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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