37°41′5.79″N 121°45′45.17″W / 37.6849417°N 121.7625472°W Laddville (or "Laddsville") is a former settlement in the western Livermore Valley of Alameda County, California.
It was located east of the settlement which eventually became Livermore.[1]
History
editAlphonso Ladd settled in the Sunol Valley in 1850.[2] After preempting some land[2] he established a hotel in 1855,[1] and the community that grew up surrounding the hotel became Laddville.[1] A saloon was opened, and then in 1865 a store followed.[2] Both a private school and, subsequently, a public school were opened in 1866.[2] In 1868, a general store, restaurant, and livery stable were established.[2] After 1868, Laddsville grew quickly.[2]
Ladd's original hotel had burned down in 1867.[2] When the railroad was built through the Livermore Valley in August 1869,[3][4] the station was placed west of Laddville near the nascent Livermore.[1] Laddsville was almost entirely destroyed by a fire in 1871,[2] and the businesses within were merged into Livermore,[5] whose city limits later grew to include its former location.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 655. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Baker, Joseph Eugene; Past and Present of Alameda County, California, Volume 1;p.441;[1]
- ^ "Western end of the railroad". cdnc.ucr.edu. Stockton Independent, Volume XVII, Number 11, 13 August 1869. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "The railroad". cdnc.ucr.edu. Stockton Independent, Volume XVII, Number 16, 19 August 1869. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
The track of the Western Pacific Railroad was laid to Laddsville yesterday, by a party working eastward.
- ^ Bush, Barbara (1988). Dean, Muriel (ed.). Just the Facts...: Highlights of Livermore History (PDF). Illustrated by Jorja Vliet. Livermore, California: Livermore Heritage Guild.
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