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A 3 foot narrow gauge railroad starting on land owned by Joseph E. Emery, later president and founder of the City of Emeryville.
The line started at 40th and San Pablo, extended through Berkeley and up San Pablo Creek to Bryant (Orinda) 23 . . . — — Map (db m72398) HM
In 1859, Edward Wiard purchased a 115-acre plot in what
later became Emeryville and built a horse racetrack that
covered most of his property. The Oakland Trotting Park
opened on the Fourth of July 1871. The track was one
mile long and . . . — — Map (db m238949) HM
In the late 18th century, the Spanish crown sent settlers north from Mexico to colonize "Alta California", where the native people had been living for millennia. The crown rewarded some of these Spanish settlers with large land grants. One of the . . . — — Map (db m238901) HM
Directly across the railroad tracks, where the big blue IKEA store stands today, was once the site of Emeryville's
oldest and largest industrial facility, Judson Manufacturing, founded by Egbert Putnam Judson in 1882.
Judson was born in . . . — — Map (db m238936) HM
This was the main terminal for
the Key System Railway during World War II.
The Shipyard Railway – also known as the “Pass the Ammunition”
Railway – was built by the Key System for the United States Maritime . . . — — Map (db m72396) HM
When the first transcontinental railroad was completed in
1869, its route from Sacramento to Long Wharf in Oakland,
on the shore of San Francisco Bay, was circuitous. It went
south to Stockton and then west through Niles Canyon, about 25 miles . . . — — Map (db m239037) HM
This plaque commemorates the pioneering scientists on this campus
who have made discoveries and advances that are essential to many areas of life science research, forensics, and patient care.
• 1983 - 1991: Discovery and development of the Nobel . . . — — Map (db m154531) HM
In 1877, across the railroad tracks from here, Edward Wiard
built a dance pavilion on top of an ancient shell mound, either
oblivious to, or choosing to ignore, its cultural significance to
the indigenous people. Thus, Shell Mound Park was . . . — — Map (db m239056) HM
For over 85 years, from 1920 to 2007, the area in front of
you was the site of a large Sherwin-Williams paint factory.
The only remaining structure is "Building I-31", the brick
and concrete building at Horton Street and Sherwin Avenue.
The . . . — — Map (db m238890) HM
In the second half of the 19th Century, when Emeryville was transitioning from a former Mexican cattle ranch into
a future American city, two abutting property owners played major roles in its development: Joseph S. Emery and Edward Wiard. In . . . — — Map (db m238970) HM
You are at the southern end of the Emeryville Greenway, a rails-to-trails project that converted a former interurban passenger and
freight rail line to a pedestrian and bicycle trail across Emeryville.
The Greenway was originally an . . . — — Map (db m238893) HM
Emeryville is situated on Huchiun, the name of the unceded ancestral land of the Chochenyo-speaking
Ohlone people, the original inhabitants of this region. This open space was once the site of the largest of more than 425 sacred ancestral burial . . . — — Map (db m238882) HM
