1 3 9 https://www.herculeshistory.org/files/original/86e89dd7ffd6298d267750564512af98.tif bd89b5fa5c66a5c4c1d4691b5c28cf8b https://www.herculeshistory.org/files/original/d8d11accd1b789ea67613de04714a851.pdf 0f137d809c3de5f6e1c36241fcb3fbdc PDF Text Text � https://www.herculeshistory.org/files/original/daa3defacc1856f7be54b4b0fb48b390.jpg b8d6382fc2772c2b514395ee400bab46 https://www.herculeshistory.org/files/original/347e6f7bcfe06beffb1a1e73205466bf.pdf 1d1429afed3fb2a852bba981e4323540 PDF Text Text CONTRA COSTA COUNTY # ¥ ;_ -. ...S.Sen 5_ - =±i s t The rear-paddle wheel steamer Hercules, built in San Francisco ii 1875. delivered explosives to destinations on the Sacramento and San Joa uin rivers and around San Francisco Bay. Contra Costa County Historical Society/ Stein Collection [" if I I' I j: i' ,. ,, I I: ' U- Hercules Powder Company bought an additional 2,500 acres and constructed a series of gullies and reventments for safe storage of its products. It built additional housing until some ninety-seven homes stood on its grounds. Before the safety measures were taken, the life of a plant worker in a dynamite factory was a hazardous one. From 1881 until 1919, explosions killed fifty-nine Inmc: 1953 a single accident took the lives of twelve men. This event became a factor in the reshaping of Hercules' future. A series ofradicalchanges began in 1964. The company stopped making explosives and changed its name to Hercules Incorporated. It turned to the manufacture of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer, later selling this plant to Valley Nitrogen Company of Fresno. The rest of the acreage went on sale in the mid I 970s and was bought by a group of investors by the name of Hercules Properties, Ltd. Centex Homes of California bought the first parcel put up for sale by the investors. When Centex offered its new homes for sale people lined up to buy them, attracted by the rural feeling of open space and the affordable prices. Hercules boomed with new residents. What has happened in Hercules in the past five years is almost a miracle. The scene has changed abruptly, and what one sees today has little relation to yesterday. The townspeople walk with pride, and 162 well they should. Whatever it has taken to convert the old into the new, they have done. Today the old employee housing is restored. The architecture is Queen Anne and Colonial Revival. The developer won the Grand Prize in Renaissance 1985, awarded by the National Association of Homebuilders Magazine, from among 100 contestants. Hercules' Refugio Valley Park is the city's principal park, but there are neighborhood parks as well: Ohlone, Woodfield, and Foxboro. A bay front park is planned. It will be a twenty-acre shoreline park with trails leading to Briones Regional Park, nine miles away. Refugio Valley Park is a beautiful eucalyptus-lined valley, stretching from the bay up through the hills. The valley serves asa "town green." The combination of deciduous and evergreen trees is an attractive feature. In the park is a pavilion built in classical design. Columns hold up a dome roof, reminiscent of classical structures in Washington, D.C. A lake and two fountains further the resemblance. Hercules can be justly proud of its award for outstanding design of a recreational facility, received from the California Parks and Recreation Society. High quality homes with well-manicured lawns terrace the once dry grassy hillsides. In 1985, 452 homes were built in Hercules. The population is now � https://www.herculeshistory.org/files/original/48f7ffba27005919d6404d6bca57335e.pdf a0e9d182d2a241215afc19b1da34aee2 PDF Text Text The morning call. 