January 1871: City government moves into new city hall
1871: Oakland Railroad Long Wharf opens
1871: Mills Women's Seminary opens in Oakland, later to become Mills College
1872: Water pipes laid in Oakland streets
21 February 1874: First issue of The Oakland Evening Tribune published
30 May 1874: Local option election won by temperance movement, saloons closed for business. (The saloons later re-opened after a higher court struck down the law.)
27 May 1876: Anti-Chinese "anti-Coolie" club agitates residents of Chinatown; Oakland police chief cordons off area to minimize clashes
28 May 1877: Oakland policemen given uniforms
01 April 1878: First telephone switchboard installed on Broadway
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