The society of Oakland Pioneers was an organization active in the 1920s, open to anyone who lived in Oakland for fifty years. "The serious object of the society is stated to be to collect and preserve information relating to early settlers and the history of the city of Oakland."1 In the early 1920s the Oakland Tribune printed an article called "Ye Olden Oakland Days", with material contributed by the Oakland Pioneers. (Note, contrary to popular usage, "ye" is pronounced "the".) The articles appeared in Sunday editions of the Tribune.
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The articles can be hard to find, because modern optical character recognition does not recognize the hand-drawn header.
Clippings of the known instances of Ye Olden Oakland Days
If you find any that are missing, please contribute them here. They can be hard to find. They did not always occur in the same section of the paper, and are not present in some Sunday editions.
| Date | Clipping Subject & URL (if not yet transcribed) | Transcription | Comment |
| 7/4/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 7/4/1920
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First one I could find; fresh water springs, bridge to Goat Island, reunions |
| 7/11/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 7/11/1920 | Mountain View Cemetery |
| 7/18/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 7/18/1920 | flower shows, exposition, pavilion |
| 7/25/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 7/25/1920 | First article attributed to an author; remembrances of John S. Gilmore, 1860s, university, brewery, baseball |
| 8/1/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 8/1/1920 | train wreck 1869, wharf broke, ship building |
| 8/8/1920 |
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Luis Maria Peralta, towns, Moses Chase, Carpentier, Moon, Adams | |
| 8/22/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 8/22/1920 | Ye Olden Days (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers) George Potter, nursery |
| 8/29/1920 |
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Agricultural Pavilion by William "Billy" Blote | |
| 9/5/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 9/5/1920 | Getting water, getting into the circus, by Billy Blote |
| 9/26/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 9/26/1920 | Games and pranks, by Billy Blote |
| 10/3/1920 |
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HENRY PAUL CORDES | |
| 10/10/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 10/10/1920 | Native Americans, Spaniards, Americans in Oakland OAKLAND'S BEGINNINGS By Chas. G. Reed |
| 10/17/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 10/17/1920 | Patten, Chase, Clinton, San Antonio, Lynn, Brooklyn By Charles G. Reed |
| 10/24/1920 |
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House-movers in Oakland, Marshall Curtiss, by Billy Blote | |
| 10/31/1920 |
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OAKLAND'S BEGINNINGS (No. 3) BY CHARLES G. REED | |
| 11/7/1920 |
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OAKLAND'S BEGINNINGS (NO. 4) BY CHAS. G. REED | |
| 11/14/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 11/14/1920 | OAKLAND'S FIRST RAILROAD (NO. 1) By M. T. DUSINBURY |
| 11/21/1920 |
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OAKLAND'S FIRST RAILROAD (No. 2) By M. T. Dusinbury | |
| 11/28/1920 |
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OAKLAND EARLY DAYS (NO. 5) BY CHAS. G. REED | |
| 12/5/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 12/5/1920 | Election fraud in 1854 Mayor race, Alameda Express, fire & school departments OAKLAND IN EARLY DAYS (NO. 6) BY CHAS. G. REED (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers) |
| 12/12/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 12/12/1920 | Old Man Hogan, Henry Vrooman, Hutchinson's Nursery - Billy Blote |
| 12/19/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 12/19/1920 | Oakland in Early Days - CONTRIBUTED BY OAKLAND PIONEERS - NO. 21 - Oakland in Early Days (No. 7) by Chas. G. Reed |
| 12/26/1920 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 12/26/1920 | Billy Fireball and seasons (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 22) |
| 1/2/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 1/2/1921 | OAKLAND IN EARLY DAYS (NO. 8) BY CHAS G. REED Broadway Wharf and the First Public School |
| 1/9/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 1/9/1921 | OAKLAND'S FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL - (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 24) - Oakland in Early Days (No. 9). By Chas. G. Reed |
| 1/16/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 1/16/1921 | WILD GAME IN EARLY DAYS. (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 25.) |
