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D I A B L O w a t c h
Save Mount Diablo Protecting the Mountain Since 1971 Winter/Spring 2003 No. 34
Joseph Galvin Ranch Acquired
“Would you like to buy our property?” In too important and the family's financial For less than the cost of a house we can
June the Galvin family approached Save needs critical. We normally leverage pur- protect a strategic and spectacular 62-acre
Mount Diablo about their 62 acre property, chases over time to allow for fundraising, property, as beautiful as it is biologically
which their family has owned since around but the Galvins agreed to a cash offer of important. We can also help a ranching
1908. The family has lived at the base of $385,000. We entered escrow the next family that has lived here for generations."
Mt. Diablo for more than a hundred years. week and closed escrow on Jan. 24th.
Their father Joseph Galvin recently died White Bridges on Marsh Creek
and three children inherited two properties. Most of this article was written three weeks When you drive south from Marsh Creek
One of them, in Morgan Territory, had a after the Galvins contacted us in fear of road on Morgan Territory road, about six
large loan coming miles in, the road nar-
due. The family was rows into a densely
torn between their wooded and narrow
financial need and stream canyon.
their father's wish that Before long, Marsh
the property be pre- Creek begins crossing
served. one-lane white
bridges and the
While the Joseph canyon opens to the
Galvin Ranch is spec- first in a series of
tacular, we had to small meadows along
pass on the offer, the creek's flood
even though it would plain. It's not unusual
probably mean anoth- in one of the first
er expensive house clearings to see a
like the one right next herd of horses. They
door to Galvin. Save graze on the Joseph
Mount Diablo is land Galvin Ranch.
rich and cash poor-at
the time we owned As frequently hap-
three properties and pens with Save
on Jan. 7th we com- Mount Diablo's
pleted our purchase of acquisitions on the
Save Mount Diablo Board, staff, and several guests preview the Joseph Galvin Ranch. (Scott Hein)
a fourth, the Morgan mountain's east side,
"Red Corral" property. Our cash reserves losing their property to the bank. We have we are indebted to Anne Homan for her
are low until one or more of our properties identified $95,000 in endangered species historical research and her book, “The
can be transferred to a public agency (see mitigation funding and are "dialing for dol- Morning Side Of Mount Diablo: an illus-
427 acre Silva Ranch article on page 5). lars" to a variety of donors and funding trated account of the San Francisco Bay
sources. Unless we can find $290,000 to Area's historic Morgan Territory Road”,
Two weeks before Christmas, the Galvins bridge our funding gap, we will have to uti- published in 2001, that we have liberally
contacted us again. A buyer's offer had lize operational reserves. quoted and paraphrased below.
fallen through and their loan would soon be
foreclosed. Board members toured the According to Ron Brown, SMD's The Joseph Galvin Ranch includes a heavi-
property that weekend and then held an Executive Director, "This unusual opportu- ly wooded canyon draining west between
emergency Board meeting several days nity is at the heart of why Save Mount two ridgelines to a long stretch of Marsh
later. Although making an offer on the Diablo's work is important. No public Creek below, just south of the point where
Galvin Ranch would cut into our operating agency can move as quickly as we can.
reserves, we decided that its resources were Galvin, continued on page 10
1save MOUNT DIABLO
From The Executive Director...
Board of Directors It takes a community to preserve a mountain.
Malcolm Sproul
In the early 1900’s R. N. Burgess assembled lands including the western half of
President
Mt. Diablo and proposed a huge development. World War I intervened, Burgess
Richard Rollins
Arthur Bonwell went bankrupt and only the community of Diablo was built. New residents there
Vice-President provided support for a novel idea: creation of a state park at Mt. Diablo, one of
the original seven in California. The first acquisitions were from Burgess’ hold-
Allan Prager ings. New residents of a new development gained an appreciation for Diablo
Vice-President then became its supporters. That’s why we held our 31st Anniversary within the State Park and honored
Bob Doyle and Roger Epperson. They have loved the mountain since they were in high school and have
Doug Knauer helped SMD ever since. Our work is about balance and, like Bob, Roger and our new Board members, if
Secretary you experience Diablo, you’re more likely to help.
Frank Varenchik Look at the two photos below. Residents of the mountain since in 1895, Dorothy Wright’s family had
Treasurer been suspicious of SMD when we were founded in 1971, but she sold her land to us in 2001. Today we
count the Wrights as good friends. We just completed purchase of the Wright’s neighbor’s property, the
Burt Bassler
Morgan Red Corral. In December the Morgans’ cousins, the Galvins, approached us with a third oppor-
Mary L. Bowerman tunity to preserve another historic parcel. Their uncle grazes yet another of our properties. In May we’ll
add still another cousin’s property, the Silva Ranch, to the State Park. Relationships matter.
Donald de Fremery
Paul Lopez approached us several years ago. SMD proposed the redesign of Braddock & Logan’s Sand
Scott Hein
Quarry project to cut unit numbers and add the ridgeline there to Lime Ridge Open Space. Before the
Stephen Joseph project was finalized, B&L decided to sell to Standard Pacific. They came to us to ask, “Will you still
support the deal?” They could have proposed a bigger project but instead decreased unit numbers fur-
Robert Marx
ther. SP preserved half of the property, built a staging area and paid for a new trail to Paradise Valley.
Steven Mehlman The project was first proposed in 1989. Politics makes strange bedfellows and persistence pays off.
John Mercurio What’s it all mean? We hope you appreciate our work and will continue your
Dave Sargent support. It’s Spring! Please attend our events (hike to a waterfall?), enjoy
Diablo’s natural and cultural history, and maybe get even more involved.
David Trotter
Sharon Walters
Staff
Ronald Brown
Executive Director
Seth Adams
Director of Land Programs
Suzanne Bitz
Office Manager (Left) Ron Brown and Morgan Territory landowner Dorothy Wright. A new Parks Bond 2000 sign acknowledges Save
Mount Diablo’s purchase of Wright Canyon with the assistance of the Coastal Conservancy and 1000 donors.
