California Highways

California Highways
Author: Ben Blow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 556
Release: 1920
Genre: California
ISBN:

Provides a wealth of information on early roads in California, illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs and numerous maps. Covers everything: The Bureau of Highways, the California Highway Commission, type of roads and construction, convict labor, maintenance, tree planting, camp sites, State highway routes, campaigning for good roads, etc. Specific specialized sections cover the elimination of the Bell Springs Grade; building the state highway up the Sacramento River Canyon; the Sacramento-Yolo Causeway; the Boulevard around San Francisco and San Pablo Bays; the San Juan Mountain and Zaca Canyon controversies; the Tejon-Castaic Ridge Route and the Colorado Desert, etc. --from dealer description.

Coastal California

Coastal California
Author: Jake Rajs
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0847861090

An unprecedented book showcasing the California coast via the Pacific Coast Highway and beyond. As America stands to the rest of the world, so stands California to America—a shining promise of endless possibility. California is both dream and reality. Coastal California is for anyone who has felt the lure of a Pacific sunset. From the physical beauty of Monterey to the grandeur of Southern California, photographer Jake Rajs displays his skillful command of capturing the coastline and Pacific Ocean in every season and the land that is affected by it. Including such locations as Redwood National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, Sausalito, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, and Pacific Palisades, Coastal California is sure to be the gift book of the year for those who feel the rush of the Pacific Coast Highway and those who just dream of it.

Highway 99

Highway 99
Author: Stan Yogi
Publisher: Great Valley Books
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2007
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN:

From the myths of the Yokuts Indians, to stories and poems by famous contemporary writers, this anthology showcases the best literature of Californias Great Central Valley, and provides a rich view of the regions physical and emotional landscape

California's Highway Problem

California's Highway Problem
Author: California. Legislature. Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets and Bridges
Publisher:
Total Pages: 664
Release: 1947
Genre: Roads
ISBN: