HEY AARDVARK!!! I seem to remember a book and novelty store in a small township just west of CROCKETT ,CA.They have a nice collection of postcards from the fifties of ships that frequented california ports and the spreckles sugar facility in crockett . Also ,in that same township ,reached by a very scary windy road is a hotel? with a great bar . The cheese and wine plate is great and you can sit on the patio and watch the marine traffic . Inside on the wall just across from the bar they had a very large model of a C-3 class freighter . I think it,s the old MIDWEST? kit . It sure looks nice though . There is in and around the CALIFORNIA delta many fascinating and interesting places . The neatest places are in the BRENTWOOD ,OAKLEY , BETHEL ISLAND AREA . There is a lot of history there about steamboats ,and the yacht club ( SAN JOAQUIN YACHT CLUB ) just to the right of the bridge as you cross TO BETHEL ISLAND has a remarkeable history . The old steamer has had a long life and a varied one . That area of the delta also has a pseudo p.t. boat museum across from the RIO VISTA COAST GUARD STATION , that,s on the SACRAMENTO RIVER. If anyone travels that way check that area out . The scow schooner ALMA sails from SAN FRANCISCO to BETHEL ISLAND usually every year under her own sailpower . --tankerbuilder