History of Pleasant Hill, California
Title | History of Pleasant Hill, California PDF eBook |
Author | Vallie Jo Fox Whitfield |
Publisher | |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780930920159 |
Pleasant Hill
Title | Pleasant Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Adam P. Nilsen |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738555652 |
A community leader described Pleasant Hill on the eve of its incorporation in 1961 as "a dozen subdivisions looking for unity." Pleasant Hill had previously been a loosely knit farming community on land first inhabited by the Ohlone Indians and later by Mexican rancho owners. Many heard the call following World War II to come to Pleasant Hill for a "modern" and "western" life. The hallmarks of suburbia--tract houses with sprawling lawns, tree-lined boulevards intersecting neatly mapped lanes, and strip malls for one-stop shopping--grew in abundance as young families flocked to this San Francisco Bay Area community. At the same time, pieces of its rural past stood in contrast to the new development. Walnut trees grew next door to the drive-in movie theater, abandoned railroad tracks ran beside the freeway, and sunbathers spied barnyards from their backyards. Such contrasts remain, and community groups continue to celebrate Pleasant Hill's history as the city's identity continues to change.
Pleasant Hill, California
Title | Pleasant Hill, California PDF eBook |
Author | Margie Alkire |
Publisher | |
Pages | 53 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Pleasant Hill (Calif.) |
ISBN |
California's Contra Costa County
Title | California's Contra Costa County PDF eBook |
Author | George Emanuels |
Publisher | |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
History of Pleasant Hill
Title | History of Pleasant Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Emma Florence Dodge |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1938 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Site History Data Summary Hookston Station Site, Pleasant Hill, California
Title | Site History Data Summary Hookston Station Site, Pleasant Hill, California PDF eBook |
Author | Environmental Resources Management (Firm) |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Groundwater |
ISBN |
The Bicentennial of the United States of America
Title | The Bicentennial of the United States of America PDF eBook |
Author | American Revolution Bicentennial Administration |
Publisher | |
Pages | 538 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 |
ISBN |