Publisher (Right) Paul Lopez (l) and Doug Krah (r) of Standard Pacific with SMD’s Seth Adams and Ron Brown at the October
Save Mount Diablo 12 dedication of the new Paradise Valley Trail and a new staging area at Ygnacio Valley Rd. & Cowell. (Seth Adams)
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2SMD’s Trail Adventure April 24-27 - Four Days Diablo:
to be held on Sunday, June 1 Hike the Diablo Trail with us
A celebration of recreation on the mountain! Last April, Save Mount Diablo led its second Four Days Diablo
10K Run and Hike, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm backpack trip. The four-day, three night adventure takes participants
from Shell Ridge Open Space in Walnut Creek to the Round Valley
Castle Rock Park in Walnut Creek is the site of the third Trail Regional Preserve in Brentwood. The route crosses six parks,
Adventure. Choose from a 10K timed run, or a 10K hike which can 60,000 acres of permanently protected open space with only two nar-
be accomplished in one of three divisions - timed "speed hike', row paved roads along its thirty mile length.
guided interpretive walk, or a leisurely stroll at your own pace. The
course leaves Castle Rock Park and loops through Diablo Foothills Participants carry only their daypacks while other equipment is shut-
Regional Park and onto the slopes of the State Park, returning tled from campsite to campsite. You’ll see beautiful and lush land-
through the spectacularly beautiful Pine Canyon. scapes and acres of wildflowers. You’ll learn about the geologic and
cultural history of the land and experts will help identify the flora
Back at the start/finish line, there will be entertainment, family and fauna. When you reach camp each of the
activities, information booths sponsored by three nights, you’ll be met with beverages and
numerous organizations and recreation ven- gourmet meals, followed by lectures about moun-
dors, a bar-b-q lunch, and a raffle. tain’s resources, history and future.
Co-sponsored by Marty Breen, Forward The next Four Days Diablo trip will take place
Motion Sports (Danville & Walnut Creek) & April 24-27, 2003. Space is limited 20 to partici-
Dave Husted, Outside Interests (Danville). pants, $750 per person. Call the SMD office
(925) 947-3535 to reserve your spot, or check our
Run or hike fee is $30 (includes shirt & website for pictures, info and sign up sheets.
lunch). Call 925-947-3535 for information. Don’t miss out!
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3Moonlight on the Mountain
SMD's 31st Anniversary &
Mountain Stars Awards
September 21, 2002
at the China Wall
More than 150 guests arrived at Macedo
Ranch in bright sun. They were shuttled to
Mt. Diablo State Park's China Wall above
Alamo, the spectacular site of SMD's 31st
Anniversary.
Guests were greeted with hors d'oevres,
music by Michelle Latimer & her Jazz
Ensemble and a silent auction. As everyone
was seated for dinner, the sun began its
descent and the mountain's slopes shifted in
color from bright golden to red to purple.
During dinner and the Mountain Stars
awards ceremony and a live auction, the full
moon finally made its dramatic entrance.
The event raised $25,000 for SMD's pro-
grams, and everyone agreed that the evening
was a tremendous success.
Oak Sponsors
ChevronTexaco;
International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers, Local 302
Buckeye Sponsors
LSA & Associates; Windemere BLC
Bay Sponsors
Anonymous; Marx Associates, Inc.;
Dave and Dana Dornsife
Silent & Live Auction Donors
46 business and individual donors who donated
goods and services which raised over $13,000
from successful bidders
Event Committee
Bob Marx (Event Chair), Burt Bassler, Art
Bonwell, Charla Gabert, Scott & Claudia Hein,
Barbara Hughes, Stephen Joseph, Dave Knauer,
Sherry McCreedy John Mercurio, Amara
Morrison, David Ogden, Kerry Randall, Dave
Sargent, Chris Smith, Malcolm Sproul, Dave
Trotter, Sharon Walters
Photos (clockwise from upper right) Mt. Diablo
State Park’s China Wall; Bob Doyle receives the
"Mountain Saver" Award for Lifetime
Achievement; Roger Epperson receives a
"Mountain Star" Award for Stewardship; Guests at
dinner; Michelle Latimer & her jazz ensemble;
silent auction; “Moonlight Over The Mountain”;
Bob Marx, Event Chair; Tina Batt; guests &
Amara Morrison (r); friends from IBEW; Malcolm
Sproul, SMD President. (by Scott Hein)
Save The Date for 2003’s
“Moonlight on the Mountain”
Saturday, September, 13, 2003
4The highest elevations in the Canyon, how-
ever, remained in private hands, raising
concern about the ultimate health of the
watershed below. In November 1999 SMD
purchased Silva, the largest remaining par-
cel in the canyon, for $750,000 and further
widened the corridor.
The campaign to fund the purchase was
complex; the late Bob Adams, an SMD
Board member at the time, provided the
first $25,000 of five option installments.
Before his death, the property's pond was
named "Bob’s Pond" in his honor. An
anonymous donor provided $100,000 and a
bridge loan was secured from the Packard
Foundation for the remaining $625,000.
Once the loan had been secured, in January
2000 SMD was granted $400,000 by the
Coastal Conservancy. Shapell Industries
and Autumn Creek Associates purchased
Riggs Canyon and the 427-acre Silva Ranch rising from the shadows
of the Tassajara creek drainage to Windy Point. (Scott Hein) conservation easements over a total of 116
acres, as mitigation for impacts of two
Silva Ranch to be added to State Park Danville development projects on the red-
legged frog. By October 2002 Shapell had
Dedication will be on Saturday, May 17 also strengthened the Bob's Pond dam and
"This view is incredible. You feel like property's NW corner, at Windy Point. recreated another pond to enhance the frog
you're the only person on the planet. I The Silva camping spot is on a grassy sad- habitat, and had removed debris.
can't believe we're just a few miles from dle splitting the property diagonally. The
home." Save Mount Diablo has led several view is unspoiled; at nightfall a few lights Silva Ranch is not open to the public until
"Four Days Diablo" trips, a four day hike twinkle far off in the Livermore Valley. after the dedication, but there will be a
on the Diablo Trail from Walnut Creek to guided public hike on Sunday March 30.
Brentwood. The second night is spent If you climb toward Windy Point at Silva's Check the Spring on the Mountain schedule
camping at the Silva Ranch, high at the top upper elevations, on clear days the Sierra or our website for more info. For info
of Riggs Canyon. It's a spectacular setting. range appears. Everyday views stretch to about the dedication, call 925 947-3535.
Black Diamond
For the past three years SMD's Board, staff Mines. Silva's fire
and members have shared Silva as a pri- trails bridge a gap
vate preserve but starting in May, when the in Finley Road and
property is added to Mt. Diablo State Park, complete a variety
anyone will be able to visit. of loops through the
nearby Parks.
The Silva property covers three quarters of
a square mile, bordered on the south and In 1987, most of
east by Mt. Diablo State Park. On the Riggs Canyon was
ground it turns out to be very different. privately owned.
