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El Camino Rancho San Antonio

Tiny, easy-to-miss plaque at the corner of MacArthur and Broadway in Oakland, at the northeast corner of Mosswood Park.

EL CAMINO
RANCHO SAN ANTONIO

ABOUT 1820, ALONG THIS ROUTE
RAN THE EARLIEST KNOWN ROAD
FROM MISSION SAN JOSE OVER
RANCHO SAN ANTONIO TO THE
RANCHOS NORTH.

ERECTED BY OAKLAND CHAPTER,
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
1939

Photo credit Miriam and Julia Allen.

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