Ardith Draeger describes how Orinda/Moraga streets were named

Name/Title

Ardith Draeger describes how Orinda/Moraga streets were named

Scope and Content

This is an original audio interview with a long time Orinda resident and developer Ardith Draeger about the naming of Orinda streets. Streets discussed: Ivy Drive (short for Inland Valley); Ardith Drive/Ardith Draeger; Draeger Drive (Moraga)/Frank Draeger; Rheem Blvd/Don Rheem; Martha Road/Martha Breed (?); Glorietta Blvd; Robert Road/Robert Hudson; Woodland Road/Frank Wood; Hall Road/Herbert Hall; Laird Drive; Donald Rheem; Zander Drive/William Zander; Casa Orinda/Jack Snow/Snow Court; Sleepy Hollow (first post war development on the Village side of Orinda; street names were pulled from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving); Carpentier; the Moraga Company/James Irvine;

Oral History Details

Interviewee

Draeger, Ardith

Interviewer

Jenkins, Ann

Other Name

OHS-A-1997-2