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John A. Stones California Songster

Elizabeth Thacher Kent

 • ... that the 1985 Pacific Conference Games, held at Edwards Stadium in Berkeley, was the fifth and final Pacific Conference Games between Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States?
 • ... that California Gold Rush song collector John A. Stone composed Sweet Betsy from Pike? (songbook pictured)
 • ... that during the Cold War Fort Cronkhite was used to house soldiers of the nearby SF-88 Nike Missile launch site?
 • ... that Elizabeth Thacher Kent (pictured) helped create the Muir Woods National Monument by donating land to the government?
 • ... that Mountain View based Made In Space, Inc.'s 3D Zero-G Printer was the first manufacturing device in space?
 • ... that Marsh Creek State Park was named for John Marsh, the first non-Hispanic European to settle in what is now Contra Costa County?

February 2015