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Photo courtesy of Benicia Historical Museum

Pictured: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries there were several tanneries on lower First Street in Benicia and Kullman-Salz was the largest. It was not just the largest leathery tannery in Benicia, but the largest on the Pacific Coast and, in 1903, an employer of 200 men. At least one of the owners was purportedly a millionaire. The tannery closed down around the time of the stock market crash of 1929 and the buildings remained empty for 20 years, by which time all had been destroyed by fire.

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David G. Farragut

Once commander of the Mare Island Naval Yard, Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801 - 1870) is famous in U.S. Navy tradition for his order at the battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil War: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead".

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