| Benicia Contributor(s): Benicia Historical Museum (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738529338 ISBN-13: 9780738529332 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: A special Bay light falls on beautiful Benicia, on the north shore of the Carquinez Strait. Two U.S. citizens, Robert Semple and Thomas Larkin, bought the land from Mexican Army General Mariano Vallejo for $100 and the promise to name it for Vallejo's wife in 1847. The next year a customer at Von Pfister's Benicia waterfront store let slip the secret of the gold discovery at Sutter's Mill. Benicia's deep water harbor attracted Pacific Mail and Steamship Company, the first major California industry, the famous Matthew Turner shipyards, tanneries, and the Central Pacific Railroad, which made Benicia its transcontinental terminus. State legislators made the town their third state capital in 1853. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.452 |
| LCCN: 2004110477 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.52" W x 9.1" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA |
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| Publisher Description: A special Bay light falls on beautiful Benicia, on the north shore of the Carquinez Strait. Two U.S. citizens, Robert Semple and Thomas Larkin, bought the land from Mexican Army General Mariano Vallejo for $100 and the promise to name it for Vallejo s wif |
Contributor Bio(s): Benicia Historical Museum: - This delightful visual voyage through time has been assembled largely from the fine photographic collection of the Benicia Historical Museum by its knowledgeable staff. The museum occupies the famous sandstone Camel Barns, tied in fact and legend to a pre-Civil War U.S. Cavalry experiment seeking an alternative to horsepower. |