Alameda/Berkeley/Oakland/Richmond

 JACK LONDON
JANUARY 12, 1876 – NOVEMBER 22, 1916

OAKLAND’S FAMED NATIVE SON WAS THE NOTED AUTHOR OF
“CALL OF THE WILD”, “THE SEA WOLF” AND “SOUTH SEA TALES”. HE WAS AT VARIOUS TIMES A SAILOR, ALASKAN GOLD MINER, SALMON FISHER AND LONGSHOREMAN. FOR A TIME HE WAS INVOLVED IN MAKING SOCIALIST SPEECHES AND SERVED AS A WAR CORRESPONDENT IN DIFFERENT
PERIODS IN THE FAR EAST AND MEXICO.

DEDICATED AT JACK LONDON SQUARE
BY THE JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHAPTER
E CLAMPUS VITUS
APRIL 16, 1977

Croll’s Bar
1400 Webster, Alameda
(Plaque missing)
Geno Fambrini

“CROLL’S BAR”

100 YEARS OLD IN MAY 1979, A BAR SINCE 1879, SURVIVOR OF A
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER EXPLOSION IN 1903 AND THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE
OF 1906, STILL SERVES PATRONS TODAY. THE MAHOGONY BAR, STILL IN
USE, JOURNEYED AROUND THE HORN IN 1902. IN THE LATER 1890’S PROFESSIONAL BOXING AND BASEBALL WERE INITIATED IN CALIFORNIA
BY JOHN CROLL SR., MAKING HIS SPORTING EMPORIUM AND HOTEL
WORLD RENOWNED.

DEDICATED BY
JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHAPTER #13
E CLAMPUS VITUS
FEBRUARY 23, 1980

DUNSMUIR HOUSE

WITHIN THIS CRESCENT SHAPED VALLEY IS THE BEAUTIFUL 37-ROOM DUNSMUIR HOUSE, AN EXAMPLE OF COLONIAL REVIVAL VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE. BUILT IN 1899 ON A 415 ACRE ESTATE BY ALEXANDER DUNSMUIR, HEIR TO A CANADIAN COAL AND LUMBER FORTUNE, FOR HIS BRIDE MRS. JOSEPHINE WALLACE. HE DIED IN 1900 AND SHE IN 1901.
IN 1906, HER DAUGHTER EDNA WALLACE, SOLD IT TO THE I. W. HELLMAN,
JR. FAMILY WHO USED IT AS A SUMMER RESIDENCE FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. NOW LOCATED ON A 40 ACRE SITE, IT BELONGS TO THE CITY OF OAKLAND AND IS BEING RESTORED BY DUNSMUIR HOUSE AND GARDENS, INC.,
A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION.

DEDICATED OCTOBER 6, 1984
BY
JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHAPTER 13
E CLAMPUS VITUS
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SPENGER’S FISH GROTTO

CENTENARY PLAQUE
1890-1990
1865
JOHANN SPENGER LEAVES BAVARIA TO SETTLE IN BERKELEY.
1890
JOHANN BUILDS HIS HOME, ONE ROOM COUNTRY STORE AND FISH MARKET AT THIS SITE.
1930S
FRANK, HIS WIFE MARCELLA AND SON FRANK (BUD) EXPAND TO PRESENT DAY
RESTAURANT AND FISH MARKET.
1990
FRANK (SPANKY), FOURTH GENERATION OF SPENGER FAMILY IN AMERICA,
CONTINUES FAMILY TRADITION THROUGH CENTENARY YEAR.
AVE SPENGER! COENATURI TE SALUTAMUS!
DEDICATED APRIL 7, 1990
JOAQUIN MURRIETA, CHAPTER 13
E CLAMPUS VITUS

