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Clayton

CLAYTON MIWOK INDIANS INHABITED THIS VALLEY AT THE BASE OF MT DIABLO WHEN SPANISH EXPLORERS CAME IN THE 1770's. SCOUTS, TRAPPERS, PROSPECTORS AND SETTLERS FOLLOWED IN 1857 CLAYTON WAS FOUNDED...

    Joaquin Murrieta

    • re-re-re-rededicated

    Joe Clayton House

      Clayton Historical Society Museum

        To Rebuild the Museum Side Porches

        THE CLAYTON BUSINESS & COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Contributed $2,000 To Rebuild The Museum Side Porches In 1997

          Oak Bluffs Fishing Pier

            Pole Given Olofsson Family

            1907 Flagpole. Given By RAY OLOFSSON Restored By BOB HOVER Pole Given Olofsson Family By San Francisco Earthquake Refugees They Had Cared For. Presented To Museum July 4. 1976

              The Clayton Club

                The Eucalyptus Grove

                THE EUCALYPTUS GROVE JOEL CLAYTON OWNED THE PROPERTY FACING MORRIS STREET FROM 1857 TO 1870. HIS ESTATE SOLD THE LOTS TO J. H. KELLER IN 1877 WHO BUILT A HOUSE, SLAUGHTER HOUSE, BUTCHER SHOP, AND...

                  Blue Star Memorial By-Way (Contra Costa Blue Star Moms)

                    In Memory Of Eldora Hoyer

                    THIS FLAGPOLE IS A GIFT TO THE PEOPLE OF CLAYTON FROM THE HOYER FAMILY IN MEMORY OF ELDORA HOYER. DEDICATED FEBRUARY 2012 AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS CLAYTON'S UNOFFICIAL "FIRST LADY," ELDORA WAS...

                      Black Diamond Way

                        Nan Joy & Lawrence "Joe" Wallace

                        THIS WATER FOUNTAIN IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF NAN JOY& LAWRENCE "JOE" WALLACE They moved here in 1946. Nan & Joe were instrumental in getting water service to Clayton in 1949, allowing...

                          Officer John Paul Miller

                          OFFICER JOHN PAUL MILLER DUBLIN AREA At this location on November 16, 2007, at 9:26 pm, Officer Miller tragically lost his life in the line of duty. Officer Miller proudly served the residents of...

                            BANKS HUNTLEY BUILDING

                            BANKS HUNTLEY BUILDING ART DECO STYLEARCHITECTS JOHN AND DONALD PARKINSONBUILT 1930 DECLARED 1997HISTORIC CULTURAL MONUMENT NO. 631CITY OF LOS ANGELES CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION CULTURAL AFFAIRS...