Benicia station is a former train station in Benicia, California. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017 as Benicia Southern...
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Benicia (/bəˈniːʃə/ bə-NEE-shə, Spanish: [beˈnisja]) is a city in Solano County, California, located on the north bank of the Carquinez Strait in the...
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SolTrans (redirect from Benicia Breeze)
cities of Vallejo and Benicia. SolTrans was established in 2011 and is the result of a merger between Vallejo Transit and Benicia Breeze. In 2023, the...
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Pony Express (redirect from Smith's Creek Station)
Interstate 680, then California Route 24, took the mail by horseback through Benicia, California. This route would then cross the Carquinez Strait via ferry...
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The Benicia Arsenal (1851–1964) and Benicia Barracks (1852–66) were part of a large military reservation located next to Suisun Bay in Benicia, California...
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Benicia Capitol State Historic Park is a state park in Benicia, California, United States. The park is dedicated to California's third capitol building...
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Benicia State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, United States, protecting tidal wetland. It is located in the Solano County city of...
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the Californian government moved to neighboring Benicia, named in honor of Gen. Vallejo's wife Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo. The Mare Island Naval Shipyard...
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City Park is a public park in Benicia, California, that features a bus station served by SolTrans. It is the site of the first Protestant church in California:...
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USS Benicia was a screw sloop in the United States Navy during the late 19th century. She was named for Benicia, California. Benicia was launched 18 August...
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line from Benicia to Fairfield, where it connected with the California Pacific Railroad to Sacramento. A train ferry was operated between Benicia and Port...
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Valero Energy (category Gas stations in the United States)
U.S. In 2000, Valero purchased the Benicia, California, refinery and interest in 350 Exxon-branded service stations in California, mainly in the San Francisco...
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Martinez, California (category Pony Express stations)
from Martinez to Benicia, which for many years was the only crossing on the Carquinez Strait. By 1849, Martínez served as a way station for the California...
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Benicia city limits. Between 10:15–30 p.m., a passing motorist noticed the couple parked on a gravel runoff near the gate to a water pumping station....
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Mills College at Northeastern University (category Benicia, California)
system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was relocated to Oakland in 1871 and became the second...
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in their official names. The first municipalities to incorporate were Benicia and San Jose on March 27, 1850, while the most recent was Oakley on July...
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Railroad, that carried entire trains across the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Port Costa in California daily for 51 years, from 1879 to 1930. When...
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She was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay, Benicia, Calif., on 24 January 1958. On 11 August 1960 she was transferred to the...
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through the new branch from Port Costa, via the railroad ferry Solano to Benicia, across the Suisun Marsh to Suisun City, putting the region directly on...
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the National Park Service. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1997. Benicia Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger...
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Diego Naval Station until September 2006, when it was relocated with the Hughes Mining Barge to the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California....
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of Benicia and Martinez, six miles upstream from the bridge site. Auto service started on this route in 1913. A train ferry operated between Benicia and...
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John C. Heenan (category People from Benicia, California)
John Camel Heenan (May 2, 1834 – October 28, 1873), also known as the Benicia Boy, was an American bare-knuckle prize fighter. Though highly regarded...
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Francisco MobiTV – Emeryville TubeMogul – Emeryville Dunlop Manufacturing – Benicia E-mu Systems – Scotts Valley Saga Musical Instruments – South San Francisco...
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Honor citation reads: On board the USS Benicia in action against Korean forts on 9 and 10 June 1871. Stationed at the lead in passing the forts, Andrews...
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Indian Museum State Historic Park Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park Benicia Capitol State Historic Park Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park Bodie State...
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California Zephyr (section Stations)
the San Pablo Bay, with stops in Sacramento and Davis. It crosses the Benicia Bridge and has stops in Martinez and Richmond, where BART provides connections...
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Territory, until August, 1862. Ordered to San Francisco August 15 and duty at Benicia Barracks until March, 1863. Ordered to Camp Drum March 1, and duty there...
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Capitol Corridor (section Infill stations)
June 1 and Auburn service restored. Infill stations have been proposed along the route at Hercules, Benicia,[citation needed] and Dixon. The Capitol Corridor...
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Asiatic Squadron (redirect from Asiatic Station)
screw frigate USS Colorado, the screw sloops-of-war USS Alaska and USS Benicia, the sidewheel gunboat USS Monocacy, and the screw tug USS Palos. The objective...
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