KEY ROUTE
TRAIN STATION
ON THIS SPOT ON JUNE 1, 1904, THE FIRST KEY ROUTE ELECTRIC TRAIN ARRIVED TO BE WELCOMED BY A CROWD OF EXCITED RESIDENTS. FROM
A NEW FERRY PIER ON THE BAY OFF EMERYVILLE IT HAD BROUGHT
OFFICIALS AND GUESTS TO A DEDICATION CEREMONY HERE. KEY
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, BORAX SMITH, WELCOMED THE CROWD TO
THE LATEST FORM OF RAPID TRANSIT. IN 1937 A NEW STATION WAS BUILT
FOR STREAMLINED TRAINS WHICH STARTED RUNNING OVER THE BAY
BRIDGE IN 1939. TRAIN TIME FROM HERE TO FIRST AND MISSION ST. IN
THE CITY WAS 27 MINUTES. THE LAST TRAIN LEFT FROM HERE AT 6:45 PM
ON SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1958.

DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 7,1991
BY PIEDMONT AVE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
AND
JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHAPTER 13 OF E CLAMPUS VITUS

THE HISTORY OF THE SITE OF THE SHADETREE
THIS BAY FRONT SITE ORIGINALLY BORDERED OHLONE INDIAN SETTLEMENTS. IN 1820 THE SPANISH CROWN GRANTED IT TO LUIS MARIA PERALTA. THE AREA WAS ACQUIRED BY HORACE CARPENTIER ,
(FIRST MAYOR OF OAKLAND), IN 1852. HE THEN FOUNDED THE OAKLAND WATERFRONT COMPANY. IN 1892 CARPENTIER SOLD THE SITE. BEGINNING WITH PACIFIC CARBONIC GAS CO. IN 1893, THIS SITE HAS BEEN OCCUPIED
BY SEVERAL IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES. IN 1979, FORTUITOUSLY, IT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE HON. ROBERT A. SCHULTZ.

DEDICATED NOVEMBER 13, 1993
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KENNEDY TUNNEL

OPENED IN 1903, THE TIMBER-LINED KENNEDY TUNNEL WAS THE FASTEST ROUTE BETWEEN OAKLAND AND LAFAYETTE, SAVING FOUR HOURS OF DRIVING AROUND THE SAN PABLO RESEVOIR. IN 1914, IT WAS WIRED FOR LIGHTS AND RENAMED THE BROADWAY TUNNEL. IN 1937, AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE CALDECOTT TUNNEL, THE KENNEDY TUNNEL WAS CLOSED TO MOTOR CARS, ALLOWING ONLY FOOT, HORSE AND TWO WHEELED TRAFFIC. IN 1947, THE TIMBER-LINED TUNNEL WAS
PERMANENTLY CLOSED DUE TO REPEATED CAVE-INS AND RISING MAINTENANCE COSTS. IT FINALLY SUCCUMBED TO NATURE IN THE LATE 1960’S AND THE MEDIAN LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF OLD TUNNEL RD. AND SKYLINE DR. IS THE ONLY REMNANT EXISTING TODAY.

THE MEDIAN STILL HOLDS THE ORIGINAL DEDICATION PLAQUE AND FLAGPOLE.

DEDICATED JULY 10, 2010 (6015)
JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHAPTER NO. 13
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SS RED OAK VICTORY

The SS Red Oak Victory is the last remaining ship of the 747 vessels built at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, CA, during World War II. Commissioned by the U. S. Navy as the USS Red Oak Victory (AK-235), on December 5th, 1944, she served as an ammunition ship in the South Pacific during the war.

Returned to the Maritime Commission after World War II, she intermittently served as a commercial cargo vessel with a Merchant Marine crew from 1947 to 1968. The SS Red Oak Victory provided supplies to the United Nations forces during the Korean War and completed her career making thirteen voyages to Vietnam carrying supplies there for the U. S. Military.

After 1968 she was retired to the “Mothball Fleet” in Suisun Bay, all but abandoned for almost thirty years. By an Act of Congress in 1996, the SS Red Oak Victory was saved from being scrapped and was turned over to the Richmond Museum Association. In 1998, she was moved to Point Richmond, CA, and has been continuously maintained as a museum ship while the all-volunteer crew works on the goal of restoring the ship to an operational status once again.

