It was located east of the settlement which eventually became Livermore.[1]
History
Alphonso Ladd settled in the Sunol Valley in 1850.[2] After preempting some land[2] he established a hotel in 1855,[1] and the community that grew up surrounding the hotel became Laddville.[1] A saloon was opened, and then in 1865 a store followed.[2] Both a private school and, subsequently, a public school were opened in 1866.[2] In 1868, a general store, restaurant, and livery stable were established.[2] After 1868, Laddsville grew quickly.[2]
Ladd's original hotel had burned down in 1867.[2] When the railroad was built through the Livermore Valley in August 1869,[3][4] the station was placed west of Laddville near the nascent Livermore.[1] Laddsville was almost entirely destroyed by a fire in 1871,[2] and the businesses within were merged into Livermore,[5] whose city limits later grew to include its former location.[1]
^ abcdeDurham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 655. ISBN1-884995-14-4.
^ abcdefghBaker, Joseph Eugene; Past and Present of Alameda County, California, Volume 1;p.441;[1]
^"Western end of the railroad". cdnc.ucr.edu. Stockton Independent, Volume XVII, Number 11, 13 August 1869. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^"The railroad". cdnc.ucr.edu. Stockton Independent, Volume XVII, Number 16, 19 August 1869. Retrieved 31 December 2019. The track of the Western Pacific Railroad was laid to Laddsville yesterday, by a party working eastward.
