Pacific service magazine . in his last declining chapter;through the fabled era of ease andluxury during the Spanish occupa-tion; viewing the passing of thatromantic, colorful period of SanFrancisco Bay history, when bysailing vessel and covered wagonthe pioneers started the flood runof population, which has neverceased, little more than a centuryhas passed. The east shore of SanFrancisco Bay during these earlyyears developed only along rural the rich, rolling land with its wildgrain and pasture grazed herds of cattlevaluable only for their hide and the then rather fluct


Pacific service magazine . in his last declining chapter;through the fabled era of ease andluxury during the Spanish occupa-tion; viewing the passing of thatromantic, colorful period of SanFrancisco Bay history, when bysailing vessel and covered wagonthe pioneers started the flood runof population, which has neverceased, little more than a centuryhas passed. The east shore of SanFrancisco Bay during these earlyyears developed only along rural the rich, rolling land with its wildgrain and pasture grazed herds of cattlevaluable only for their hide and the then rather fluctuating growth inpopulation ofthe region, thefarmingmethodsimproved; and,as flowed thewestward streamof the earlywhite settlers,followed by therush of the daysof 49, the agri-cultural devel-opment of theEast Bay in-creased of ne-cessity became more intensified. But in thedays of gold the water trail led from SanFrancisco to Sacramento and the then vil-lage of Oakland and her rural attractionswere not


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