Pleasant Hill in Contra Costa County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Rodgers Ranch

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 13, 2016

1. Rodgers Ranch Marker

Inscription. Patrick Rodgers left Ireland for America C. 1843 at the age of 10, without his family. In 1855, he arrived in California for the Gold Rush. In 1868, he and his wife, Mary Ann, bought this 149-acre site to grow wheat. The Rodgers, along with eight other families, became Pleasant Hill's first pioneers. In the late 1800's, during the "Second California Gold Rush" (the highest U.S. production of wheat ever recorded), Rodgers Ranch became a successful "household farm," outlasting the much larger "bonanza farms." Patrick died in 1891 and Mary Ann in 1893. Both are buried at St. Catherine's cemetery in Martinez, California.

National Register of Historic Places 1991 - #91000305

Dedicated 2014 / 6019
Joaquin Murrieta Chapter 13
E Clampus Vitus

Erected 2014 by E Clampus Vitus Joaquin Murrieta Chapter 13.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the E Clampus Vitus series list.

Location. 37° 56.617′ N, 122° 5.218′ W. Marker is in Pleasant Hill, California, in Contra

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Costa County. It is on Cortsen Road 0.4 miles south of Grayson Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 315 Cortsen Road, Pleasant Hill CA 94523, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area

and on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Contra Costa County World War I Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); CinéArts Theatre (approx. 1.6 miles away); Hookston Station Historic Exibit (approx. 1.9 miles away); Rolling Ridge Ranch (approx. 2.7 miles away); St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Walnut Creek, California) (approx. 3.1 miles away); City Park & Walnut Festival (approx. 3.2 miles away); Walnut Growers; Processing Plant (approx. 3.2

Rodgers Ranch and Marker - Wide View image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 13, 2016

2. Rodgers Ranch and Marker - Wide View

miles away); Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Railway (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pleasant Hill.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2016, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 677 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 14, 2016, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.