Riggs is one of the most remote and SMD's purchase of
ruggedly beautiful parts of Mt. Diablo, a the 631 acre
3000 acre deep canyon which is home to Morgan Ranch in
mountain lions, and golden eagles. Our 1989 provided the
Diablo Trail hikers drop steeply from first connection
rugged Oyster Point to Tassajara creek, between Mt. Diablo
then follow Finley Road back up to State Park and
Highland Ridge. Morgan Territory
Reg. Preserve. In
Wind caves overlook the walk from 1998, a new staging
Knobcone Point, Jackass Canyon, Cave point was created
Point, and the Morgan amphitheatre. near the end of the
Prairie falcons nest in cliffs, their "wek- paved portion of
wek" calls echoing off rock. Highland Finley Road, pro-
Ridge peaks (higher than Marin's Mt. Tam) viding the first easy
to the southeast in Morgan Territory Reg. access. Riggs Canyon can be accessed from Morgan Territory Rd. at Finley Road, the Red Corral
Preserve, which shares the canyon with the or at the Highland Ridge trail, or from the southern end of Finley off Camino Tassajara.
(Base map, courtesy of the Mt. Diablo Interpretive Association)
State Park. The ridge peaks again at the
5tain are three large, wooded canyons. sue twining around otherwise dead gray
Because they're protected from the sun branches. You'll double back up-slope in a
most of the day, Donner, Back and Mitchell short, steep section. The Falls trail cuts off
Canyons have among California's best steeply uphill and to the east (right) just
wildflower shows. The waterfalls in the above a turn in the road, near the 1400’
upper reaches of Donner Canyon are icing contour, but quickly levels out.
on the cake. Save Mount Diablo worked
As the trail crests, the water falls become
with the State to preserve most of the three
visible, and the view stretches back all the
canyons in the mid 1970s, and helped
way to Martinez and Benicia. On a good
acquire North Peak's summit in 1980.
day the water and falls will be clearly visi-
I hiked the Falls Trail on the last day of ble on three different branches of the creek,
1992, a day-long window of sunshine that crossing the many layers of sedimentary
was surprisingly warm considering the and metamorphic rock visible the length of
snow above on the peaks. Starting at the trail. The twisted, rocky landscape
Regency Drive, you immediately cross appears almost volcanic. The first fall
Donner Creek just above where it merges sometimes drops more than 25 feet. I
with Back Creek in Clayton's Open Space. noticed a young falcon spiraling among the
It looks as though the creeks had carved a cliffs. Even in December, the green fronds
gorge between Regency and Mountaire. of the polypody ferns were becoming visi-
The streets dead-end immediately across ble on the rocks and one of the seasons first
from each other leaving the creeks un-cul- blooms, the pink racemes of wild currants,
verted, testimony to creek protection efforts were already out.
Wild Oat waterfall (Stephen Joseph)
in Clayton. Both creeks were very full and
Be sensitive. The slopes are steep and ero-
the lower reaches of the canyon somewhat
Waterfalls on Diablo? muddy. Mud is a good sign that the water-
sion prone. Stick to the main trail and
avoid the temptation to climb down to the
by Seth Adams, Director of Land Programs falls are booming in the canyon above.
falls. It's dangerous and it's damaging.
Follow Donner Creek across the lower
Depending on the season, you'll cross the
The Falls Trail foothills with their big valley oaks and
creeks several times, before joining the
Trailhead: end of Regency Dr., off Marsh non-native eucalyptus and up into the
Middle Trail and taking the down slope
Creek Rd., eastern edge of Clayton. Canyon for the first mile and a half. You'll
back to the Donner Canyon Rd.
Follow Ygnacio east to Clayton Road, turn pass the charred remains of the old
right on Clayton; follow it past downtown, Hetherington cabin and soon after leave the Throughout the hike you'll enjoy the roar of
where the road rejoins Marsh Creek Road. creek bank to begin climbing more serious- the creeks. For variations, consider climb-
Turn right on Regency Dr., to the end. ly. Before long, views will open up to the ing up to the Meridian Ridge Road, and
Route: Donner Cyn Rd. to Cardinet Oaks Mt. Zion quarries to the west, to Mitchell then down the Meridian Pt. trail into Back
Rd., to Falls Trail, to Middle Trail and back Rock a little to their south, and to the Canyon. The Back Creek Trail ends where
Distance: 4.8 miles round trip urbanized Clayton valley below. Turn you parked, after passing through many
Change in Elevation: 1200 feet each way around and stop often to see the quickly more wildflowers and thicker chaparral.
Difficulty: Some steep areas on Donner expanding view. You'll pass the Tick Wood You can also continue up and over to Deer
Cyn. Road, but the Falls Trail is relatively and Hetherington Loop trails before reach- Flat and back down Mitchell Canyon, or
easy. Mitchell Cyn. doesn't have big falls, ing the Cardinet Oaks Rd. even to the summit or North Peak.
but is easier going and streamside. The wildflower show will really get going
Best Time To Go: After a heavy rain; in March and April, but on my winter day,
Base Map c. Mt. Diablo Interpretive Assoc., modified by Seth Adams, SMD
expect mud in lower Donner Cyn. the signs of spring were just starting to out-
The calls come every winter-especially shine those of winter; the fresh green of the
after a local newspaper runs a vague article chaparral and last year's powder puff seeds
and a bad map: "How do you get to the of the wild clematis vines. In winter, too,
waterfalls?" (See above) "Are dogs the signs of the 1977 fire that burned
allowed?" (No) "Are they close?" (about across this section of the mountain are
2.5 miles each way) "How hard is it?" (if more visible, from blackened tree trunks, to
you have to ask, it's probably too difficult) the ghostly groves of dead gray manzanitas
"Is it muddy or wet?" (Yes, and that's the surrounded by the red-trunked, new growth
best time to go) Most of this article was that issued forth after the fire.
written for our Spring ‘93 DiabloWatch. At the Cardinet Oaks Rd., Back Cyn is to
The Spring on Diablo schedule includes the west. In the distance the Keller Ranch
quite a few Falls Trail hikes. (Oakhurst) development is visible east of
Mount Diablo has a forbidding image to Clayton Rd. After climbing, the Cardinet
many, in part because of its name. While Oaks Rd. heads downhill and crosses
creeks may dry in summer, the reality is Donner Creek. On this particular day the
that there are always cool canyons, and creek was roaring, a good sign of things to
even on hot days cool breezes cross upper come. Just past the creek, older manzani-
elevations. On the north side of the moun- tas show the lovely red veins of living tis-
6summit to business world." He was a good father,
Pleasanton, and took his children on many camping trips,
founded Diablo and loved to hunt, fish and ride horses, and
and the Mount will be remembered as an opportunist, fore-
Diablo Park sighted and daring. In 1964, a year before
Club (later, the his death, Burgess privately published his
Diablo Country Memoirs, excerpted below.
