landscape of stories
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People have gathered at this place throughout history. They have brought different ways of life and ways of seeing the world.
LANDSCAPE OF STORIES
Rancho San Antonio
All of what is now the Fruitvale district of Oakland was once a small piece of a vast estate called Rancho San Antonio—44,700 acres of East Bay land granted to Luís María Peralta in 1820 by the Spanish governor. Today, seven cities stand on the rancho’s former territory, from El Cerrito to San Leandro, from the tops of the hills to the shores of the bay.
The six acres that now form Peralta Hacienda Historical Park became the headquarters of the rancho. Here, the family of Antonio María Peralta and María Antonia Galindo farmed and raised cattle with Native American workers when California was part of Mexico.
The rancho still existed for many decades after the US takeover of California in 1848.
The flow of cultures to the East Bay first began more than 12,000 years ago, as American Indian peoples arrived in waves to the edge of the continent. Long before Columbus, this land had become home to the Ohlone.
This flow has continued over the past two hundred years, as people from all over the world and the United States have invaded, conquered, settled and mingled. They have created the seven modern cities we know today on the land of the old rancho, over Ohlone land.
The history of the Peralta rancho is part of a longer story that is still being lived.
You are part of that story.
City of OaklandOffice of Parks & Recreation250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Suite 3330Oakland, CA 94612Phone: (510) 238-PARK(7275)Web Site: www.oaklandnet.com/parks
José Guzmán was the companion of María de los Ángeles Colós, the only Native American known to have lived on the Peralta rancho whose full name has survived. Their work in the 1920s preserved Chochenyo, the Ohlone language of the Oakland area.
Antonio Peralta, his second wife María Dolores Archuleta and other relatives and friends relax in the late 1850s on the porch of one of the adobe houses that stood where the park is today.
E v ery h u ma n be i n g make s h i s t ory Cada ser humano hace historia.
Moãi con ngöôøi ñeàu taïo neân lòch söû.
Flags of three nations that have flown over Rancho San Antonio.
SPAIN, 1769–1821
MEXICO, 1821–1848
U.S.A., 1850–present
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park Phone and fax: 510-532-9142Box 7172, Oakland 94601 Web site: www.peraltahacienda.org
Rancho San Antonio:State Historical Landmark No. 246
Antonio Peralta House:National Register of Historical Places, No. 77000285
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park: State Historical Landmark No. 925 and National Park Service Anza Trail Designated Site
Los folletos traducidos al español sobre todos los señalamientos se encuentran en Peralta House.
Coù caùc taäp saùch dòch sang tieáng Vieät cho taát caû caùc baûng hieäu taïi Peralta House.
Paisaje de Historias Maûnh Ñaát Traøng Ñaày Caùc Caâu Chuyeä
Over time, they have transformed grasslands and woodlands into ranches, farms, and today, into a neighborhood of Oakland.
A través de la historia, este lugar ha sido punto de reunión de personas que han aportado diferentes maneras de ver la vida y el mundo.
Con ngöôøi ñaõ taäp hôïp ôû nôi ñaây trong suoát quaù trình lòch söû. Hoï mang ñeán nhöõng phong caùch soáng vaø quan ñieåm khaùc nhau.
Con el transcurso del tiempo, praderas y bosques se fueron transformando en ranchos y granjas hasta llegar al vecindario actual.
Daàn daàn, hoï ñaõ bieán nhöõng ñoàng coû vaø caùnh röøng thaønh trang traïi, noâng traïi, vaø cuoái cuøng laø thaønh khu daân cö ngaøy nay.
Guests arriving for a Peralta wedding in the 1840s.
View of the City of Oakland, 1854, by Frank Soulé
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