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Hayward's First Public School Story Recalled
John Sandoval recalls the 1920 Hayward Weekly Journal account on the 1855 to 1878 Castro Valley school, the move of the little log cabin school to Hayward, the Laurel District naming, and the roles of pioneers led by figures like F. D. Atherton and A. Grogan in establishing Hayward's educational center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sandoval
Father Hughes
North Sixth and
Grove Streets
Strobridge Orchard
Hayward Weekly Journal
P. Hoyt
Hayward
Hoyt
E. K. Strobridge
Castro Valley
San Antonio
Mission San Jose
California
Berkeley
University of California
San Lorenzo
Lincoln
Guillermo Castro
Haywards
Vastra Valley
John Manzer
J. D. Austin
Joseph Pimental
TH. Cunningham
Leander Linekin
Hat Tme
F. D. Atherton
A. Grogan
Atherton
Foothill
Casi Valley
Laurel
Strobridge Lands