Club). One area
was sold to Memoirs
Ansel Mills "August 1884 - For an entire week our
Easton and home will be aboard the train. We leave
became the Boston and go through New York,
Black Hawk Cleveland, Chicago, Omaha, Salt Lake City,
Farm. By 1919 Reno, past Donner Lake, to the Oakland
he had gained Pier.". . . "On May 2, 1886 Father received
control of more a call to preach in the Danville Presbyterian
than 38,500 Church, at a salary of $1,000 per year.". .
acres (60 square ."Mother named our new home Bonny
miles) from Vista. Bonny (Scotch) is interpreted as
Concord to "good", and the Vista (view) was largely of
Pleasanton to the Railroad Ranch on the western slopes of
Moraga. Mt. Diablo, which rose four thousand feet
northeast of our place. For a time this
The Oakland, mountain wore a white lace cap of snow
Antioch & during most winters. On its top is the
Eastern electric meridian monument, and the surveys in
railway was California are tied to that base."
extended to
Diablo and the "My perpetual hunger often made me late to
Northgate area to school. I would stop at the bridge under
Cover, 1916 Mt Diablo Scenic Boulevard brochure (Collection of Roger Epperson)
facilitate the which there was a small stream and a boun-
Robert Noble Burgess: development.
He built auto
tiful supply of frogs. I would catch a mess
of them and prepare them-built a small fire
Sixty Square Miles And A Mountain roads to the top
of Mt. Diablo,
and roast them. They were delicious. I can
still taste them."
World War I bankruptcy led to the creation of Mt. Diablo
Scenic "Opposite us and at the foot of Mt. Diablo
Mt. Diablo State Park Boulevard, and well up on its foothills was the Railroad
sowed with wildflower seeds and offered Ranch, owned by two old railroad contrac-
By age seventeen, after completing eight tors, Seth and Dan Cook. They were both
them to the public as a scenic arboretum road
years of grammar school, Robert Noble bachelors at the time they acquired the
corridor. He popularized the mountain and
Burgess had started a fruit packing plant in property. As I heard it, they first saw the
his development proposal with a widely dis-
Concord, called Burgess and Noble. Born in ranch when invited for a weekend by an
tributed brochure, including the often repeat-
New Brunswick in 1878, his family moved employee, auditor or secretary, or someone
ed myth that Mount Diablo's view was the
to California when he was six, eventually
biggest in the world (it is probably only the Burgess, continued on page 8
settling in Contra Costa in 1886. His father
biggest in California). The largest advertising
was a minister for the Danville Presbyterian
contract perhaps ever written until then, was
Church. Burgess ran a large sugar beet ranch
brokered with William Randolph Hearst and
as a teenager, then constructed homes in
his newspapers, and a summit hotel, the Torre
Oakland after the 1906 earthquake. He
del Sol, was proposed but never constructed.
founded the R. N. Burgess Company by age
twenty-nine, handling real estate and con- During World War I, real estate sales dried
struction, and held controlling interests in a up. The Mt. Diablo Estates development
dozen banks and other companies, including stopped after the community of Diablo was
WWI shipbuilding, for which he founded the built. Soon after the War, Burgess was driven
town of Clyde. His first ship, the largest into bankruptcy. His Mount Diablo Park
freighter yet built on the West coast, was Company sold the first parcels--3,136 acres--
named Diablo. for what became Mt. Diablo State Park, one
of the first seven in the State. Key in its sup-
Burgess' biggest dream, however, rose to the
port were the residents of the summer homes
peak of Mount Diablo, centered around the
he had built in Diablo.
10,000 acre Railroad Ranch he had eyed
According to his daughter Fran Burgess
since he was a boy in Danville. In 1913 he
Enright, "He was a driver, a man's man,
proposed the 13,000 acre Mt. Diablo Estate
rugged, determined, self-made and proud of
development on the west face of the moun-
it, yet rubbing elbows with the barons of the
tain, stretching from Walnut Creek to the Robert Noble Burgess (c. Elizabeth Burgess Cox)
7off the large holdings as possibilities for "Mrs. Boyd went to her secretary and wrote
future real estate syndicating, with the idea of a note to her attorney, Mr. William
cutting up and marketing them as ranch- Humphries of San Francisco. While she was
es."..."Many of these transactions had to wait at the desk I hovered around and purposely
the recovery from the disaster of the earth- dropped the $10,000 cashier's check where
quake and fire that hit San Francisco in 1906, she was sure to find it, and then took my
and the money panic of 1907." seat. When she had completed the note she
handed it to me and as she returned to her
"I thought if I were established in San chair she stooped to pick up the piece of
Francisco there would be demand for years, paper, while I was reading her note, and
rebuilding the burned-out area, if one could exclaimed, ‘What in the world is this?’ I
arrange the financing, and if one could divert arose and saw she had the check and was
a trickle of the people that were settling in somewhat flustered. I said, ‘I brought that
(c. Mike Dillon)
the East Bay area to central Contra Costa check over to make you a payment on
County and add to that some of the com- account. I really have been careless and had
muters to the plants on the forty miles of better leave it with you, for at this rate
water frontage from San Pablo bay to before I get home someone is liable to pick
Burgess' s Marion steam shovel was used to
Antioch, one would have business in vol- my pockets. I suggest I endorse the check to
construct Mt. Diablo Scenic Boulevard to ume. That country had a future, the Walnut you and then when Mr. Humphries is ready I
the top of the mountain from 1912-1915 Creek area."..."The {R.N. Burgess}compa- will only have to pay him $140,000.’ ‘That
nies were incorporated in 1908." seems all right to me,’ she said. I then said,
Burgess, continued from page 7
‘There is no necessity of writing the letter
of that caliber. On their way home they Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville
over again, just put on a P. S. stating you
talked in wonder of how their employee "1913 . One afternoon while motoring
have received $10,000 on account and he is
could afford such a ranch, and came to the around the Danville and Tassajara area I
to collect $140,000.’ Mrs. Boyd did that, and
conclusion they had better look into their dropped in at the Oakwood Park Stock farm
I got up to leave. In parting I said, ‘You can
records. It ended by their taking over the on the Railroad ranch of my boyhood. At the
now feel you have sold the ranch.’”
