Walnut Creek, California.
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The first passenger train rolled into Walnut Creek in 1891. Southern Pacific built the train depot later that year on a site that was across the creek (now under Broadway) and close to this plaza. The depot was converted to commercial uses and relocated in 1972.
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The first passenger train rolled into Walnut Creek in 1891. Southern Pacific built the train depot later that year on a site that was across the creek (now under Broadway) and close to this plaza. The depot was converted to commercial uses and relocated in 1972.(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
One of the first open-air malls, Broadway Shopping Center was built on undeveloped land at Main Street (Highway 21) and Mt. Diablo Boulevard (Highway 24). The 38-store center had Sears and J.C. Penny, a Lucky grocery store, and 1,500 free parking spaces.
In the 1880s, this was the rear yard of Antonio Botelho's stately home. Botelho owned more than 300 acres of farm land south of town, and the home - originally a hotel - fronted on the main road to Alamo (today's Main Street).
A popular café for more than 20 years, Kitty Milk Bar was particularly renowned for its ice cream and donuts. The café took its name from the nickname of the proprietor's sister, Catherine.
Local Episcopalians built St. Paul's Chapel on this lot in 1889. In 1950, St. Paul's built a new church up the hill. Wanting to save the treasured chapel, church members "trundled" the sturdy redwood building to the new church site, where it still stands.
Takes name from creek where noted buffalo hunter and scout Billy Dixon established first dugout home on High Plains, 1874.
By 1700 the Comanches had acquired the horse and began moving into this area. They drove out the Jicarilla Apaches, and their raids on New Mexico's eastern frontier posed a threat to Indian, Spanish and Anglo settlements for over a century. The Comanches were finally defeated by the U.S. Army in 1874.
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La ciudad de León de Nagrando, fundad en 1524 por el Capitán de conquista Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, por órdenes de Pedro Arias de Ávila (Pedrarias Dávila - gobernador de Darién en Panamá). Se le bautizó con el nombre de León en alusión a la ciudad del mismo nombre en España, y denominada Capital de la Provincia de Nicaragua. 
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