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- Bay Point Library [electronic resource].
- Bay Point (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Bay Point (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
- Bay Point Library Chronology: Contra Costa County Library establishes Bay Point Library in hospital room of the Bay Point Lumber Company (October 15, 1914). Bay Point Library moves to bandstand on Carroll Street (1918). Bay Point Library changes...
- Your Library - the First Hundred Years and Beyond
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- Selby's smelter had the smokestack with the mostest
- Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; American Smelting and Refining Company -- History.; American Smelting and Refining Company.; Asarco Inc.; Asarco Inc. -- History.; Smelting.;
- 1 p.: photos; 22 x 35 cm.
- The Lost Towns of Contra Costa
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- Troubled explosives industry boomed
- Explosions.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Pinole (Calif.) -- History.; Relocation (Housing).; Richmond (Calif.) -- History.;
- 1 p.; 19.5 x 19 cm.
- The Lost Towns of Contra Costa
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- Worker pulls off gold robbery
- Veale, Richard R., 1864-1937.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Gold.; Robbery.; Gold theft.; Winters, Jack.;
- 1 p.: photos; 22 x 34 cm.
- The Lost Towns of Contra Costa
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- Smelter work hard, but employees were treated well
- Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Selby, Prentiss.; Richards, Charles.; Smelting.; Smelting furnaces.; Quality of work life.; Labor.; Work.;
- 1 p.: photos; 22 x 33 cm.
- The Lost Towns of Contra Costa
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- Bay Point Library [electronic resource]
- Bay Point (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Bay Point (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
- Photograph of the exterior of the Bay Point Branch Library located in a converted bandstand. Pictured in front is Clara White, custodian.
- Your Library - the First Hundred Years and Beyond
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- Bay Point Library [electronic resources]
- Bay Point (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Bay Point (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
- Photograph of the interior of the Bay Point Branch Library located in a converted bandstand. Pictured at the desk is Clara White, custodian.
- Your Library - the First Hundred Years and Beyond
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- Contra Costa County becomes the new land of opportunity [cartographic material] / J. C. Carroll.
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
- 1 map : b&w ; 23 x 33 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- 2 Famed Contra Costa ghost towns stirring to life again
- Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Pittsburg (Calif.) -- History.; Coal mines and mining.; Coal mining.; Coal trade.; Extinct cities.;
- 1 clipping; 27.5 x 10.5 cm.
- The Lost Towns of Contra Costa
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- Bringing Somersville to life as a 'living history center'
- Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Pittsburg (Calif.) -- History.; Historic sites.; Historic mines.; Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve (Calif.).;
- 1 clipping: b&w photo ; 35 x 22 cm.
- The Lost Towns of Contra Costa
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- Memories of life in an explosive town
- Explosions.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Pinole (Calif.) -- History.; Relocation (Housing).; Richmond (Calif.) -- History.;
- 1 p.: photos ; 36 x 22 cm.
- The Lost Towns of Contra Costa
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- The town of Giant is long gone, except in memories
- Explosions.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Pinole (Calif.) -- History.; Relocation (Housing).; Richmond (Calif.) -- History.;
- 1 p.; 11 x 33 cm.
- The Lost Towns of Contra Costa
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- Bay Point [cartographic material].
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps. ; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). ; Bay Point (Calif.) -- History.;
- 1 map : b&w ; 64 x 46 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Bay Point, Contra Costa Co., Cal. [cartographic material].
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps. ; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). ; Bay Point (Calif.) -- History.;
- 1 map : b&w ; 64 x 46 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Contra Costa Co. Cal. [cartographic material].
- Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps.; Carquinez Strait (Calif.) -- Maps.
- 1 map in 2 sheets : col. ; 60 x 96 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Official map of the city of Bay Point [cartographic material].
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps. ; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). ; Bay Point (Calif.) -- History.;
- 1 map : blueline ; 112 x 79 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- San Pablo Bay, California [cartographic material] / from a trigonometric survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps. ; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). ; San Pablo Bay (Calif.) -- Maps.
- 1 map : ill., b&w ; 71 x 107 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Plan, o mapa del viage que hicimos desde Montery al puerto de San Francisco = Map of our trip from Monterey to the port of San Francisco [cartographic material].
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- History -- Maps.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Spanish language materials.;
- 1 map : b&w ; 46 x 33 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Bay Point [cartographic material].
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps. ; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).
- 1 map : b&w ; 64 x 46 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Danville and portion of Alamo Dist. [cartographic material].
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps. ; Danville (Calif.) -- History.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Alamo (Calif.) -- History.
- 1 map : col. ; 140 x 91 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- California San Francisco quadrangle [cartographic material]
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps. ; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). ; San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- History -- Maps.
- 1 map : col. ;
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- California, San Francisco quadrangle [cartographic material].
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- Maps.; San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- History -- Maps.; Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- History -- Maps.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
- 1 map : col. ; 51 x 43 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- California, Mare Island quadrangle [cartographic material].
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- History -- Maps. ; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). ; San Pablo Bay (Calif.) -- History -- Maps.;
- 1 map : col. ; 53 x 43 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- California railroads, Northern California, San Francisco and vicinity [cartographic material].