ranch…" death of Seth and Dan Cook it was inherited
"When I reached San Francisco I had the
by their niece, Mrs. John F. Boyd"..."When I
"Seth and Dan were rough, hearty fel- note Mrs. Boyd gave me photostated, then
returned to San Francisco, I called Mrs. Boyd
lows…"..."I came to know them and have went to see Mr. Humphries. He was busy
by phone. She invited me to come for tea at
the privilege of shooting on their 10,000 but stepped out of his office to see me and I
three o'clock that afternoon. I accepted, then
acres. On Saturday afternoons, Father told him I had purchased the Oakwood Park
went to the Crocker National Bank and pur-
would stake John and me out along the front Stock farm from Mrs. Boyd. He said, ‘You
chased a $10,000 cashier's check payable to
of our orchard on the county road with our may think you have.’ I said, ‘I have, and if
my order."..."Mrs. Boyd said she did wish to
hoes clearing away the weeds. Along would you doubt it here is her letter .’ He then said,
sell the ranch and she had set the price at
come Seth and Dan in a Tallyho with a four- ‘I realize you are right. I will prepare the
$150,000. She said she had had several buy-
in-hand. Dan would pull the horses to a stop papers.’ When Mrs. Boyd accepted the
ers, but for some reason they could not meet
and yell, ‘God-damn you youngsters, come $10,000 as first payment her letter was a
her attorney's requirements…"
here’ and with great trepidation John would valid Contract of Purchase. The Mt. Diablo
go up to Dan, while I Park Company, a corporation, took title to
gazed at the first
shapely legs housed in
silk stockings I ever
saw. John would turn
to Dan who would pro-
duce a double eagle,
$20.00, in gold, and
Dan would say, ‘Give
this to your old man.
He is the only God-
damned preacher I ever
knew that was any
good.’”
The R.N. Burgess
Companies
"In November, 1903, I
moved to the 240 acre
San Miguel
Ranch."..."here in the
rarefied air of my cas-
tle in the sky that I
studied the county 1915 Gates Map from Burgess’s 1916 Mount Diablo brochure that encouraged tourists and potential home buyers to visit Mt. Diablo,
maps and marked and buy one of the R.N. Burgess Company’s lots. The map shows ferry, auto, bus and rail routes. (Collection of Roger Epperson)
8stablemen drive all the saddle hors-
es, except one for Mr. Hearst and "The contract as finally worked out
my horse, into the big pasture and between William Randolph Hearst and R.
herd them well up the mountain so N. Burgess Company was signed in 1914,
there would be no chance of gather- and provided for the sale of 15,000 acres
ing them in time for the guests to reaching from the terminal of the Oakland
catch up with Mr. Hearst and and Antioch railroad in Ignacio valley to
me."…"I had an important deal to the top of Mt. Diablo and down its south-
discuss and felt it was best not to east slope to Diablo, at a price of $100 per
OA&E advertisement for day trips to Diablo. Railroad spur acre"..."R. N. Burgess Company was to
have any distractions."
lines were extended to both sides of Diablo (c. MDSP) proceed with developing the golf course,
"Mr. Hearst and I were about four club house, and the building of the Mt.
the Boyd property."
hours in the saddle. He selected a high Diablo Scenic boulevard. The advertising
"Later I purchased for R. N. Burgess wooded hill-top on which he would build. was not to start until the boulevard was
Company 160 acres over the hill in Pleasant He worked out plans for the proposed graded. To the expenses of improvements
Valley, which was included in the sale to the development as we rode along. He said, there was to be added ten per cent for over-
Black Hawk ranch, and on the northwest ‘We will have to have the boulevard right- head and profit. R. N. Burgess Company
side of the park 240-acre Cope Almond of-way 200 feet wide so it can be planted to was to be the Sales Agent and was to be
orchard, the 160-acre Bruce Stone ranch, and trees and shrubs that will do best at the vari- paid twenty per cent…"
on the southern portion of Ignacio Valley ous elevations.’ The elevations were from
350 feet to 4000 feet. ‘And, when complet- "This contract was the largest advertising
adjoining Mt. Diablo the 1300-acre Brubeck
ed, I will deed it to the University of contract ever written. The delay of Mr.
ranch, 50 acres from Hutchinson, and the
California as an arboretum and have it Hearst's signing of this contract and the
3000 acres lying between these parcels and
endowed, and I will give some thought as to completion of the Boulevard brought us up
the park from George W. McNear, and 160
how to develop it further so it will be of to the time the United States entered World
acres from H. H. Haight on the top of Mt.
educational importance.’" War I, and the American people then were
Diablo containing the Mt. Diablo Base
more concerned with the draft and taxes
Meridian Monuments. This last purchase
"The top of Mt. Diablo is the base meridian than with seeking a milder climate."
did not come easy. This block of land con-
for all California surveys. From its top
tained about 15,000 acres, and contained the "Speculate only when you have more
there is a wonderful view on a clear day. It
entire right-of-way for the Mt. Diablo Scenic money than you need, never when you
is possible to see over an extent of 40,000
Boulevard, so I started its construction from need more money than you have."
square miles of valleys, rivers and moun-
the North gate in the Brubeck tract and
tains, -- the pillar of smoke from Mt. Lassen {R. N. Burgess became financially success-
pushed it through to the top of the mountain.
volcano. Looking westward you see the ful in other ventures after the Great
It was practically all stone or shale; much of
San Francisco Bay area, and as far west as Depression. He died in 1965. Several of
it had to be blasted. The blasting holes had
the Faralone Islands. Mr. Hearst said, ‘This his children continue to live in the area.}
to be drilled as deep as 30 feet, and that was
is a wonderful view, and should be the site
in the day of hand drills. I purchased a
of a castle-like building. It is worthy of
Marion steam shovel and it was operated by
Julia Morgan's skill.’ (She was his architect
McCune until the entire road was graded"...
on the San Simeon Castle and his place on
"After the road was excavated to the moun-
the Russian River. Plans for the Castle were
tain top McCune brought the shovel down
later drawn up by Arthur B. Benton and
about three miles and started a road to the
approved by the Department of the Interior,
south and west that ended in the South Gate
but World War I came along and it was not
in Diablo."
built then.)"
"The next move was to get the Oakland
"To round out the 13,000 acres in Mt.
Antioch Eastern to build through Ignacio
Diablo Villa homes, the sale of which was
Valley to the Hutchinson Tract, connecting
under way to Mr. Hearst, it was necessary to
with the North Gate, and to build from
have a report on the available water."... “the
Saranap to the Club house in the park. This
most dependable source was the Pleasanton
was done and they regularly operated the
Valley basin."..."So we purchased as the
Diablo Club car by 1914."..."Now to get a
Tasajarra Land Company 8,000 acres that
spot on the official maps for Diablo it was
connected the Mt. Diablo Villa Homes with
necessary to have Diablo made a United
the Pleasanton basin and from them got a
States Post Office. This did not prove too
right of way for a pipe line. To make the
difficult, so Diablo was born."
Hearst contract operative we had to com-
William Randolph Hearst plete the Mt. Diablo Scenic Boulevard so it
"I sat up most of the night writing and re- could be traveled from the north gate in
writing a telegram to William Randolph Ignacio Valley to the top of Diablo and
Hearst, a man I had never met, but I had to down to the south gate in the Mt. Diablo
catch his interest on the first try."..."As we Villa homes. (Oakwood Park Stock farm
approached the club I had Mr. Bull jump the and other properties comprised the Mt.
