Reviews for Southold, New York (Images of America Series)

The average rating for Southold, New York (Images of America Series) based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-12-09 00:00:00 Ivan Velez My local library branch has a great selection of local history books. One of the books I recently read wasSan Leandro by Cynthia Vrilakas Simons. San Leandro is to the north west of where I live. It's a small city tucked up against the unicorporated neighborhoods of Castro Valley and San Lorenzo and the cities of Hayward and Oakland. While I know that backyard farming, including raising chickens, still goes on in San Leandro, I hadn't appreciated it's rich agricultural past. The city at one point was the cherry capital of California and that's reflected still on the city's seal. Along with the agriculture, San Leandro was also the home of Holt tractors which became Caterpillar. Holt's machines were instrumental in the construction of a number of local landmarks, like the Golden Gate Bridge.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-12-15 00:00:00 Josh Pritch I really enjoyed this book -- I thought it was so much better than some of the other Images of America books, partially because the authors often said what was currently on sites shown (like saying "Now 36th Street," or "Now a chain grocery store sits there"), which gave good geographical references. 4.5 stars