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I. ws lhftt thero log the weP-k. ondig week Ly-niuo were foreign burn; ·eeo .w a.nd 50 tionus, were Cunsuruption 6. )rer. s run oYer by ot Chealey T, lgnt, nnd d was taken :t:L • ne ror orn ljazet 'TEN YEARS A'l' FOi WORK ON THE WAR VESEI.8. ,ns blla been [1 spec11110 CHA1'TE:JL'\ Jtl-::POHTY.0, Amon. the latest reported charters are tile following: Shlp John C. Poltrr. 1182 tons, no due bere, iuerchandise from this pur to Mlelbourne In the Australiiln Dispntch Liue. Nurwealnn bark Lo1ui rncbnrtcrell Lot Sentence Pronounced on J. for Forrery. J. A. Klmb.tll, convicted of J sentenced to 1'.. olsom for ten yet Hebbanl ye&t~rday. He sig \Viltler'ti nRme to a check (o Crocker-"'oolwort.ll llank An<l J. OkerblRtl, a anl11on-krept sl\ld to be Kit11b_Rll"s aecomf lo court and 1>en1tentlary for mndo fervent npeal to tl mnere, nnd roehatmed his Iu1 wost pathetic 11 IURUUt•r. HI~ wl seat ln the roorn, ~uc.l ,,omt11 implored the JmJ~~ in the nl\m thnt little woman nut to lJl11st N.-w Companies. The Orc·hnr,J, Vin«' ami Pie filrd nrtlclcs of IIIC(trJ)Ofnll\;n y, rectors--Georu W. l'inn,,y. Go, »le, Alert E. Gray. J.T. Er M. Gwin no,l U . Franeis. Als Gold Mining Comans; Direct» Schenck, D. E. Mellis,' A lhi \\'hllaw L. l'ecL ,uu1 \~"illiaw .-, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jennifer Posedel Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vessel Hercules Transportation https://www.herculeshistory.org/files/original/60e582ec87737ae696194e41446e3bac.pdf 7277aa6c1b45200e13ce486adff5796b PDF Text Text l tt J I I Before the Beard of 'r!U6t.ees of tbe l'o,m of Hercules, County of Cont.re e Gss.State of California. Iu tlle uat~er of the Appl1cut1on of the Cal1fcm!e. pc,i1der \'iorks p a corporation, for a ___________________ wharf F x-anchise. 1 ) ) ) ) ) Order Granting ha±f Franchise to tie Ca2i7rnta Ponder or(z, a corporaticn. ) It is hereby c-rjered by tr.ie Boar-J. cf T IU$tees cf t.he T0\"1!1 or Hercules, Coint.y of Cc!ltra Cost9., St.ate of Cal 1fcrn1o, e.l:at \1,•iiereas, tr..e '.::il1fcrn1a ?utd€.:: \Vcrks, a ccrpo.rat1cn, j1j en the 17th day c.,f idar2h 1902, make application to the Bc,a.rj of rrustees cf tr;c rc. .. n of Hercules, for a franc4ise tc construct and tc maintain a tar? mit· tiie license to take tolls fr tie use of sane, for tts tern f tenty years from and after tle date tit.ereof, on certain oubmergej , cverflowed anJ tLle lc.nls belone1!1~ to the State of Cal1fc,m1o, ;tu2tel I • I I cn tie scutlier sore c,f tne 3oy of San Pablo 1 !1 r v,msn1 p !Jumbe r eleven, sur,crviee,.r :::iist..rict Nu:nbcr one in tJie Cc.,unty e,f Contra Cot:tu_0 State of Calif\.r'liu, bcinz the lanj hsrc1nafter Jes:ribed0 en wt,1cl1 a franchise is g.rantej to erect a I I I I I Whereas, ti.9 Calif€7rnia pco;-,JerJTcrks duly f'ilel he.rein its petition fr sa1i franchise 1n jue ferro anj maje due prcof t,<, tt'iis i3ored c.,f t,,e pJ.bl1cat.10n a~:l pc9ting o: thc notices cf tie time ani place ten and mere sail applicaticn mould be !!!ale tv ti11s acarJ, as .requireJ by la: !larch 190~ :luly c cns1 jered: ani sCll.J matter mas on the l'?t.h day of �whereas, lt appea11ne to this Board tnat the JUbl1c ecod anj ccrr.