Croll's Boxing Gardens Poster T-shirt Local folk heroes - Oyster

Local folk heroes - Oyster Pirates in Alameda

Bay Area native Sam Arena shattered the 200-mile speed record when he roared across the finish line on his WLDR Harley Davidson at the 200 mile Pacific Coast Championships held at the Oakland Speedway on November 27th 1936

Crowds of over 100

along with his son-in-law Otto Schinkel Jr

tracts of land were purchased which became the foundation for California’s Redwood State Parks

Croll's Boxing Gardens Poster T-shirt Local folk heroes - OysterCrolls Boxing Gardens 18" x 24" Poster Scores of clever boxers are headed toward San Francisco in search of matches now that the Eastern game is killed San Francisco Call, February, 1901. The boxing pavilion at Crolls Gardens in Alameda, California, was one of the worlds best known training places for famous pugilists. Champions trained at Crolls as far back as 1889. Bob Fitzsimmons, James J. Corbett, Terry McGovern and Jack Demsey were just a few of