The Liberty Bay

[N106 10]

Yes, I know. So soon since my last CJ. I am planning a similar history, with cities mostly the same. However, this region is even larger, and will have a harbor. Oh, and if you want to propose ideas for the CJ, propose them in the CPC(city planning commission) thread under Community Going-ons. Here's a link:

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=30&threadid=105671&enterthread=y

Table of Contents

Pg 1

Update 1: The beginning

Update 2: America's Mexican village

Update 3: Welcome to the west

Pg 2

Update 4: Fort Jackson: First CPC city

Update 5: Survey of 1867

Update 6: Gold Rush in Portsmouth

Update 7: Fort Jackson grows

Pg 3

Update 8: Jefferson is born!

Update 9: Bayview is built

Update 10: A Mormon settlement

Update 11: Jefferson and the railroad

Update 12: Portsmouth Harbor

Update 13: Fort Jackson booms

Update 14: "Little Jefferson"

Pg 4

Update 15: Wrapping up the 1880s with San Paso

Update 16: Portsmouth becomes civilized

Update 17: Jefferson's first building boom

Update 18: Wooden Fort Jackson

Update 19: Gay '90s Bayview

Update 20: Business in San Paso

Update 21: New London, Railroad Town

Pg 5

Update 22: A new town

Update 23: Portsmouth: College Town

Update 24: The Last Days of Old Jefferson

Update 25: Fort Jackson: Fire and Rebuilding

Update 26: Bayview in the New Century

Update 27: San Paso in the 1900s

Update 28: Farming in New London

Pg 6

Update 29: Bismark Creek and Total Isolation

Update 30: The Great Fire

Update 31: Implementing the Grand Plan in Portsmouth

Update 32: Scandal in Portsmouth

Update 33: Jefferson recovers

Update 34: The Big Three Emerge

Update 35: Fort Jackson in the 1910s

Update 36: San Paso and the automobile

Update 37: Bayview and the Lakes

Update 38: New London explodes

Update 39: Bismark, an end to isolation

Update 1: The beginning...

In the beginning, the bay was a large body of water surrounded by a forest. Liberty Bay was located in Northern California, along the Pacific coast. The bay formed a natural harbor. Native Americans have been living there since about 8000BC. Europeans first saw the area around 1600. In 1681, Father Sanos founded the San Eldorado es Lanos Mission by the coast. The mission was the only thing there for over a century.

In 1781, a local Spanish military unit founded a presido. It was surrounded by earthen walls, and had about 50 people by 1800. The presido Eldorado would eventually become the city of Portsmouth.

There was a small harbor in the presido that would eventually be replaced by a larger commercial port between 1865 and 1925.

The first store opened in the fledgling hamlet in 1841.

Upon the beginning of the Mexican-American war in 1846, the Presido Eldorado surrended to the Americans. It was promptly renamed Portsmouth.

The next year, the first hotel opened, the Portsmouth Hotel.

The biggest bank in Liberty Bay today is the Liberty Bank. Its beginnings were in 1849, as a small building, the first bank in the region.

The City Planning Commission was founded in 1848 as a government agency. That was the year that Liberty County was created. The CPC marked the first brick building in Portsmouth, and the beginning of city planning in the region.

By 1850, downtown consisted of a few stores surrounding the unofficial city center- the statue of Francisco Coronado.

Below is a map of Portsmouth in 1850. There were 203 people living in Portsmouth by then.

Fun fact: Before 1870, 90% of businesses in Portsmouth had all signs in Spanish. Spanish signs on businesses were still prominent as late as 1890.

By 1850, 344 people lived in the newly created Liberty County.

[GreekMan 246]

great start!!!! looking forward to more

VP GM

[Hawkeye9 0]

Hey nice start!!!

Lookin forward to more!!!

[zenmen5 0]

woot i can follow this one from the start now! I hope this one has no problems like liberty county, I loved jefferson!

[ironicepitome 0]

awesome, now lets have skyrocketing development with insainly huge skyscrapers. jk, not really, but wat if i am?

[SounderBruce 173]

Liberty Bay looks great! I'll get to work improving the roads...

[jimbo_jj 1]

Looks like a nice start. Great job with the antique look for the historical pics.

[edmonton_stinks 5]

The photoshopping does a great job of concealing the Maxis houses. You've done a great job with the paintings!

[chrissc94 1]

They say Third Times a Charm! Great start, I'll follow this one like your past two!

[Evillions 552]

Not meant to critize but there is cars in the pictures... Try to add cars that have horse drawn carriages or a Model T perhaps since this IS an 1800 to X American region. (X means whatever it is, possibly 2032 because a huge metor is going to hit Earth by a slim chance of 5.34% - 17.593%. But your choice...) Anywho, here we go again! (insert techno / hip hop intro music)

[Raysfan16 5]

Hey man. Nice start to the CJ.

Just a pointer though-the Mexican-American war is what you're looking for, not the Spanish-American war, which went from April to August 1898.

Also, is your map one of Eureka, California?

