Centerville, Fremont

Description

The tale of Centerville, Fremont--part of the sprawling landscape of the southeast San Francisco Bay--begins with near forgotten histories such as the once sprawling grandeur of the Alviso rancho and the California 100, a battalion raised in Centerville for the Civil War. Centerville celebrates a sporting-mad past, centrally located on the "Way to San Jose" from Oakland on the long, straight stretch once famed for horse and then bicycle racing and later as a motor-touring destination on the early Route 17. By the 1890s, Centerville was home to Washington Union High School and the Centerville Athletic Club and began collecting trophies in football, rugby, baseball, and other sports. Fabled athletes of later eras include Wimbledon tennis queen Helen Wills Moody, football coach Bill Walsh, and hall of fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley.

Get the book

Amazon.com

Search the book

eBay.com

Search the book

Other editions

• 

  Centerville, Fremont

  • 2011-02-14
  • 128 pages
  • Ebook
  • Arcadia Publishing

Similar books

• 

  Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1996: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of...

  By United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations

  Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1996: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of...

• 

  Irvington, Fremont

  By Philip Holmes, Jill M. Singleton

  Before there was a city of Fremont, there was the town of Irvington, and earlier still a busy crossroads called Washington Corners.