From Rancho to Reservoir

From Rancho to Reservoir

Date
January, 1980 to January, 1996
Context
City
Contra Costa County
County
State
California

This is a liberally illustrated 180-page history of the Kellogg Creek Valley from its days of a Mexican rancho to the construction of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir in 1998. Native Americans, Basque cattle ranchers, and Portuguese farmers were among the groups that occupied this portion of southeastern Contra Costa County, California.