Old Mission San Jose District in Fremont in Alameda County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Sabercat Historical Park

Pine Street Entrance

— City of Fremont —

Sabercat Historical Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado

1. Sabercat Historical Park Marker

Inscription. Welcome to the fossils of Sabercat.
Throughout the last Ice Age, mammoth, saber-toothed cats and other large land mammals lived here. Most of these animals are now extinct, but they left behind a treasure trove of fossils.

Local students, dubbed the “boy paleontologists” excavated some of the most remarkable fossils in and near Sabercat Creek, from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Sabercat Creek flows year-round, from the foothills of the Diablo Range to San Francisco Bay, sustaining plants and animals, including migratory birds.

Erected by City of Fremont.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Paleontology.

Location. 37° 31.472′ N, 121° 55.33′ W. Marker is in Fremont, California, in Alameda County. It is in the Old Mission San Jose District. Marker is on Pine Street east of Excelso Drive, on the right when traveling west. The resin marker is mounted in a metal frame at the Sabercat Creek Trailhead on Pine Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fremont CA 94539, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. What does it mean to "hitch your horse"? (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dr. Jose Maria Montealegre (approx. half a mile away); Ehrman General Store

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(approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Sabercat Historical Park (approx. 0.6 miles away); East View (approx. 0.6 miles away); West View (approx. 0.6 miles away); Washington Hotel (approx. 0.6 miles away); Olive Hyde Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fremont.

Also see . . . Boy Paleontologists. Washington Township Museum of Local History

"In the Irvington gravel pits, known as Bell Quarry, located off of Osgood Road from 1944 to 1960, the Boy Paleontologists of Hayward unearthed plant and animal fossils including mammoths, saber cats, horses, camels, and even rodents. A new species named Tetrameryx irvingtonensis, a four-pronged antelope, was the most significant find."

(Submitted on March 15, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, March 8, 2023

2. Sabercat Historical Park Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 80 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 15, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.