925, with the first four starting in January of that year.
Klinknerville – Oakland
Klinknerville was a town in what is now the Golden Gate neighborhood. It was started by Charles Alexander Klinkner in 1885, the name was changed to Golden Gate in 1888, and it was annexed by Oakland in 1897.
East of Piedmont
A bit of history of the development of the subdivisions in Montclair during the 1920s.
Queen for a Day – “The Confidence Man”
"Then it was revealed that Milton Wiser was a "confidence man who had played out his racket and disappeared, owing many people in defaulted debts and checks that bounced."Montclarion Jan 1, 1958
Queen For A Day
Would you like to be Queen for a Day?! Host Jack Bailey would say that the entire audience would reply: "YES!" Dolly Monks won a new candy store in Montclair (Oakland CA)