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Located in Orinda. Said to be the only remaining part of Moraga's Rancho past, located on a hill above Moraga Valley. Construction began in 1841; originally 3 rooms. Made of bricks to form 36" width exterior walls. Redwood cut from Moraga...
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This lantern was brought from Missouri to California in 1840 in a covered wagon train by Elam Brown, the founder of Lafayette. In 1847, he brought the lantern to the Lafayette area when he purchased the 3,328 acres of the Acalanes Rancho and built...
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El Sobrante (“Sobrito Rancho”) fire department, 1942. The old fire station stood across the street from the present station on Appian Way. The present station was constructed in 1949. The names of the pictured firefighters appear on the...
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Hunting party in El Sobrante, late 1870s. Man on the right is Patricio Castro, son of Victor Castro and grandson of don Francisco Castro, grantee of the Rancho San Pablo. Patricio established a beef ranch on what is now Castro Ranch Road which...
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