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Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-100738530883
ISBN-139780738530888
eBay Product ID (ePID)50577848
Product Key Features
Book TitleFair Oaks
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Photography, History
AuthorPaul J. P. Sandul, Lee M. A. Simpson
Book SeriesImages of America Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight10.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-934499
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal979.4/53
SynopsisFair Oaks, in the gently undulating foothills along Highway 50, has something in common with its vast neighbor, Sacramento. Early land speculators, politicians, and Chicago businessmen formed a partnership to sell off one of their "Sunset Colonies," deservedly dubbed Fair Oaks, promising water systems and a suburban railroad to help colonists grow prize citrus. The farmers came, but when the investors retreated east, a railroad and water had not appeared. A later investment group did build a bridge and railroad, encouraging more farmers until, at the height of the Great Depression, nature laid a cold hand on the land, freezing all of the citrus. But other orchard crops and vineyards flourished, while more bridges and proximity to the state capital helped transform the farm town into a charming suburb, where residents can still gather at the local cafe or brave the red bluffs and rushing waters of the American River.
LC Classification NumberF869.F16S56 2005
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- 13. Mai. 2024
Very cool way to learn about our town.
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