The Spring, 2024 issue of the Journal of The Emeryville Historical Society covers the life of Amelia K. Emery who was Joseph Emery’s third wife and a pioneer in her own right. Read about her life, her involvement in society and her efforts to preserve the Emery estate in her husband’s golden years.
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The definitive guide to Emeryville’s fascinating history written by former Oakland Library employees and EHS co-founders Donald Hausler and Nancy Smith and UC Berkeley Geography lecturer Seth Lunine.
The EHS is pleased to announce the launch of the first of its kind self-guided historic walking tour around the city’s historic Park Avenue District.
Notable sites include the Oakland Oaks Ball Park, the birthplace of modern greyhound racing, the Doble steam car factory and other more notorious sites that helped give the city dubbed “The Rottenest City on the Pacific Coast” by former Alameda County D.A. Earl Warren its moniker.