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Adams Point Named After Edson Adams, Who Once Owned It All

By Countermaster
According to the blog Oakland Geology, Adams Point, which is boardered by Grand Avenue, Harrison, 1-580, and Oakland Avenue -- forming a kind of weird triangle, was named after Edson Adams, who was one of the first land owner / squatters in Oakland.

There's your trivia for today.
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