~ W<.iUld be preimc.it.ed by tr.e granting c.f t,.::Jc f .ranch1 se to const. ruat sa1-i "harf, th1 s Bosri t,(1d. by its orier, :lated Haren 1'7, 190::., Resolve that. 1t 1s propc.se.i tu grnnt sBid f.rancntee to tlle tdgheet b1dler }jf- the.refer: that, the term (.jf cc:,nt.iouanoe of said f.ranoM.af; ahoul.:i oe twenty years f'rcn t.he de.t.e thereof: that, tenders or- bids for sal:l f.raoahiae t1ould. be ceoei~e.i by the Bcard of T mstees of tie Ton 0f Hercules \ O Ccum,y of Contl'a Coato0 $Cfi\te of Call fc.r- ma, at t.t',e rocms cf saiu Board in the Tmm Hall in thz TomJ of Morottleo0 Cont..ra Ccsta County, State c,f Cal 1 r0m1a0 c,n May 19tn \ 19020 t1ht:!n and uhere sai:i Board r1ould. 0 meet, 1n c,pen seGsion and rend. sa1.i tenders or o!:is~ Tllat all ten:kre oe bids foK I r.aid f runch.1.se must be a:iJress e:i to prcsi:ient of the Boar-d cf Trustees of. th:a i7oon lac) {(;~· :- of Hercule~p/\P1nole _P<:iSt Office, Contra :::csta County O Califc.,mia, and filed n-H,h ine I ! ,. I l i I II II Cler:r. of' said Bca.rj ai or before 7 c' clock P.I. on I!ay 193, 1202: Anj further ordered that th2 Clerk of this Boaro give notioc of said nppl1- eat1on by advertisement , as required by la, and order of 00.id Boaro: ru:ii hereas, tie fact t!0t an application for said franctdse or privilege ha3 b,::-::n cade to Gelid Boaro of' Trustees~ that a sccmenc th.a 1 1s propoced to grant ioro of H,s oont:irn..101:cc asd tri..e day db4 hdch tenders or b!ls muld be received ts sane, had bc,odor±scd, a rcgucssed by la anl by order of h4s Berl, 4 4 �i of April· 1002 until j~ sad period as said paper mas pl1shed: I' the T ,'ti._,,-/J.JI I\ the 26t.h do.y of Apr.n, 1002, both days 1ncludeJ and as cften Ju~ u. yd2i/ ., a±so in tFc Pinole T1es, a meekly rerspeper,1n 'Oelo tqo, dz&de cwn of Pinole, Contra Cost.a County, State cf Cel 1fu"l1ia, frcrn the 29th day ot:..iAprtl f 1902,, both daya 1noluded:: I b .,,;..-· I Wharee.s on the jay stated. 1n so.1j ~ \ nc.,t.1ce on wll1ch tenJers or tido ~ 1'0lld be recelvel, tc-wit:- cm tr.e 19tn :.-!a~• cf May, 1902, said Bos.rd :net in open sP.r;slon 1 I I I and read the tenders or bids; snl Whereas said California Po'r7der Worv.s, a aurporatie,n, b1j the sum of one H...mdred Della.rs, cash in United StateG gold cc.,1n., for oaid franch1seP and said bid bid therefor, an.l sa1d CornP3:1y "l7as tt:c t-J.ehest bidder: Wor';(.00 o oorpcrat1cn, has pa1a the POB t,1J.e h.111hest and mereas, said Cal1fomia Ponder sail sum f O2e Hundred Dolla.rG, for ae.1d Francn!se an::l rao1d F ren.ztuze has been anarded to 1 t. Not1, t,l1e.ref0re, 1t 1s hereby o.rjered by the Boa.rd of rrustees of t.liC Tmm of Hercule Cont.re Costa Cc,unty, State uf Callfcm1a, t.nat the Cul1forn1!l Pu>1der Wot-ks, a corporatfon, ., ' and its successors and ass1as be and 1t 1s hereby crante:i t~ r!_6ht. t..o ereat., -construct. all those certain submer~d, cverflowcd an:i tide lanls belcneing tc the State cf Cal1fom1 bor:lertng en tr.c se1.1them shc.,re c.,f the Bray of San rablo, 1n To>?nship r.11rnbeE't Eleven, 1n Supe v1sc,.r D1Gtr1ct NU!nber one in ti1e County of Contra Costa, State c,f Cal1~ornia, within t11e cc,rpc,rot.e 11m1t.e eif t.ne Tmm of Her~ulea0 and t11thin the f01low1ng boundaries, t.c,-\71t;- Bee1n:i1ng rit o. pc1nt on r.t..e line vf ship's channel on t~ oc.uthc.m sliore of tbe 3ay J; i, c.f San Pablc.,. frm wt1ch rint the TTf'Bt. P.n:l r,f' i"',.t1 " 00 ):,,_,.