Linking to History

The Oakland History Room
125 14th St. Oakland, CA 94612

The Place that made this all possible

We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude for all the help we have received over the years
from Bill Sturm and Steve Lavoie at the Oakland History Room.

The best resource for Oakland history is the Oakland History Room.
Visit www.oaklandlibrary.org/Seasonal/Sections/oakhr.html

Check out the History Room’s online collection of photos at www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5b69q5bc

Oakland History Blogs

We’ve put together a set of four blogs that feature city, county, state and national landmarks in Oakland.
Have a look at Oakland’s landmarks at our blog: http://oaklandmarks.blogspot.com

See Alameda County landmarks in Oakland here: http://oakcountylandmarks.blogspot.com

Did you know that there are five National Historic Landmarks in Oakland?
And fifty-four Oakland properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
See for yourself at: http://oaknatlandmarks.blogspot.com

And we even have a blog that features California landmarks in Oakland:
http://oaklandcallandmarks.blogspot.com

Home Survives the Test of Time

		The Camron-Stanford House still stands at the intersection of 14th Street and Lakeside in Oakland. The house now serves as an exhibit hall and home to the Oakland Heritage Alliance. The house was built by William Walker Camron and his wife Alice Marsh Camron. It was the original location of the Oakland Museum. Josiah Stanford, older brother of Leland, the founder of Stanford University, also lived in the house. To find out more about the Oakland Museum check out: www.museumca.org.

City of Oakland
Visit ww.oaklandnet.com/visiting.html#facts for a comprehensive list of Web links dealing with the City of Oakland.

Don’t miss the City of Oakland’s fun and informative walking tours.
Learn more at www.oaklandnet.com/government/cmo/walkingTours/default.html. You can even download a brochure.

Oakland Museum of California
Explore Oakland’s neighborhoods courtesy of the Oakland Museum of California
at http://collections.museumca.org/search_map.jsp

We have a tour of Mountain View Cemetery on the museum’s Web site
at http://collections.museumca.org/gallery.jsp?user_id=22

Pardee Home Museum
672 11th St. (at Castro St.) Oakland, CA 94607 (510) 444-2187

Home to two Oakland Mayors and a California Governor

Visit the informative and interesting www.pardeehome.org
for more information about the Pardee Home Museum.

OTHER RELATED WEB SITES

Get involved with the Oakland Heritage Alliance, which works toward preserving Oakland’s past. The alliance sponsors walking tours in the summer and early fall.
Visit them at www.oaklandheritage.org

Take a geology tour of Adams Point at http://geology.about.com/library/bl/tours/bloaklandgeo-adamspoint.htm

To learn more about Oakland Chinatown history visit: www.oaklandchinatownhistory.org

For a timeline of Oakland's history, check this out: www.oaklandnet.com/celebrate/Historytimeline.htm

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