| 1/23/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 1/23/1921 | OAKLAND'S FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL - Oakland in Early Days (No. 10) by Chas. G. Reed - (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 26) |
| 1/30/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 1/30/1921 | OAKLAND BUSINESS HOUSES IN 1854 (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 27) |
| 2/6/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 2/6/1921 | Oakland in Early Days (No. 11) By Chas. G. Reed WATERFRONT MATTERS (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 28) |
| 2/13/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 2/13/1921 | POSTMASTERS AND POSTOFFICES (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers No. 29) |
| 2/20/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 2/20/1921 | EARLY DAY NOTES (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 30) |
| 2/27/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 2/27/1921 | Oops, two number 30s in a row. This should have been 31, see next edition. WATERFRONT MATTERS (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 30) Oakland in Early Days (No. 12) by Chas. G. Reed |
| 3/6/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 3/6/1921 | EARLY DAY DRYGOODS STORES by J. S. Gilmore (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 32) |
| 3/13/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 3/13/1921 | EARLY DAY DRYGOODS STORES (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 33) By J. S. GILMORE (Continued) |
| 3/20/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 3/20/1921 | EARLY DAY DRYGOODS STORES By J. S Gilmore No. 34 |
| 3/27/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 3/27/1921 | EARLY DAY DRYGOODS STORES By J. S. Gilmore (Concluded) (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 35) |
| 4/3/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 4/3/1921 | HOW MOTHER PAID FOR THE HOUSE (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 36) By Robt. T. Donovan |
| 4/10/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 4/10/1921 | UNCLE FRED AND HIS BIG GAME - Billie Blote (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 37) |
| 4/17/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 4/17/1921 | WATERFRONT AND FERRY CONTROVERSY No. 38 |
| 5/1/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 5/1/1921 | WATER FRONT MATTERS Oakland in Early Days (No. 14) by Chas. G. Reed No. 39 |
| 5/22/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 5/22/1921 | AROUND TOWN WITH THE BOYS IN EARLY DAYS (NO. 4) (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 40.) |
| 5/29/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 5/29/1921 |
SOME REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 41) By Robt. T. Donovan |
| 6/5/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 6/5/1921 | MELONS, SALLY HART AND THE FAKIRS (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 42) Unattributed, but that is Billy Blote's style, so I'm attributing it to him. |
| 6/12/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 6/12/1921 | OAKLAND'S FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE By Chas. G. Reed (No. 15) (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 43) |
| 7/17/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 7/17/1921 | Note the five week gap. It doesn't appear any were missed, but correct me if I'm wrong. There's no title for this one, but a summary could be; a boy's memories of Oakland. It's also not attributed, but I believe this fits in the AMONG THE BOYS IN EARLY DAYS series by Robert T. Donovan, and it has the same voice. |
| 7/31/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 7/31/1921 |
AMONG THE BOYS IN THE EARLY DAYS (NO. 3) By Robert T. Donovan No. 45 |
| 8/7/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 8/7/1921 | (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No 46) 'statistics as to present membership' |
| 8/21/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 8/21/1921 | OLD COLLEGE BOYS AND ST. PATRICK'S DAY By HENRY MALOON No. 47 (Note: two week gap, numbers remain consistent however.) |
| 8/28/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 8/28/1921 |
How the Oakland Pioneers Started. By R. J. Cavasso No. 49, There should be a #48, but I have been unable to find it. This is in fact the 49th, if you count up to this occurrence. |
| 9/4/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 9/4/1921 |
THE CREEK ROUTE IN EARLY DAYS (NO. 1) By Henry Maloon |
| 9/11/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 9/11/1921 |
THE CREEK ROUTE IN EARLY DAYS (NO. 2) By Henry Maloon (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 51) |
