In 1997, Ruth Quayle Boone bequeathed the 16-acre Boone family farm known as Forest Home Farms, at 19953 San Ramon Valley Boulevard, to the City of San Ramon for use as a municipal historic park in memory of her husband, Travis Moore Boone. After Ruth Boone’s death in 1998 at the age of 94, the […]
History of the San Ramon Branch Line
1891-1978
Information taken from San Ramon Branch Line of the Southern Pacific by Irma M. Dotson.
Arrival of the Railroad
America’s Golden Age of Railroads began in the late nineteenth century. California’s first railroad was built in Sacramento in 1856 and the transcontinental line was completed when the “Golden Spike” […]
The Railroad Comes To the San Ramon Valley
Written by Beverly Lane, based on the book by Irma M. Dotson, “San Ramon Branch of the Southern Pacific”.
One hundred years ago California was railroad country. In 1869 the Golden Spike celebration commemorated the fact that rails stretched across the entire country. Small farming community leaders believed […]
This information comes from the Museum of the San Ramon Valley in 2001.
For untold centuries people have lived in the San Ramon Valley. They built their homes by the creeks, hunted in the valley and worshipped on the Mountain.
The First People
Today we call these first people Indians or Native Americans. While little information […]
Written by Beverly Lane with thanks to Thelma Smith, Virgie V. Jones. Bill Fereira and Roxanne Wiedemann Lindsay. Underwritten by the City of San Ramon
A Community Begins.
Today San Ramon is a dynamic young city, one of California’s outstanding urban villages. It has a variety of homes, parks and stores and a […]
There are many historic places in the San Ramon Valley which provide great family outings. Here are ten locations in the valley which you might enjoy visiting, all recommended by the Museum of the San Ramon Valley.
For a glimpse of PREHISTORIC SAN RAMON VALLEY, come to the Museum at 205 Railroad Avenue in Danville […]
Once again, the City of San Ramon qualified for the “Best Workplace for Commutersâ€? for 2004. This means that the City met the National Standard of Excellence for commuter benefits, thereby cutting traffic and air pollution and improving our overall health and quality of life. Established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the […]
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