AntiochWhen the first settlers arrived here in 1850, they could never have guessed that their tiny settlement would one day be home to over 100,000 souls, scores of factories, and the gateway to the California Delta with some of the most productive agricultural lands in the world. In earlier days, the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers were the main routes into the states interior, as the swampy delta land had yet to be tamed. Antioch and nearby Pittsburg served as major depots for supplies to the Sierra gold fields, stockpiling lumber, produce, hay, dry goods, medicine, and fuel from the Stewartville, Empire, and Judsonville coal mines. Named in 1851 after the biblical city in Syria, this town served for many years as the Bay Areas easternmost outpost and provided its inhabitants with a bounty both man-made and natural. |
Contents
Three CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS | |
Four SCHOOL DAYS | |
Five FARMING AND LAND CONSERVATION | |
Six BUSINESS AND COMMERCE | |
Seven INDUSTRY | |
Eight RIVER LIFE AND TRANSPORTATION | |
Nine THE NEW CENTURY | |
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Antioch area Antioch Bridge ANTIOCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL Antioch High School Antioch Historical Society Antioch Lumber Company Bay Miwok became Beede Biglow Boobar brick brothers built California canneries Charles Bohakel church city hall City of Antioch Club of Antioch coal construction Contra Costa County Costa County Dairy Delta Donlon downtown Elizabeth Rimbault farms Fibreboard Research Fulton Shipyard G Streets grain Harkinson’s Point Heidorn Hiebert Historical Society Museum Holy Rosary Horton Smith Hotel industries JARVIS BROTHERS Joseph Horton Jost Distillery Juan Crespi later Lauritzen left to right located Lone Tree Madd Hatter Medanos Rancho Miwok northeast corner Ohlone operated photograph pictured plant purchased Ranch residents Riverview Union High San Francisco Bay San Joaquin River Santa Fe Railroad School District second row Second Street ship southeast southwest corner TEAM Union High School Viera W. W. Smith Wilbur Avenue William Wiggin Smith Woman’s Club Wyatt Second Yokuts