tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614349165198514057.post8039887471905968874..comments2024-03-27T11:35:33.807-07:00Comments on Jerry's Brokendown Palaces: Freeborn Hall, UC Davis, 104 Freeborn Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CAJerry's Brokendown Palaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06451361448230329754noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614349165198514057.post-73254713915704318432011-12-21T14:58:06.138-08:002011-12-21T14:58:06.138-08:00Davis is most of the way to Sacramento from Oaklan...Davis is most of the way to Sacramento from Oakland, and Oakland to Sacramento was the Southern Pacific Railway Mainline. When Southern Pacific developed a line to Portland, OR, the North/South cutoff was at a place called Davisville, the location of the future Davis, CA. <br /><br />Since Southern Pacific was heavily invested in creating and encouraging new agricultural markets, the railroad essentially donated land at the Davisville cutoff for the University of California Agriculture Department. From 1909 onwards, the University of California Farm was at Davisville. The Berkeley professors had an easy rail ride to Davis, and in turn the trains could go up and down the main lines promoting new crops.<br /><br />In 1959, the University of California decided to add a new campus, and they chose to expand the Farm at Davis. Although UC Davis was "new" in 1959, in fact it had been part of the UC family for fifty years.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.com