- Railroads -- California -- History -- Maps.; San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- History -- Maps.; California, Northern -- History -- Maps.;
- 1 map : col. ; 53 x 71 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Order to pack dynamite led to career at Selby smelter
- Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Harrison, John, H., 1886 -; Work.; El Sobrante (Calif.) -- History.; American Smelting and Refining Company -- History.;
- 1 p.: photos; 21x 34 cm.
- The Lost Towns of Contra Costa
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- Museum seeks to unearth funds
- Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Pittsburg (Calif.) -- History.; Coal mines and mining.; Historic mines.;
- 1 clipping: 36 x 22 cm.
- The Lost Towns of Contra Costa
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- Somersville, Nortonville
- Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Pittsburg (Calif.) -- History.; Coal mines and mining.; Coal trade.; Ghost towns.; Extinct cities.;
- 1 clipping; 22.5 x 7 cm.
- The Lost Towns of Contra Costa
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- Mining map [cartographic material].
- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Maps -- 1840-1850.; Mines and mineral resources -- California.;
- “Mining map of California 1850, Map of the Mining District of California by Wm. A. Jackson”. The legend (“Explanation”) includes symbols for: “City or Town, Ranch, Workings for Gold, Indian Villages”. The area of the map includes a section of...
- The Contra Costa County Historical Society Collection
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- Walnut Creek Library [electronic resource].
- Walnut Creek (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Walnut Creek (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
- Walnut Creek Library Chronology: Women’s Improvement Club organizes the Walnut Creek Free Library (July 1911). Walnut Creek Library joins the Contra Costa County Library (October 9, 1913). Carnegie Corporation announces grant of $2500 for...
- Your Library - the First Hundred Years and Beyond
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- San Francisco Bay Area and Contra Costa County map [cartographic material].
- Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps.;
- 1 map: col.; 54 x 74 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- City of San Francisco and its vicinity, California [cartographic material] / U. S. Coast Survey.
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- Maps. ; San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- History -- Maps.;
- 1 map : b&w ; 64 x 46 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Contra Costa County on San Francisco Bay in Sunny California [cartographic material] / J.C. Carroll.
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
- 1 map : col. ; 31 x 46 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Map of portion of Contra Costa County showing zone numbers for traffic survey of defense industries in San Francisco Bay Area [cartographic material] / California Railroad Commission Transportation Department.
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; World War, 1939-1945.;
- 1 map : b&w ; 82 x 54 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Map of portion of Contra Costa County showing zone numbers for traffic survey of defense industries in San Francisco Bay Area [cartographic material] / California Railroad Commission Transportation Department.
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; World War, 1939-1945.;
- 1 map : b&w ; 87 x 56 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Plan of Rancho De San Antonio claimed by Vincente Peralta & others [cartographic material].
- Alameda County (Calif.) -- History -- Maps.; Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- Maps. ; Land grants -- California -- East Bay -- Maps.
- 1 map : col. ; 46 X 58 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- Map of San Pablo Creek water supply [cartographic material].
- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Maps. ; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). ; Watersheds -- California -- East Bay -- Maps.
- 1 map : col. ; 97 x 74 cm.
- The Library's Historic Map Collection
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- [Letter] 1878 June 8 Alameda [to] Hon. Thomas A. Brown [manuscript].
- Land grants -- California -- East Bay.; Brown, Thomas A., 1823-1889.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
- 1 leaf ; 32 cm.
- The Legacy of Thomas Brown, the County's First Clerk-Recorder
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- Rancho la Boca de la Cañada del Pinole [manuscript].
- Brown, Thomas A., 1823-1889.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Land tenure -- California -- Contra Costa County -- History.;
- 17 leaves ; 33 cm.
- The Legacy of Thomas Brown, the County's First Clerk-Recorder
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- Copy complaint. Desiderio Briones & wife vs. Mariano G. Vallejo, et al. [manuscript].
- Brown, Thomas A., 1823-1889.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Land tenure -- California -- Martinez -- History.;
- 10 leaves ; 32 cm.
- The Legacy of Thomas Brown, the County's First Clerk-Recorder
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- Copy. Protest to J. W. Mandeville, U. S. Sur[veyor] General of California against the survey of the Rancho Cañada del Hambre [manuscript].
- Brown, Thomas A., 1823-1889.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Real property -- California -- Contra Costa County -- History.;
- 4 leaves ; 32 cm.
- The Legacy of Thomas Brown, the County's First Clerk-Recorder
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- John Tormey and others, plaintiffs vs. Andrew Allen and others, defendants : summons and complaint in partition of Rancho el Pinole [manuscript].
- Brown, Thomas A., 1823-1889.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Land tenure -- California -- Contra Costa County -- History.;
- 6 leaves ; 33 cm.
- The Legacy of Thomas Brown, the County's First Clerk-Recorder
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- Circular of the Conord Sun [text].
- Brown, Thomas A., 1823-1889.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Concord (Calif.) -- History.; Newspapers -- California -- Concord -- History.
- 1 p. ; 24 cm. + 1 envelope (8 x 14 cm.)
- The Legacy of Thomas Brown, the County's First Clerk-Recorder
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- [Receipt] S. Blum & Co. [manuscript].
- Brown, Thomas A., 1823-1889.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Farm supplies -- California -- Contra Costa County -- History.;
- 1 leaf ; 12 x 22 cm.
- The Legacy of Thomas Brown, the County's First Clerk-Recorder