HISTORICAL TRIVIA
.........................Flagpole. Undoubtedly
..the best known landmark in Livermore
is
..the tail wooden flagpole at the
intersection
..of First Street and South Livermore
Ave-
..nue, The Fourth of July committee
decid-
..ed on the size pole they wanted
in 1.905 and
..purchased a tall Oregon pine pole,
126 feet
..long and about 18 inches in diameter
at the
..base. It was picked up from a
company in
..San Francisco for the sum of $207.
It was
..then painted, sunk into the ground
and
..dedicated on Admission Day, Saturday,
..Sept. 9, 1905.
..When installed it was 116 feet
above
..ground. The committee determined
a 21
..x 40 foot flag would be needed
to fit the
..pole's great height. Many years
later the
..pole was trimmed by 14 feet and
moved a
..few yards south to its present,
safer loca-
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HISTORICAL TRIVIA cont.
..tion. It had been hit by vehicles
61 times
..between 1931 and 1972, according
to
..records kept by the late Police
Chief
..Michelis.
..Livermore Landmarks Tour.
There are
..several monuments, landmarks and
points
..of historical interest that people
could visit
..in one day or on a weekend in
the Liver-
..more area. Starting at the Robert
Liver-
..more monument in Portola Park
you can
..read the plaque on the plain cement
base
..(the original monument was across
the
..street a quarter mile to the west,
construct-
..ed of native California stone
in the shape
..of a high-backed chair nine feet
tall and
..nine feet wide. It was dedicated
May 12,
..1935 and contained a time capsule.
When
..it was torn down by the city in
the mid-
..1970s the capsule was buried under
the
..new cement version).
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