| 9/18/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 9/18/1921 | LOWER BROADWAY IN EARLY DAYS (NO. 1) By Henry Maloon (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 52) |
| 9/25/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 9/25/1921 |
LOWER BROADWAY IN EARLY DAYS (NO. 2) By Henry Maloon (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 53) |
| 10/2/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 10/2/1921 | FOURTEENTH AND BROADWAY IN EARLY DAYS No. 54 By Henry Maloon |
| 10/9/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 10/9/1921 | THREE OF THE OLD TIMERS No. 55 By Miss Nolan |
| 10/16/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 10/16/1921 |
THE BLAKE SEMINARY PARTY By Chas. G. Reed (No. 14) No. 56 |
| 10/23/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 10/23/1921 |
CHINATOWN IN EARLY DAYS By William E. ("Billie") Blote (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers, No. 57) |
| 10/30/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 10/30/1921 | THE CREEK FERRIES OF EARLY DAYS By Henry Maloon, No. 1 (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 58) |
| 11/6/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 11/6/1921 | THE CREEK FERRIES OF EARLY DAYS (No. 2) By Henry Maloon |
| 11/13/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 11/13/1921 | THE CREEK FERRIES OF EARLY DAYS (No. 3) By Henry Maloon No. 60 (Continued from last Sunday) |
| 11/20/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 11/20/1921 | HARDY'S WOODS AND THE OLD SWIMMING HOLES By William E. Blote (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 61) |
| 11/27/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 11/27/1921 | Crofutt's Transcontinental Tourist's Guide 1872 No. 62 |
| There should be a #63, but I have been unable to find it. Perhaps it's because of this: OAKLAND PIONEER RAIL MAN DIES Myron T. Dusinbury Oakland Pioneers | |||
| 12/11/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 12/11/1921 | How Oakland Looked in 1872 No. 64 No. 2 - Continued from Nov. 27th. |
| 12/18/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 12/18/1921 | OAKLAND'S FIRST RAILROAD No. 65 - this is a reprint of Ye Olden Oakland Days - 11/14/1920 and Ye Olden Oakland Days - 11/21/1920 following the death of Myron T. Dusinbury |
| 12/25/1921 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 12/25/1921 | AMUSEMENT GARDENS IN EARLY DAYS No. 66 (By Wm. E. "Billie" Blote) |
| 1/1/1922 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 1/1/1922 | AMUSEMENT GARDENS IN EARLY DAYS (No. 2) (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 67) Billie Blote |
| 1/15/1922 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 1/15/1922 |
No. 69 statistics present membership. There should have been a 1/8/1922 entry numbered No. 68, but notice that we have two No. 71's after this. |
| 1/29/1922 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 1/29/1922 | BADGER'S PARK No. 71 By William E. Blote |
| 2/5/1922 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 2/5/1922 | Poems No. 71 |
| 2/12/1922 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 2/12/1922 | OLD BUILDINGS - SOME CORRECTIONS By Chas. G. Reed No. 73 |
| 2/19/1922 |
Early Day Business Houses No. 74 |
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| 2/26/1922 |
A TRAVELER SEES OAKLAND IN 1876 No. 76 |
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| 3/5/1922 |
BLAIR'S PARK No. 76 |
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| 3/12/1922 |
Tragic End of Oakland's First Policeman By Henry Maloon No. 77 |
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| 3/19/1922 |
HOW OAKLAND LOOKED FIFTY YEARS AGO No. 78 |
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| 3/26/1922 |
AN OLD GUARDS' EXCURSION (NO. 1) By Henry Maloon No. 79 |
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| 4/2/1922 |
AN OLD GUARD'S EXCURSION (NO. 2) (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 80) By Henry Maloon |
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| 4/9/1922 |
THE EARLY-DAY RAT PIT. By William E. Blote No. 81 |
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| 4/16/1922 |
FIRST SETTLEMENT IN OAKLAND Contributed by Oakland Pioneers (No. 82) |
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| 4/23/1922 |
AN EARLY DAY TRIP TO MT. DIABLO No. 83 |
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| 5/7/1922 |
THE TURN-TABLE SCRAP By William E. Blote No. 84 |
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| 5/28/1922 |
HORSES AND EARLY STREET CARS By Miss Camille Nolan (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 85) |
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| 6/4/1922 |
A FEW EARLY DAY NOTES By Miss Camille Nolan No. 86 |
