1890’s: First Major Expansion

• Southern Pacific Railroad crosses southwest edge of town.
• Blum and Wittenmeyer survey/establish major new town addition between Southern Pacific and original town.
• New “Victorian” Concord School (initially a grammar school, then a combined grammar and high school) built between Willow Pass Road and Salvio Street in 1892.
• Odd Fellows Hall (IOOF) building moved from Pacheco to site on corner of Salvio and Colfax Streets in 1896.
• The Martinez-Pacheco-Clayton stagecoach line makes stops at the Henry Ivey Livery Stable on Salvio St.

1900’s: Offically “Concord” and Residential Expansion Occurs

• Town of Concord officially incorporated with State (1905). Blacksmith Joseph Boyd becomes first mayor.
• Mount Diablo Union High School Campus opens in 1905. It would become longest continually operating large high school in California.
• Oakland & Antioch Electric Railroad crosses northeast side of town.
• Residential land development begins.
• Streets graveled/paved. Sewers installed. Saloon operations curtailed.