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to changes that over time have shaped the the shaped have time over that changes to

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the Mexican and American governments. governments. American and Mexican the

pronghorn antelope, grizzly bear, and tule elk. tule and bear, grizzly antelope, pronghorn suffering, first under Spanish rule, then under under then rule, Spanish under first suffering,

Father Font recorded frequent sightings of of sightings frequent recorded Font Father to decades of disruption, dislocation, and and dislocation, disruption, of decades to

bordered by streamside trees and shrubs. shrubs. and trees streamside by bordered For local tribal peoples, these encounters led led encounters these peoples, tribal local For

interspersed with oaks and buckeyes, and and buckeyes, and oaks with interspersed

Spanish gave them glass beads. glass them gave Spanish

native bunchgrasses and spring wildflowers, wildflowers, spring and bunchgrasses native

“cakes,” and other foods. In return the the return In foods. other and “cakes,”

areas. The foothills were covered with with covered were foothills The areas.

fear, and hospitality, including gifts of fish, seed seed fish, of gifts including hospitality, and fear,

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some 13,000 years. According to expedition expedition to According years. 13,000 some From a painting by David Rickman

see today, in part due to local Indian Indian local to due part in today, see The travelers rode through through rode travelers The

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George H. Cardinet, Jr. QUESTIONS: If you have any questions April 8, 1909–January 19, 2007 about the Juan Bautista de Anza National The Anza Historic Trail in the East Bay, call or email a Park District naturalist at one of the Visitor eorge Cardinet Expedition Ghas been called the Centers listed below. Father of California Trails ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARM and the Grandfather of of 1776 Fremont 510-544-2797, [email protected] National Trails. A resident of Clayton and Concord, BLACK DIAMOND MINES California he became a Magazine Trails Courtesy of American Antioch 510-544-2750, [email protected] trail advocate in the early 1940s. His efforts BOTANIC GARDEN significantly contributed to the passage of the Berkeley 510-544-3169, www.nativeplants.org California Hiking and Riding Trails Act of 1945 and the National Trails System Act of 1968, COYOTE HILLS REGIONAL PARK which established an extensive system of scenic Fremont 510-544-3220, [email protected] and historic trails. CRAB COVE at CROWN BEACH Alameda 510-544-3187, [email protected] With his strong passion for history, Cardinet was drawn to the significance of the Juan Bautista de SUNOL REGIONAL WILDERNESS Anza Expedition of 1775–1776. In 1976 he Sunol 510-544-3249, [email protected] organized a bicentennial reenactment of 1,800 TILDEN NATURE AREA/EEC miles from Mexico City to the San Francisco Bay, and LITTLE FARM riding a major portion of that trail as Lt. Joaquin Berkeley 510-544-2233, [email protected] Moraga, Anza’s second in command. To his great delight, and as a result of his determined advocacy, the trail was designated a National Text: Michael Charnofsky & Beverly Ortiz Historic Trail in 1990. Design: Rachel Blau, Nick Cavagnaro, and Doyle Cardinet worked with the East Bay Regional Wegner Park District to annex Contra Costa County to Map: Kara Haas, EBRPD GIS the District in 1964. He established trails and Cover Painting: David Rickman, courtesy of the trail links in and between East Bay Regional and National Park Service Mount Diablo State Parks. In all, Cardinet is credited with having mapped and routed more than 200 miles of trails throughout the greater This brochure is provided as a public service of the East Bay region. Interpretive and Recreation Services Department of the East Bay Regional Park District. To learn more about George Cardinet’s accomplishments, visit www.pnts.org and the National Park Service Anza Trail site at East Bay Regional Park District www.nps.gov/juba. 2950 Peralta Oaks Court 3/11 P.O. Box 5381 Follow the historic journey of Juan Bautista Oakland, CA 94605-0381

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