Diablo Villa homes, all together 13,000 Burgess’s Moorish Torre del Sol hotel
train on the offside as quickly as possible
acres.)" was proposed for the mountain’s summit
and hurry to the stables and have one of the c. 1916, but was never built (c. MDSP)
9might easily have happened instead," said
Malcolm Sproul, SMD's president.
Roots in Portugal's Azores Islands
The Morgans, Cardozas, Silvas, Correa
Azevedos, Vieras and Galvins are all relat-
ed, with ancestors from the Azores. The
Joseph Galvin Ranch is on Section 10,
straddling Morgan Territory Road. A sec-
tion, or square mile, includes 640 acres.
The Galvin Ranch has passed through the
hands of three generations of "Joe" Galvins
and has only been used for grazing.
Section 15, most of which was acquired by
Save Mount Diablo in its purchase of the
631-acre Morgan Ranch in 1989 and which
includes our recent Morgan "Red Corral"
acquisition, is adjacent on the south.
Oak woodland on the south ridge of the Joseph Galvin Ranch, (Scott Hein) Jeremiah Morgan, for whom Morgan
Territory is named, first visited Mt.
Galvin, continued from page 1 drove his grandfather Manuel Nunez to the Diablo's east side around 1856 from his
Morgan Territory ranch in the family home in the Ygnacio Valley and then
Morgan Territory road narrows to one lane.
buggy, fording the creek before the bridges moved there the following October.
SMD has a policy to acquire properties
were built. ‘There wasn't much of a road "Jerry" owned Section 10 as early as 1857
along the Marsh Creek corridor, one of the
then-just a mud hole.’ Later he and his and Section 15 somewhat later. His house
longest and least developed streams in the
grandfather worked on the road for the and barn were located on the northwest
East Bay. The creek's headwaters and sev-
county. ‘My grandfather built all those corner of Section 10. The barn is still
eral miles of its length are protected within
bridges on that road-he built them all. He standing. When Morgan died in 1906 he
Morgan Territory Reg. Preserve and Mt.
was good at pilin' rocks. You know, he had lost all of his property and by 1908 the
Diablo State Park. Several more miles are
could stack rocks…He could really make a Bank of Concord owned Section 10.
protected at Round Valley and in the new
rock wall good and not use any cement- Antone Correa-Azevedo probably bought it
Cowell Ranch State Park, and its mouth is
stack 'em in there. They're still there in at a bank sale that same year or possibly
found near the proposed site of the Delta
those bridges.’” somewhat later.
Science Center in Oakley at Big Break.
One ridgeline is chaparral covered, with a
Galvin's northwestern corner starts at a rel-
fire road threading its way up through fra-
atively new bridge over the creek, leading
grant brush. The other ridge includes oak
to a multi-million dollar house built by Tom
woodland with rock outcrops cresting to
Candiotti, a former Oakland A's pitcher.
grassland and expansive views of Windy
The western boundary follows the road and
Point and the mountain. The spectacular
creek south to include two of the distinctive
property rises east to the Seeno square
one-lane white bridges built over Marsh
mile, recently protected with a conserva-
Creek. A third bridge is located at the
tion easement.
southwestern corner of SMD's "Red Corral"
property.
Galvin is habitat for a variety of wildlife
including the rare Mt. Diablo sunflower,
According to Homan, "Fred Bloching often
Mt. Diablo globe lily, and the threatened
California red-legged frog. It almost cer-
tainly serves as habitat for the threatened
Alameda whipsnake. Maria Felomena & Joseph Galvin on their wed-
ding day May 24, 1964 (c. the Galvin Family).
"Acquisition of the Joseph Galvin Ranch
helps accomplish several of SMD's goals "Maria Thereza Cardoza emigrated from
including helping to establish a better cor- the Azorean island of São Jorge to Boston
ridor between Morgan Territory Regional in the late 1800s and then traveled cross-
Preserve and Mt. Diablo State Park, while country to California, where she married
protecting part of the Marsh Creek riparian Declusian ‘John’ Silva, another Azorean”
corridor and significant biological ... “the couple lived on the old McGrew
resources. The property is a piece in a place on the north end of Morgan Territory
puzzle designed to conserve the resources Road, about six miles from Marsh Creek
of Morgan Territory. By contrast, the Road. Shortly before the birth of their sec-
Candiotti mansion next door shows what ond child in 1895, John died of pneumo-
Joe & Rose Galvin, c.1916 (c. Galvin Family)
10than seven years when she
died on 14 November 1936,
one day before her 70th
birthday."
Joseph Galvin (either Joseph
Bento-Galvin or possibly
Bento Galvão in Portuguese),
emigrated from the Azorean
island of São Miguel. He
worked for the Azevedos
when he was 18 or 20, and
met and married Rose Correa
Azevedo. Three of Maria
Thereza's daughters inherited
parts of Section 10 (after
marriage they were Anne
Morgan, Lucy Viera and
Rose Galvin).
Scott Hein
nia” ... “his death occurred during the Joseph and Rose had four sons, Everett,
rainy season, and his body had to be Herman (Benny), Jerome (Jerry), and
brought down on a sled because the road
was so muddy. Visiting physician Dr.
Joseph. Eventually the brothers split up the
properties they jointly inherited and Red Corral
George McKenzie declared, ‘Don't ever ask
me up there again!’”
ranched. "When the property was subdi-
vided we put in the fences that summer. Purchase Complete
With a big family like ours, everyone pitch- On January 7, 2003 Save Mount Diablo
“Left with two small daughters, Maria es in and helps," said Joe Galvin, the sec- completed the $290,000 purchase of the
Thereza married Joseph Correa Azevedo ond Joseph's son. twenty acre Morgan Red Corral, for future
{brother of Antone}, who had also emigrat- addition to Mt. Diablo State Park.
ed from São Jorge. Their daughter Luzia Joseph's wife Maria Felomena Medeiros
(Lucy) described her father as a good, gen- Galvin, also from the Azores, died January We acquired the 631-acre Morgan Ranch
tle man who was very strong physically 14, 1988 at age 53. Joseph passed away on across the road from the Red Corral in
and a hard worker, taking on the utmost July 17, 2001 at age 71 leaving property, 1989 and immediately transferred it to the
exertion in order to become a property including the 62 acres SMD purchased, to State, but there is very little parking to
owner.” three of his children, Maria, Joe, and Tony. access the addition. The Red Corral will
provide space for a small staging area
On March 4, 1909 Joseph was killed, at "My dad always wanted to make a park out while protecting a section of Marsh Creek.
