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[a] [3] The station's proximity to the Southern Pacific Milling Company fueled the freight traffic emanating from King City. Passenger service to King city ceased in the 1940s. [4] After being abandoned and threatened by demolition, the station building was acquired from the railroad and moved to San Lorenzo Park in 1989, [b] becoming a part of ...
King City was originally known as "Kings City" for its founder, Charles King. In 1884 Charles King acquired 13,000 acres (53 km 2) of the Mexican land grant Rancho San Lorenzo, originally given to Mariano and Feliciano Soberanes in the early 1840s during Mexican rule of California. King began growing 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) of wheat.
Hayward Plunge at Memorial Park. The Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (H.A.R.D.) is the park management agency for most of the parks in the city of Hayward, California. It was created in 1944 [1] and is an independent special district under California law. [2] H.A.R.D. is the largest recreation district in California. [3]
Rancho San Lorenzo was a 21,884-acre (88.56 km 2) Mexican land grant in the southern Salinas Valley, ... and encompassed present-day King City, California. [2] History
By no later than 1200 BCE, San Lorenzo had emerged as the most prominent Olmec center. While a layer of occupation at La Venta dates to 1200 BCE, La Venta did not reach its apogee until the decline of San Lorenzo, after 900 BCE. After 500 years of pre-eminence, La Venta was all but abandoned by the beginning of the fourth century BCE. [2]
The decision to place Lorenzo on leave was approved in a 3-1 vote, with council members Stephanie Jang, Jae Park and Suk "John" Min voting in favor of it and Councilman Michael Vietri against it ...
San Lorenzo is named after Rancho San Lorenzo, a vast estate granted in 1841 to Don Guillermo Castro, a noted Californio ranchero.. San Lorenzo is located on the route of El Camino Viejo on land of the former Rancho San Lorenzo, a Mexican land grant given to Guillermo Castro in 1841, and the former Rancho San Leandro, granted to José Joaquin Estudillo in 1842.
It is the most heavily used park in the district. [2] The park is adjacent to McConaghy Park, which contains McConaghy House, a historic property, built in 1886, and managed as a house museum by HARD and the Hayward Area Historical Society. [3] McConaghy House features Stick/Eastlake architecture. It lies within San Lorenzo. In 2013, plans to ...