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Benicia

Benicia

by Julia Bussinger and Beverly Phelan
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/11/2004

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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.

That oldest surviving capitol building still stands along with many historic buildings, including the stately structures of a U.S. military base that began with the Benicia Barracks in 1849 and continued to serve until 1964.
ISBN:
9780738529332
9780738529332
Category:
History of the Americas
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-11-2004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
128
Dimensions (mm):
242x166x13mm
Weight:
0.29kg

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