age 47, in an accident near Martinez. “The of the Morgan Territory property. It was
1909 court-ordered inventory of the proper- one of those dreams he had. When some- SMD optioned the Red Corral on July 10,
ty belonging to Joseph Correa Azevedo thing's been in the family for a long time, 2002 from Bill and Naomi Morgan and
showed that at his death he owned 1,045 you're glad that it won't be destroyed, and had six months to complete the purchase.
acres of land, worth more than $6000, that people can continue to value it. I'm We will land bank the property until trans-
much of it along Morgan Territory Road.” glad that the property will be protected and fer to the state. We have agreed to allow
... “Two years after Joseph's death, Maria left alone," said Joe. continued use of the property's corral and
Thereza Correa Azevedo married her chutes for transfer of cattle to trucks.
brother-in-law {Antone}, creating a com- The Joseph Galvin Ranch is not open to the
bined family of 12 children, including two public except by guided tour. Funding for the purchase was awarded to
orphaned girls she had adopted.” SMD on July 19, 2002 as part of a penalty
There is a public hike there on April 19, paid by the Seeno development company
"Lucy Viera described her mother, Maria Saturday, 10:00 AM. Check the Spring on for Endangered Species Act and
Thereza Cardoza Silva Correa Azevedo, as Diablo schedule or our website for more Streambed Alteration permit violations at
a calm person in the midst of the storm of information. its San Marco project in Pittsburg.
this large integrated family. Maria Thereza
and her daughters baked 16 to 20 loaves of Save Mount Diablo has also agreed to
bread every other day on their wood stove. place a historical plaque onsite, describing
They made cheese that had a flavor and Jeremiah Morgan, for whom the area is
texture similar to jack cheese today. Lucy named.
remembered her mother's potato doughnuts
and Portuguese sweet bread, made for spe- The Morgan Red Corral is not open to the
cial occasions. Another household chore public except by guided tour. There will
was making lye soap. Despite her heart
Scott Hein
be a public hike on Sunday March 30.
trouble, Maria Thereza worked very hard Check the Spring on Diablo schedule or
and had outlived her third husband by more our website for more info.
11Membership Matters
Save Mount Diablo’s annual operating expenses are underwritten by the financial support
received from membership. In addition to financial support, the number of members we have
is a statement to legislators and others funders about the level of community support for our
Michael Sewell
projects. We would like to thank the following individuals who have become members since
January 1, 2002. We invite you to join them in supporting Save Mount Diablo’s efforts to pre-
serve open space.
Founder’s Circle Ronald & Ann Hendel Walter & Joann Brown Robert Heaton Bud & Olga Jane Rotermund
Dick Heron & Sue Pauline Browne Kristen Hein Al & Mary Anne Sanborn
Ten year pledge of $10,000
Pitsenbarger Raymond & Patricia Buck Eric & Debbie Hinzel Leanore Sanderson
Anonymous
Harlan & Gayl Hirschfeld Richard & Lois Bunyard Roz Hirsch Martin Sargent
Dave & Dana Dornsife
Sandy Hood Robert & Gail Burnett Michael & Nadine Hitchcock Ernest & Dorothy Sattler
John & Linda Judd John Butera (Butera Video William & Marilyn Hoenig Jean Saylor
Summit Club Productions) James & Toril Jelter
David & Lois Kail Melvin & Pat Sayre
$1,000 or more John Kiefer Pam Butler David Jesus Anthony Schilling
Burt Bogardus Knapsack Tours- Michael Michael Buturla & Gineth Kimberly Johnson Leo & Maryann Schindler
Braddock & Logan Services Palucki Soto-Buturla Roger & Donna Johnson Rob Schonholtz & Jane Hicks
Inc - Joseph Raphel Gerald & Rosette Koch John & Jane Cambus Richard Kawin Paul & Nancy Schorr
Jed & Rosemary Daniel Gordon & Lynn Lakso Deborah Carr Zebi & Vera Kerekes Judith & Earle Schremp
Joe Goldstein Paul & Yen Yee Fun Locklin Harvey & Phyllis Ceaser John & Marian King Mady Schubarth
Douglas Lacey & Cindy Patricia Lopez Allan & Lynda Chasnoff Jesse & Sharon Krider Andrew Sessler
Silvani-Lacey Eleanor Loynd Charles Clem Steve Larson Rich & Ann Sexton
Linda Locklin Bob & Joan Marx Alan & Kathleen Clute Philip Lathrap David Short
Robert & Shirley Nootbaar Robert Maynard Nancy Collins & Francesco Jeffrey & Deborah Leighton Sierra Club Bay Chapter- Mt.
Richard Rollins Steve & Linda Mehlman Adinolfi David Lingren Diablo Group
Marian Scott James & Sharon Moore Janice Costella David Loeb Reta Simmons
Richard & Sandra Smith Amara & Clark Morrison Douglas Cox Michael Magnani Sharon Singer
Mildred Snelson Theron Nelson Randall & Jacqueline Curtis Jon Maienschein & Lisa David Smith & Terry Blair
Michael O'Donahue Richard Davis & Sandra Cline Kathryn Smith
Peak Guardian Lawrence Peirano Jones Vicki Marlow Ron & Judy Smith
$500 or more Stephane Pelchat Don de Fremery Bunny Martin & David Alan & Mary Louise Smith
Jim & Carolyn Butler Brad & Trish Piatt Brenda De La Ossa Kurtzman Beth Snortum
Dina Colman & David Daniel & Janet Schalk John Deeming Martha Martin Leonard & Barbara Songster
Luczynski Chris Schmidt- Plant Décor Ernest & Florence Dickson Robert McClain John & Elaine Spiecker
Sally Dalton & Peter Gochis Monica Sheridan Conrad & Shirley Diethelm James & Joan McCracken Richard & Mary Sproul
Raymond & Laura De Pole Sandor & Faye Straus Carl Dinerman & Marianne Jim & Phyllis McDonald Malcolm & Casey Sproul
Kaye Decker David & Deborah Trotter White Winton & Margaret Stan & Linda Stanley
