Overview
The vibrant East Bay city of Hayward was named for William Hayward, a '49er and American squatter who endeared himself to Mexican landowner Guillermo Castro by making him a good pair of boots. With Castro's permission, William stayed to open Hayward's Hotel on what is now Main and A Streets. That fortuitous location, near the convergence of the eight tributaries forming San Lorenzo Creek, made the region a natural transportation hub between the bay and the fertile Livermore Valley. Stagecoach lines, a narrow-gauge railroad, and later modern transportation links encouraged more immigrants to settle. Today Hayward is a diverse city of almost 150,000 people, and home to a campus of the California State University.
- | Author: Robert Phelps
- | Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
- | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2004
- | Number of Pages: 130 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 1531615775
- | ISBN-13: 9781531615772