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| 6/11/1922 |
THE BLAKE SEMINARY BLOCK By Henry Maloon No. 87 |
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| 6/18/1922 |
HOW COL. FITCH NEARLY BOUGHT OAKLAND |
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| 7/16/1922 |
HISTORY OF THE OLD SQUATTER GUN By Henry Maloon No. 89 (Continued from last Sunday) |
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| 7/30/1922 |
SAN FRANCISCO BAY IN 1835. From Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast" (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers No. 90) |
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| 8/13/1922 |
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AMONG THE OAKLAND REDWOODS IN EARLY DAYS (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers, No. 91) | |
| 8/20/1922 |
The following reference to our city is from the "Tourists' Illustrated Guide," by Major Ben C. Truman, published in 1884 No. 93 |
Looks like we skipped No. 92. | |
| 8/27/1922 |
SOME ANECDOTES OF EARLY-DAY LAWYERS No. 94 Jos. B. de las Casas |
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| 9/3/1922 |
UP BROADWAY IN 1863 No. 95 |
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| 9/24/1922 |
MANUFACTURING IN OAKLAND 42 YEARS AGO No. 96 |
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| 10/15/1922 |
DOWN BROADWAY IN 1863 By Wm. E. Blote No. 97 |
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| 10/22/1922 |
DOWN BROADWAY IN 1863 - NO. 3 By Wm. E. Blote Contributed by Oakland Pioneers No. 98 |
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| 11/5/1922 |
OAKLAND BUSINESS HOUSES IN 1866. No. 99 |
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| 11/19/1922 |
OAKLAND BUSINESS HOUSES IN 1866 (Continued) No. 100 |
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| 12/3/1922 |
IMPRESSIONS OF OAKLAND IN 1868 No. 101 |
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| 12/17/1922 |
OAKLAND GUARD TARGET SHOOTS. By Wm. E. Blote No. 102 |
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| 12/31/1922 |
COXEY AND KELLY'S ARMY IN OAKLAND By Wm. E. Blote (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 103) |
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| 1/28/1923 |
statistics membership No. 104 |
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| 2/4/1923 |
THE MAYORS OF OAKLAND 1852 TO 1923 (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers. No. 105) |
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| 3/4/1923 |
THOSE LIVELY PICNICS AT BADGER'S PARK By Wm. E. Blote Contributed by Oakland Pioneers, No. 106. |
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| 3/11/1923 |
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Ye Olden Oakland Days - 3/11/1923 | SOME OF OAKLAND'S EARLY DAY TWINS By Chas. G. Reed No. 107 |
| 3/18/1923 |
A HOT SUNDAY AT BADGER'S PARK By John S. Gilmore Contributed by Oakland Pioneers No. 108 |
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| 4/8/1923 |
THE OLD COLLEGE SCHOOL No. 109 |
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| 8/26/1923 |
Peralta, Galindo, Castro, Alvarado, Moraga, Estudillo, Alviso, Pacheco, Livermore Ye Olden Oakland Days TO BLOG |
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| 9/2/1923 |
OAKLAND'S FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 111) |
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| 9/9/1923 |
AN EARLY DAY SABBATH IN OAKLAND By REV. SAMUEL B. BELL No. 112 |
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| 9/16/1923 |
ANOTHER EARLY SABBATH IN OAKLAND By REV. SAML. B. BELL. (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers, No. 113) |
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| 9/23/1923 |
CHRISTENING THE NEW CITY. By REV. SAML. B. BELL. (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers No. 114) |
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| 9/30/1923 |
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EARLY DAY NOTES ON LINCOLN AVENUE. By REV. FRANKLIN RHODA (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers No. 115) | |
| 12/16/1923 |
AS FREMONT SAW OAKLAND IN 1846 No. 115 |
Oops, two No. 115's. | |
| 12/23/1923 |
OAKLAND AS HITTELL SAW IT IN 1874. Contributed by Oakland Pioneers No. 116. |
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| 3/9/1924 |
A SOUVENIR OF AN EARLY FOURTH OF JULY No. 117 |
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| 7/12/1925 |
OAKLAND SIXTY YEARS AGO No. 119 |
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| 3/21/1926 |
THE COMANCHE - A CIVIL WAR RELIC By Chas G. Reed (Contributed by Oakland Pioneers - No. 121) |
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| 4/5/1926 |
THE PASSING OF A PIONEER BUILDING By Charles G. Reed |