Steve Evans & Kathleen Frank & Barb Varenchik Jack & Ami Ditzel McKibben Andrew & Karen Stein
Correia Carl & Lynne Walter Robert Docili Mark McLaren & Nancy Dean & Samantha Stoker
Lee Glasgow Dick & Margo Watson Linda Domeier Norland Nancy Storch
Scott & Claudia Hein David Whippy Lee & Barbara Drew Shawn Mehaffey Patricia Thomas
Carolyn & Bob Mills (Mills Michael & Chryl Dumas John & Jill Mercurio Patricia Thunen
Associates) Diablo Donor John Edwards Melissa Moehle Tom & Jill Toffoli
Gordon & Donna Monroe $100 or more Chuck & Pat Eisner Barbara Monsler Frank & Edith Valle-Riestra
David Ogden & Sandi Biagi Barbara Ageno Stephen Elliott Mark & Marie Morley Jacob Van Akkeren & Leslie
Henry Stauffer Thomas & Annette Alborg Bill & Margaret Espey Maynard Munger Bartholic
Earl & Marlys Worden Roger Alperin Riley & Karen Etheridge Carl Myers Verne Van Vlear
Anonymous Kent Fickett Beckee Beemer David & Margaret Nicholas Craig Vassel
Mountain Saver Anonymous Paul & Kathy Fitzpatrick Craig Nielsen Rudy & Sandy Wagner
$250 or more Anonymous Susan Flautt Michael Ogles Clifford Walker
Judy & Andy Adler Andy Aston Susana Fousekis Charles & Ann Olsen Barbara Walters
Anonymous Louise Baldwin Paul, Lisa & Kelsey Francis Orinda Garden Club Sharon Walters
Alan & Helen Appleford Willard Ballenger Greg & Cindy Francisco Orinda Hiking Club Milton & Margaret Watchers
Bill & Joyce Ashurst William & Diane Barley WJ Frank Verna Osborn Douglas & Ruth Waterman
Mary Baldwin James Bartlett & Mimi Foord Alex & Deborah Friedman Carly Owens David & Elaine Wegenka
Geoffrey & Sandy Bellenger Virginia Bary Leslie & Virginia Gallaugher Albert & Pam Palitz Stuart & Kim Weinstein
Lesley Benn Burt Bassler Bruce Garner John Patterson Tom & Carolyn Westhoff
Peter & Waldy Breidbach Stephen & Karen Beck Al & Pat Gavello Lisa Pellegrino Robert & Karen Wetherell
Bette Brockman & Jim Claude & Carol Benedix Barbara George Susan Peters Ayn Wieskamp
Richards Edward & Mildred Bennett Donna Gerber E.L. & Carol Pollock Ann Witter
Diane Brown William Bernell Bingham & Larry Gibbs Paul Popenoe Judy Wobleski
Dorothy Brown Bruce & Sandra Beyaert Elizabeth Girgich Rita Poppenk John Wohr & Stephanie
Patrick & Shirley Campbell Patty Biasca David & Diane Goldsmith Donald & Mary Lou Priewe Simmonds
Rick & Suzanne Cordes Anne Blandin Larry & Cynthia Grabel Jeffrey Radigan Hobie & Ann Woods
Phillip & Jean David Jim Blickenstaff Julie Grisham Bill Ralph Milo Zarakov & Deborah Long
James Day Mark Bole Donald & Melinda Groom Ed & Gwen Regalia G & D Zellingers
Tom Fannin Marchetta Bowdle Phil & Susan Grover Connie Regalia George & Sarah Zimmerman
Sidney & Linda Fluhrer Malcolm & Sylvia Boyce Richard & Faye Guarienti Jennifer Rice
Liana Genovesi & Scott Don & Jeanne Boyd Jean Halford Charles Rickenbacher Friends
Ahrendt Kate Boyle Sydney & Helen Hammill Grant Peterson - Rivendell $35 or more
John & Cathy Grossu Lynn & Butch Brear Katherine Hart & Donna King Bicycle Works 520 Members support SMD
James & Roberta Hadley Alex Brendel Tom & Janeen Heath John Roebuck in this membership category.
Peter & Judi Hage Ron & Sharon Brown Michael Rosenblum
12Peyton I. Jacob Denise & Bruce Muirhead Dan Suzio
Ruth V. Jamison Theron & Elizabeth Nelson Thomas E . Swaine
James & Toril Jelter Helen E. Newman Paul Swatek
Jepson Herbarium, UC Richard & Dorothy Nichols Joanne Taylor
Berkeley Raymond & Judith Nickel Virginia Thomas
Donald & Carole Johnson Robert & Shirley Nootbaar Patricia Thomas
Steven & Anne Jones Marilyn Nuber (Contra Costa Deborah Thomason-Olsen
Gail Jordan Roofworks) Larry Thompson
Paul & Dorothy Joslyn David Ogden & Sandy Biagi Gregory & Cathy Tibbles
Giselle Jurkanin & Kristin Michael Ogles Chris Valle-Riestra
Cooper Stephen & Susan Ohanian Linda Wallgren
Scott Hein
Robert & Patricia Kahn Shelley Okey Walnut Creek Garden Club
Peter & Julie Ann Kaldveer Dale & Jean Olds Sharon Walters
Ursula Kaprielian Charles & Anne Olsen John & Donna Walton
Paul & Deirdre Katz Bill & Kay O'Neil Frederick & Margaret Warnke
Long time residents of the Joseph Galvin Ranch Raymond Katz & June Jim O'Neill & Kathleen Mosier- Bjorg & Jan Wasserfall
Maselbas O'Neill Franz & Sarah Wassermann
Elias Katz, Ph.D. Diana & Peter O'Rourke John Waterbury
General Donations Diane Kauffman Verna Osborn Dick & Margo Watson
Valerie & Jim Kayl Diane Oshima Harry Wayne
Lillian Adams Julia Dos Santos Kathryn Kearns Greg Page Alfred P. Weiler
Penny & Jim Adams Lee & Barbara Drew A.M. Kern Frank & Julieanne Palermo Neil & Madeline Weinstein
Judy & Andy Adler Thomas & Jane Dunphy David & Mary Kimble Robert & Patricia Partridge Peter & Dolores White
Barbara Alexander East Bay Bicycle Coalition Doug Knauer & Jennifer Nancy & Tom Patten Peter & Ann Whitehead
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William & Margaret Andrews Joel & Diane Eisenberg Jesse & Sharon Krider David & Mariana Peck Sonja & Kim Wilkin
Henri Audiffred Chuck & Patricia Eisner Wayne Ladd Marianne Pedrazzi James & Audrey Wilson
Richard Bachenheimer Ken & Emily Elliott James & Beverly Lane Dale Perkins Craig & Barbara
David Baer Robert & Margaret Elliott Roger & Sue Lang Basilia Peterson Woolmington-Smith
Bruce Baldwin Anthony & Marie Emerson Theodore & Janice Lassagne Fred & Virginia Peterson Leslie & T.R. Wyatt
Willard Ballenger Marvin & Ruth Epstein Philip Lathrap Marjorie & Theodore Plant Joel & Jacqueline Zaves
John & Deborah Barone An Mari Ericsson Anne LeBlanc Allan Prager Peter & Midge Zischke
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