Ken,
That's an excellent spot for us to meet up. To those history buffs visiting
the San Francisco peninsula: It's an historical marker. A discovery there by
Europeans set off a whole chain of events.
The stoned guy (the statue) is Father Junipero Serra. It's close to the spot
where a Spanish expedition led by Gaspar de Portola, trekking north from
Mexico into upper California, first sighted San Francisco Bay in mid-1776.
The Spanish were pushing north to counter the threat of Russians coming
south from Alaska. They set up camp in San Francisco on July 4th, 1776. I
believe some other historical event on the other coast of the US
overshadowed this event. The Russians had a near-conflict with the Spanish
in 1806 on SF Bay, settled when the Russian officer married the teen-age
daughter of the Spanish commander. The Spanish agreed to limit the Russians
to a settlement just north of San Francisco (Fort Ross, short for Rossiya).
Later on, the Russians pulled out and sold off most of the fort to a fellow
named John Sutter. Sutter transported most of it to the Sacramento Valley,
and then discovered the Gold Rush. Well, you know the rest...
Fred - So.SF (native San Franciscan)
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From: <PLETCH5@aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: BADROC run this sunday
> Since most of you guys live closer to Skyline then out here, why don't we
> meet on 280 at the roadside rest stop (I don't remember the name but it
had
> the stone statue pointing toward the West).
> So lets try this Sunday the 17th at 10:00am.
>
> If you guys want a really long twisty run we could start in San Jose to Mt
> Hamilton and it comes out in Livermore (its about 3 plus hours)
>
> Ken
> DATSTER
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