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"California in 1846" map shows geographic distribution of Spanish and Mexican land grants Mexican land grants of Tehama County, California (Bureau of Land Management map, 1997) These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals ...
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, United States, adjoining the Bethany Reservoir. It is located in Alameda County , near Livermore . Situated in the northernmost part of the San Joaquin Valley , Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area is a popular place for water-oriented recreation, especially fishing ...
Livermore's name became well known during the California Gold Rush in the late 1840s−early 1850s, for an inn at his adobe ranch house in the valley that served miners and other travelers eastbound on the road from the Bay Area through the Diablo Range's passes to the Mother Lode region in the Sierra Nevada.
A map of Livermore published in 1878 by Thompson & West. Robert Livermore died in 1858. [15] The first significant settlement in the valley was Laddsville, a small settlement of about 75 [citation needed] which had grown up around the hotel established by Alponso Ladd around 1864 [21] on 160 acres of land he bought. [22]
Del Valle Regional Park is a part of the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) in an unincorporated region of Alameda County, California, 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Livermore. [1] The park covers 4,316 acres (~17.47 km 2 ., ~6.74 sq. mi.).
Arroyo Seco lies above the Arroyo Seco watershed, which includes the eastern part of the city of Livermore and also the Sandia National Laboratory. The Mocho Subbasin is the largest of the subbasins in the Livermore Valley watershed. This subbasin is bounded to the west by the Livermore Fault Zone and to the east by the Tesla Fault.
The Livermore Area Recreation and Park District (LARPD) identified Brushy Peak as a potential city park in the early 1970s, and acquired 507 acres (205 ha) for that purpose in 1974. In 1997, LARPD and the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) formally agreed to cooperate in the further acquisition, planning, and protection of Brushy Peak ...
Robert Livermore, also known as Don Roberto Livermore, was granted Rancho Las Positas, in conjunction with José Noriega, in 1839 Rancho Las Positas was a 8,880-acre (35.9 km 2 ) Mexican land grant in present-day Alameda County, California given in 1839 by governor Juan Alvarado to Robert Livermore and José Noriega . [ 1 ]