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Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA

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Wikipedia 2017:

Concord is the largest city in Contra Costa County, California. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 122,067 making it the 8th largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1869 as the community of Todos Santos by Salvio Pacheco, the name was changed to Concord within months. The city is a major regional suburban East Bay center within the San Francisco Bay Area, and is 29 miles (47 kilometres) east of San Francisco.

History:

The valleys north of Mount Diablo were inhabited by the Miwok people, who hunted elk and fished in the numerous streams flowing from the mountain into the San Francisco Bay. In 1772, Spanish explorers began to cross the area, but did not settle there. In 1834 the Mexican land grant Rancho Monte del Diablo at the base of Mount Diablo was granted to Salvio Pacheco (for whom the nearby town of Pacheco is named).

Concord was founded under the name of Todos Santos ("all saints"; a name still borne by the central city plaza and park between Willow Pass Road and Salvio Street), on the initiative of Pacheco in 1869. It achieved prominence in the 19th century as a result of most residents of Pacheco relocating to Concord to avoid the devastation of fire and flood which crippled Pacheco's formerly booming economy. Concord was incorporated on February 5, 1905.

The area around Concord in the surrounding Ygnacio and Clayton Valleys was a large agricultural area. Crops that were grown included grapes, walnuts, wheat, hay, and even tomatoes. The area to the east (now the site of the Concord Naval Weapons Station) was the site of a few enormous wheat ranches over 5,000 acres (20 km2), and was almost a sea of wheat all the way to the marshes bordering Suisun Bay. During Prohibition, many vineyards were removed and replaced with walnut orchards. The town of Cowell, now incorporated into Concord, produced cement.

The first Concord post office opened in 1872.

The munitions on board a Navy cargo ship exploded while being loaded during World War II, resulting in the largest number of casualties among African Americans in any one incident during that war. On the evening of July 17, 1944 a massive explosion instantly killed 320 sailors, merchant seamen and civilians working at the pier. The blast was felt 30 miles away. A subsequent refusal by 258 black sailors to load any more ammunition was the beginning of the Navy's largest-ever mutiny trial in which 50 men were found guilty. Future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall sat in on most of the proceedings and declared that he saw a prejudiced court.

Tod

Treffer 1 bis 9 von 9

	Nachname, Taufnamen	Tod		Personen-Kennung
1	Brehm, Evelyn Frieda	6 Aug 1976	Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA	I94663
2	Clark, Donald George Sr.	7 Okt 1958	Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA	I35790
3	Green, Dorothy Ruth	16 Mai 1972	Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA	I63565
4	Hertz, Kenneth Charles	2 Feb 1980	Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA	I94662
5	Hochhalter, Adolph	25 Jan 1953	Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA	I56714
6	Kvarme, Arvid M.	19 Jan 2001	Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA	I31146
7	Ochsner, Emma Magdalena	19 Okt 1973	Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA	I10289
8	Pope, Cecilla Ann	8 Jan 1994	Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA	I12729
9	Schmierer, Albert	1 Mai 1999	Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA	I106228

Eheschließung

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	Familie	Eheschließung		Familien-Kennung
1	Kent / Smith	3 Apr 1957	Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA	F11947
2	Zehren / Ulmer	28 Jun 1947	Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA	F11940