..First Rodeo. The first
Livermore Rodeo
..was held over Independence Day
in 1918
..and in 1919 the Livermore Stockmen's
Ro
..deo Association was formed and
grand-
..stands built at a rodeo grounds
near where
..Sunken Gardens is today, at the
east end of
..Pacific Avenue.
..Street Lights. In 1888
the town got its first
..electric lights, including 11
arc lights on
..the street. These and a few gas
lamps re-
..placed the kerosene street lamps
which
..had been in use since 1879. In
1901 the
..first incandescent electric street
lights, 68
..of them, were furnished to the
town by
..the Livermore Water & Power
Co. at a rate
..of $1.50 each per month.
.."Aunt" Lizzie
Oliver. This lady lived in
..the first house built on what
is now named
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