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Surveyor's Monument for Castro's Rancho - 1838


SURVEYORS MONUMENT FOR
CASTRO'S RANCHO 1838
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THIS BUCKEYE TREE WAS
A SURVEY MONUMENT FOR GUILLERMO
CASTRO'S 26.722 ACRE RANCHO SAN LORENZO.

STONES IN THIS WALL CAME FROM
THE FOUNDATION OF CASTRO'S ADOBE BUILT
WHERE HAYWARD CITY HALL NOW STANDS.
HAYWARD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY -1962

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