__ - , ,-.r, --"' • h- -- • - c. �Now, therefore, 1t is hereby oriered b i tne • Boaro of rrustees ~ c,f t.i-ic Town of He.rcu Contra Cost.a Cc.unt.y, s~ate or ca11rcm1a , t.nat. • t l le Cal1forn1s Powder Works, a corporat1c, e and 1ts successors and ass1ns be ani 1t 1s hereby grantej the r1gut to erect, construct an.i maintain a who.rr am tc take tells fer the use of same for the term of t.went..y years o \ all those cerain submerzed, cverflcncd and tide lanJs bele-nt:1ng te, the Stote cf Cal1forn1 bordering cn tt'.e se1.1t.hern sh0re c,f t,hc Bay of San pablo, 1n To~nship Numbe.l"'I Eleven, 1n Supe \ I v1sc,r D1st.r1ct Number one 1n the County c,f Contra C0ste.p ::;t,ate of Cal1f'o.rn1a, within ihe corporute limits of tne Tmn of Hercules, and nithin the fllcing boundaries, to-it:Beg1nn1ng &t a pc1nt, on tr.e line c.,f ship's channel on the ocuthcrn sl,ore of' tlle Bay of San Pablc, frm ult.ic: pint the est en2 of curse Number l97 cf the Rancho El Pile us cfficially surveyed by t~-,c Uni tel States Gove mment P bears suth 62° 45' East true mert:ifan: t,nence nc.rtheasterly olong tlie line cf Ship's channel 500 reet to otation: th.enc scuth s,f 45° East to the nonhern boundo.ry line of the State Tide ~nd Location Number 21 ' Centro C0sta County: thence Southerly alc,ng sa1:i State Tide ljlnd Loeation Number 215, 1,0 • feet. to station: thence nrth 67 45' rest to the line cf d~ir,3 channel on the Southern I shure of the Bay I feet into point vf bee;innine. of San pablo: thence nurtheastt.e .rly al cng the 11 ne of ships channel 500 Done 1n cpen Board at Hercules, Cont re Costa County, scate of' ca11 fom1 a, his 19¢h day f lay 1902. Ayes: A.!.!~Donald, M.Uu.rrey , J cnn Bemingfl..l'..rn, Jr. Noes: Ncne. Johna Pemdngham, Jr. pre&! dent. ~ t ha Boa.ri of �-""'"'" vo ,,, I ~ 0 • 6 l!.~ '- r. c r.ue no.nue rn ooum1ary llne of tne State Tide Tend Lcation Number Contro. Costa. County~ thence Southerly alc,ng sa1:1 State Tide ljmj Loeat1on Number 215, 1,0 feet. to st.at.ion: tence north 62 45' est to the line cf ships channel on the Southern ohcire of the Bay of San Pablo: thence northeasterly al cng tbe line of ships channel 500 I feet into pc.int of beginnineo Done in open Board at Herculee0 Contra Costa Cun, State o:f Califomie., tnis 1Oh day f ay 1902. Ayeo; A.M::Donn.ld0 H.Murrey D J chn Bz.r:minehnm, Jr. Joh3 Tringham, Jr. Pre0?dot 6 cho Dar2 of r .r;;!stcc□ of the Torn::o of ( ( ( ( ('f"OtJN})))} ( ( ( (CL)) ) ) ) ) Ho.r::uJi:.rno he bard 1tI I I ! 0£ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jennifer Posedel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wharf Franchise to CPW Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1902-05-19 Subject The topic of the resource Order Granting Wharf Franchise to California Powder Works Description An account of the resource Order by Contra Costa County Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jennifer Posedel Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Hercules Historical Society Transportation https://www.herculeshistory.org/files/original/e9fca7459565a3c1eba062607268357a.tiff f0b89619dab895b61d445a84c68b958c https://www.herculeshistory.org/files/original/6390c883a5f52c675842344a5943d550.tiff 0b807ef902db4a339f76a5bec2e2fa8c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jennifer Posedel Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pacific Refining Site Subject The topic of the resource Pacific Refining or former Coastal Oil Refinery Description An account of the resource Site of Pacific Refining or former Coastal Oil Refinery Pacific Refining Co