Newark's ferry era seeds a town's birth and growth
Newark's origins trace to mid 19th century ferry routes between Dumbarton Point and San Francisco. Investors led by James Fair built a railroad town, laying out Newark near a Perrin Brothers dairy site. The South Pacific Coast Railroad later moved its terminus, yet Newark persisted and expanded with new industries and families.
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Newark
Dumbarton Point
San Francisco
Mayhews
Jarvis
Mowry
Plummer
Joseph
Johnathan
Johnathan Mayhew
Perrin Brothers
Bay
Sen. Fair
Pacific Land Improvement Co
South Pacific Coast Railroad Co
California
Santa Cr
Alameda
Revolution era quiz questions and answers snapshot time
A set of history quiz items covering early American leadership and events. Questions note Washington as first president, Boston Massacre casualties, New Jersey as a Revolutionary hotspot, James Oglethorpe founding Georgia for debtors, and William Dawes vs Paul Revere on the Lexington ride.
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George Washington
Tate
Boston
Paul Revere
Lexington
John Hanson
Maryland
The
United States
Sam Adams
Sharp Pen
New Jersey
James Oglethorpe
Savannah
Altamaha Rivers
Georgia
William Dawes
First flag designer and Virginia namesake question items
The questions discuss who designed the flag, who Virginia was named for, where the first colonial library was founded, and who wrote about music in a deplorable barbarism context. It notes Francis Hopkinson for the flag, Queen Elizabeth I for Virginia, John Harvard for the Massachusetts library in 1638, and Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson as related figures.
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Virginia
John Harvard
Massachusetts
Harvard College
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
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James Fair
Fremont
Marcelino Campa
Fremont Typewriter CO
Fremont Blvd
Southern Pacific Coast Co
Central Hotel
Carter Brothers
Centerville
Irvington Lumber
Washington Blvd
Irvington
Redwood Specialists
Congress
Washington
Jones-Hamilton Gu
Enterprise
Willow Newark
Francis Hopkinson
Queen Elizabeth 1 of
England
Virgin Queen
Thomas Jefferson
Alameda County
Dutioy
Rosemont “Health Foods
Newark Blvd
Rosemont Center
Cattleman’s Restaurant
Health Foods
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