Alviso Adobe Community Park - Pleasanton, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 39.655 W 121° 54.770
10S E 595889 N 4168750
A nice community park in Pleasanton.
Waymark Code: WMH7P0
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2013
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From the city's website: "Pleasanton’s Alviso Adobe Community Park is a unique site that tells the story of California from its earliest human history. This fully restored $4.5 million interpretive park reveals the history of the Amador Valley and a rare glimpse of times past.
Located between Old Foothill Road and Foothill Road, on the west side of Highway 680, the site tells the story of California from its Native American beginnings to the days of Spanish ranchos managing herds of cattle on the original 12,000-acre Rancho Santa Rita, through a period in the early to mid-20th century when it was a popular dairy, and finally to its present use as a community park.
The Alviso Adobe, the first adobe building in the Amador Valley, is the physical and interpretive centerpiece of the park. A re-creation of the historic Meadowlark Dairy milking barn and bunk house will accommodate new uses and indoor interpretive displays. The site serves as a valuable resource for students and visitors interested in the economic, social and political life in California from the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic, through the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and the granting of statehood." (
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