Roseville of the Past...
Local history is often neglected. We drive down streets, play in parks, walk into buildings named after someone from yesteryear and more times than not we have very little understanding as to the history behind it. Roseville's history is rich with detail. Tales of success and failure, acts of greed and acts of kindness, stories of love and jealousy fill the annuals of our towns past. This nano cache pales in comparison to the deeds the man who this park is named after did and begs a moment of your time to appreciate the good things he did for this town.
Dr. Bradford Woodbridge, a member of the original Board, was sworn in as mayor at this time [1912], a position he was to occupy almost continuously until his retirement from the Board of Trustees. During his 23 years of service, his many accomplishments included the paving of several streets, organizing a modern fire department, establishment and maintaining of two parks, building a viaduct over the railroad tracks to Sierra Vista Tract, a modern concrete bridge across Dry Creek at Lincoln Street, the establishment of a city-owned electric light plant and improvements in the municipal sewage disposal system. Dr. Woodbridge died of a heart attack at his home on Main Street on Thursday, Aug. 17, 1933. Shortly after his death, a Bradford Woodbridge Memorial Association was formed and Sierra Vista Park was renamed “Woodbridge Park”, along with a new elementary school (Woodbridge School) to perpetuate the memory of one of Roseville’s most outstanding public servants and humanitarians.
Source: City of Roseville. "History of Roseville: 1910-1920." City of Roseville, California. N.p., n.d.
Web. 07 Aug. 2013.
http://roseville.ca.us/visiting/history_of_roseville/1910s.asp
Increased difficulty per suggestions.
had to replace the cache because it was muggled, it's in a new location, I'll keep the difficultly up for continuity sake.