First - Public School in Castro Valley - Castro Valley, CA
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N 37° 42.427 W 122° 04.417
10S E 581656 N 4173723
A California plaque marking the first public school in Castro Valley, CA.
Waymark Code: WMK0YJ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/26/2014
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"This site was part of the original Don Castro Land Grant. In 1866 pioneer settler Josiah Grover Brickell made a land grant of this site for “educational purposes only” and paid the teacher’s salary, who taught children by day, in a one room school house, and farm hands at night by candlelight."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1866
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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