Search for Water

Search for Water. . , ”The plague of long-billed mosquitos…bite us and pursued us all the way to the place where we camped” , - Padre Pedro Font, Padre Font was not happy. Setting up camp that March 31, 1776, he had come over a thousand miles from his home in Mexico while ministering to colonists, soldiers, and workers. Conflicts with Commander Anza, contact with new tribes, and a search for the Sacramento River had keft him fatigued. Mosquitos were simply another irritant., At San Lorenzo Creek, Font got some needed rest. As Anza, Font, and a dozen soldiers watched the night sky, they reflected. They had safely brought nearly 200 settlers to San Francisco to protect this distant corner of the Spanish Empire. There, those families would build a presidio and a new way of life., The next morning, Font broke camp with a quick prayer after drawing this creek on his map. But it would be another generation before descendants of those first San Francisco colonists settled along the creeks of the East Bay., Commander Juan Bautista de Anza led an exploration party though the East Bay in 1776. Padre Pedro Font mapped the journey. Arroyo de la Harina is what we now call San Lorenzo Creek., En busqueda de agua, ”La plaga de mosquitos de pico largo…nos muerden y nos persiguen hasta el lugar donde acampamos.” , - Padre Pedro Font, El Padre no estaba alegre. Habiendo acampado ese 31 de marzo, 1776, el había viajado mas de mil millas donde su hogar an Mexico mientras servía a [? ? ?] y trabajadores. Confilctos con el commandante Anza, contacto con nuevas tribas, y la búsqueda del Rios Sacramento [?] habian dejado fatigado. Los mosquitos eran simplemente otro irritante., En el arroyo San Lorenzo Font [?] un bien merecido Descanso. Como Anza, Font y una docena de soldados [? ?] nocturno ellos reflexionaban. Habían llevado a casí 200 colonizadores a San Francisco sin accidente, para proteger esta esquina lejana del Imperio Español. Allí, esas familias construirían un presidio y una nueva manera de vivir., La mañana siguiente, Font deshizo campamento con una oración rápida despues de dibujar este arroyo en se mapa. Pero sería otra generación antes de que los descendientes de esos primeros colonos de San Francisco se instalaran a la largo del arroyo del Este de la Bahía., This project was funded in part by the National Park Service Challenge Cost Share Program. , Alameda Clean Water Program , Parks and Water Bond 2000 , Hayward Area Recreation and Park District , Hayward Area Historical Society , Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail