Oyster Pirate T-Shirt Size:Medium This "iron road" linking the

This "iron road" linking the two sides of the North American Continent forever changed the direction of history and culture of the North American continent

000 inmates crowded into barracks surrounded by barbed wire

writing to his brother on the notion of a railroad to the Pacific

Jackie Robinson broke that barrier in 1947 when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers

Oyster Pirate T-Shirt Size:Medium This "iron road" linking theOyster Pirates in Alameda! Local Folk Heroes. In the late 19th century, the Southern Pacific Railroad leased out coastal land in the San Francisco bay to oyster farmers. Atlantic oysters were shipped across the country by rail and seeded in privately owned tidelands in the bay including the waters near Bay Farm Island. Oyster pirates would raid the shallow beds at night and sell their take at Oakland markets the next morning. For many in the general