E CLAMPUS VITUS
CAPITULUS REDIVIVUS YERBA BUENA #1
JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHAPTER 13
MARCH 16, 2019

“There’s more to life than being a passenger”

Amelia Mary Earhart

Just 600 feet south of where you now stand was Oakland’s old North Field runway where aviatrix Amelia Earhart made history. On January 11, 1935, Earhart flew alone from Honolulu and landed at North Field, becoming the first person to fly solo to the U. S. mainland from Hawaii.

Earhart’s next ambition was to become the first woman to fly around the world. On March 17, 1937, she took off from North Field with Fred Noonan, Harry Manning and technical advisor Paul Mantz on board. Unfortunately, after landing at Pearl Harbor, she had to call off the trip due to equipment failure during her following takeoff.

Earhart soon announced plans for a second attempt, flying west to east this time. With Noonan as navigator, she departed Oakland on May 20, 1937, in a custom-built Lockheed Electra, making stops in Florida, Brazil, Africa, India, Australia  and Papua New Guinea.

On July 2, 1937, with only 7,000 nautical remaining to Oakland, Amelia Earhart’s plane mysteriously disappeared in the South Pacific on the way to Howland Island.

“Adventure is worthwhile in itself”
Dedicated July 24^th, 2021 C. Y. 6026
By the brethren of Yerba Buena No. 1 and Joaquin Murrieta Chapter 13
E Clampus Vitus
Credo Quia Absurdum

Croll’s (Rededicated)
1400 Webster, Alameda
David Gingrich

CROLL’S

BUILT IN 1879 BY PATRICK AND ANN BRITT,
THIS BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED THE BRITT HOTEL.

IN 1883, PROMOTER AND ENTREPRENEUR JOHNNY CROLL PURCHASED THE SALOON AND SOON THE ENTIRE BUILDING BECAME KNOWN AS CROLL’S. THIS SITE WAS FAMOUS AS THE TRAINING QUARTERS FOR SOME OF THE GREATEST FIGHTERS IN BOXING HISTORY, SUCH AS BOB “RUBY ROB” FITZSIMMONS, JAMES “THE BOILERMAKER” JEFFRIES AND JACK “THE GALVESTON GIANT” JOHNSON.

DURING THIS TIME, THE SOUTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD WAS ESTABLISHED BY JAMES “SLIPPERY JIM” FAIR, THE RENOWNED SILVER KING. TRAIN TRACKS RAN ALONGSIDE THE BUILDING AND IN 1885 A STATION PLATFORM WAS ADDED BY THE ENTRANCE DOOR TO MAKE THE HOTEL MORE INVITING. AFTER MAKING A JOURNEY AROUND CAPE HORN, THE MAGNIFICENT MAHOGANY BAR ARRIVED IN 1902 TO GRACE THE SALOON.

ON JULY 14, 1903, A LOCOMOTIVE MYSTERIOUSLY EXPLODED NEAR THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. THE LOCOMOTIVE’S BIG BRASS BELL WAS HURLED 300 FEET AND LANDED NEAR THE OPEN BOXING RING OF JAMES “GENTLEMAN JIM”CORBETT’S TRAINING QUARTERS AT CROLL’S GARDENS.

CROLL’S WAS A FROLICKING EPICENTER DURING THE GOLDEN YEARS OF NEPTUNE BEACH, KNOWN AS “THE CONEY ISLAND OF THE WEST”. THIS HISTORIC ESTABLISHMENT CONTINUES TO OFFER AN ATMOSPHERE OF JUBILATION WITH THE FINEST LIBATIONS FOR VISITORS TO THIS DAY.

ORIGINAL DEDICATION FEBRUARY 23, 1980
XSNGH GENO FAMBRINI
REDEDICATED JUN 24, 2023
JOAQUIN MURRIETA
CHAPTER 13
E CLAMPUS VITUS