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La Fayette
From Rancho to Suburb

A pictorial history of the
City of Lafayette

By Sandy Kimball
Joan Merryman, Picture Editor
Richard Lloyd, Book Design

Published by the Lafayette Historical Society
Post Office Box, 133 Lafayette, California

To
Fern Powell Davis
Archivist
Lafayette Historical Society

Table of Contents

Preface
Indian Country
Mexican Ranchos
American Speculators
Yankee Settlers
Early Days
The Farmers
Village Life
From Wagon Roads to City Highways
School Days
House of Worship
The Leisure Life
Historic Houses
The Changing Pace
The Town
The City
References

An entire Mexican land grant and portions of four others once occupied the rolling hills and sunny valleys now within the borders of the modern city of Lafayette.

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