Pleasanton, California: A Brief History

Pleasanton is known today as the City of Planned Progress, home to tech companies, grand houses and the Alameda County Fairgrounds. A century and a half ago, however, it was little more than an idea—a real estate project in the Bay Area backwater conceived to profit from the railroad's advance through the Amador-Livermore Valley. Discover Pleasanton's evolution from open range to a thriving modern city. From the Ohlone encounter with the Spanish to the city's formal incorporation and beyond...