At 9 o'clock on the first day of the fire Mayor Schmitz sent a tug to Pinole for several cans of the explosive.
"Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror"
Richard Linthicum Trumbull White Samuel Fallows
The spot was evidently an old rendezvous where the marauding Apaches were accustomed to meet in council to plan their bloody raids, and to feast on mescal and Pinole in honor of some successful foray or victory over an enemy.
"Arizona Sketches"
Joseph A. Munk
Thereafter they saw a village on each of San Pablo, Pinole, and Rodeo Creeks.
"The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California"
S. F. Cook