From Rancho to Reservoir
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.
Date: January, 1980 to January, 1996
Period:
- Historic
- Native American
Type: excavation, monitoring, survey
Context: CEQA
City: Contra Costa County
County: Contra Costa
State: California
Full Report: From Rancho to Reservoir: History and Archaeology of the Los Vaqueros Watershed, California
Latitude: 37.840083
Longitude: -121.72573