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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHKG_de-anza-expedition-1775-1776_San-Leandro-CA.html
Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by decree of Carlos III of Spain led an expedition to this site - The mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area.
In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris Birkland Beezley, o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHKF_san-leandro-cherry-festivals_San-Leandro-CA.html
West side of marker:
San Leandro's farmers expected a bumper crop of cherries in 1909. Why not celebrate and promote the city and one of its wonderful crops? The first cherry festival took place that spring. The Oakland Enquirer reported that i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJY_san-leandro-industry_San-Leandro-CA.html
West side of marker:San Leandro's first industries served the needs of farmers. In 1886, Daniel Best bought San Leandro Plow and formed Daniel Best Agriculture Works to manufacture tractors, combines, and harvesters. Best's son later merged the co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJI_county-courthouse_San-Leandro-CA.html
The Alameda County Courthouse stood here between 1856 and 1868. In 1853 Alameda County was carved out of Contra Costa and Santa Clara Counties. New Haven was its first county seat. The 1854 legislative session moved the county seat to more central…
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Courthouse of Alameda County on this site early months of 1855. Moved here officially on March 10, 1856 by act of Legislature February 8, 1856. Site donated for county purposes by Jose Joaquin Estudillo. Courthouse moved to Oakland 1835.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJ9_rancho-san-antonio_San-Leandro-CA.html
Governor Pablo de Sol?, last Spanish Governor of California, awarded the San Antonio Grant to Don Luis Maria Peralta on August 13, 1820, in recognition of forty years of service. From this point northward the Grant embraced over 43,000 acres. Now …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJ0_casa-peralta_San-Leandro-CA.html
Three descendants of land grant recipient Lu Maria Peralta lived in this home. In 1926, Herminia Peralta Dargie (pictured above) remodeled the home in the style of a Spanish villa. Tiles depict the story of Don Quixote, and adobe bricks saved from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHIZ_the-little-brown-church_San-Leandro-CA.html
This building was originally the Sunday School Annex of the First Presbyterian Church of San Leandro. Built in 1867 and located on Clarke Street. The main church was moved to Ashland and later torn down. This annex was saved by the Historical Soci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHIJ_historic-daniel-meta-best-home_San-Leandro-CA.html
This home was built in the late 1870's by Joseph Demont, a San Leandro pioneer who was active in industry and politics. Daniel Best bought the property in 1886. Best established Daniel Best Agricultural Works, which later became Caterpillar Tracto…