Good start and keep it up!

[Muck308 55]

Cool. Its always fun to watch a region grow from the very very beginning. Good start.

[bracra1 0]

wh00t comeback! can already tell its going to be great

[N106 10]

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WOW!!!  Record kickoff!  I love it!  Keep up the comment rate, everyone!

Update 2: America's mexican village

In 1851, the US established a governor's mansion near Portsmouth.

Two years later, the first schoolhouse was built.

Farming was the basis of the early economy.  Before 1900, about 95% of the regional exports were farm based.

Non-native decidious trees were planted throughout town in order to increase the "American" feel.  When the idea was proposed, it was rumored that all members of the mayor's meeting were drunk.  This also explained the passing of power to control parks and trees to the CPC after this tree planting project.

In 1856, the protestants took over the mission.  Two years later, a new catholic church was completed on the edge of town.

Portsmouth was growing fairly quickly.  Here was a view of western development by 1857.

Here is a photo of downtown in 1860.

By 1860, 917 people lived in Portsmouth.  Here is a map from the time.

By 1860, 1,404 lived in Liberty Bay.  Portsmouth was the only city there, and resembled a Mexican town over an American town.  Of course, my friends at the CPC will fix that in no time! 

[jimbo_jj 1]

Aerial shots in 1860?! Wow! Nice pic, too. Great photoshopping!

[danielcote 9]

I like it so far it's very juicy. It's just to bad the other one crashed and we were so close to ww2 too!

[jacqulina 162]

great start and intro my friend,first pics are nice too

[Korot 6]

Very nice updates! I only noticed this CJ today, so I couldn't reply sooner. Anyway, I hope that this time the CJ will last longer than the other ones.

Greetings,

Korot

BTW: Since update 2 is posted, shouldn't the sub-title be altered to reflect this?

[bracra1 0]

I'm going to try to comment on every update ! The CJ is amazing, keeps you interested. Are you photo shopping all of your pictures of what?

[SounderBruce 173]

Great work, N106!

[Ace_F15 16]

I always love a good old west like CJ. Very nice work, hope to see more!

[Raysfan16 5]

Oh, you surprised me with an update, cause the topic description is still on update 1.

Good stuff again, can't wait to see more!

[Hawkeye9 0]

Hey, nice update!!!

I especially like the seawalls that are used!!!

Lookin forward to more!!!

[830point35 8]

I like the historical aspect. I can't wait for Eisenhower.

[fabsies55 5]

looks, good nice effects n stuff, make sure not to use them too often though, but well done.

[N106 10]

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Update 3: Welcome to the west

By 1860, less than 1,000 people lived in Portsmouth.  However, the city was growing.  Also, some culture was beginning to arrive.  The first newspaper, the Portsmouth Courier, was founded in 1864.  At first, the Courier occupied the upper floor of Emma's Saloon on Main Street.

However, in 1869, the Courier moved into the new Courier Building, closer to the town center.

Here's the front page of the Courier from 1865.

The catholic church built a park in 1862, taking up an entire block.  It became known as Church Plaza.

Four years later, the mission built a plaza.

In 1868, the mayor's house was remodeled to have gas, plumbing, a small balcony, and be surrounded by oaks and maples.

The civil war did not directly affect Portsmouth.  However, there were approximately 12 people from the town who joined the Union and went east for the war, and were killed in combat.  In 1866, a cemetary was built in their honor.

In 1867, Thomas Freeman found gold in the nearby mountains.  He quickly staked a claim.  The gold rush began about a week later.  The next year, a local man sued Freeman for reasons based on racism and greed.  Freeman won because the other man appeared as a complete bully incapable of not outbursting with anger in court.  By early 1869, Freeman had become the wealthiest man in town, and built his mansion as the second and largest home in town.

The Liberty Bank started in 1849, and was founded by William Edwards, an early Anglo-American settler to arrive to Portsmouth.  18 years later, Edwards was quite rich off of the bank.  He built the first mansion in Portsmouth that year, and it would hold the record as the largest home there until the gold rush.

By 1870, 3,068 people lived in Portsmouth.  Over 1,000 of them had come during the gold rush over the last 3 years.  While the mayor was desperately trying to get word out in an attempt to make Portsmouth like San Francisco, he failed and only about 3,000 people would come as a result of the gold rush by the time it ended in 1872.
Questions and comments welcome!

[SounderBruce 173]

Great update! Hope to see more of the Courier!

[Korot 6]

When did they invite colour pictures? As I can't wait until we can see Portsmouth in full colour, without being messed up by a painter who failed the first class of art-school (it looks like that, it's how I paint(ed), and I never went to art-school). Oh, wait, you maid them yourself. Then I suggest to keep them clearer, more 'within in the lines.' Anyway, great update as usual.

[De Ja Vu 117]

Looks really nice and it's interesting to read the history a little bit!

[Sternkrieg72 0]

I always knew Bush would send someone after Lincoln!

This is looking really great N, and it seems like your having fun. That's the best part.