Berkeley

by Wendy P. Markel

The Huchiun Ohlone people were the first inhabitants of the land that is today Berkeley. Early in the 1800s, the 47,000-acre ranches of the Peralta family stretched into the hills from San Leandro Creek to El Cerrito Creek. Only a scant 50 years later, newly arrived American settlers established the community of Ocean View on the bay, and in 1860, land nestled into the foothills was dedicated for the establishment of the future University of California. With a university to the east and Ocean View to the west, the threat of annexation by the larger town of Oakland finally brought the two communities together into one, and "Athens of the West," as Berkeley was known, became a municipality in 1878.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Karel Baloun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating pictures. Berkeley was already pretty amazing in the early 1900s

[Robin]

A very informative book on the history of Berkeley and what was known as Ocean View. Beautiful pictures of the Berkeley that once was with rolling hills,grand old oak trees, numerous creeks and a lovely area free of homes and other development. Fasinating pictures of U. C. Berkeley's campus in the making as well.