East Bay hills
Subtitle: a brief history
By: Amelia Sue Marshall
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781540226884; 9781467137256
Subjects: History
Description: "Like the mist rising from San Francisco Bay encircles the towering redwoods, the little-known legends of the East Bay hills enrich a glorious history. Follow the trails of Saclan and Jalquin-Yrgin people over the hills and through the valleys. Ride with the mounted rangers through the Flood of '62. Break into a sealed railroad tunnel with a pack of junior high school boys. Learn how university professors, civil servants and wealthy businessman planned for years to create a chain of parks twenty miles along the hilltops. Author Amelia Sue Marshall explores the heritage of these storied parklands with the naturalists who continue to preserve them and the old-timers who remember wilder days."--Back cover of work.
Notes: Includes bibliographcal references (pages 231-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Natives; title: Californios; title: Sea Captains; title: Yankees; title: Loggers; title: Settlers; title: Visionaries; title: Rangers; title: Horse People; title: Naturalists; title: Epilogue.