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.
Rodgers Ranch. . 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 , .
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
Location. 37° 56.617′ N, 122° 5.218′ W. Marker is in Pleasant Hill, California, in Contra Costa County. Marker is on Cortsen Road, 0.4 miles south of Grayson Road
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, 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.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 13, 2016
2. Rodgers Ranch and Marker - Wide View
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 423 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 14, 2016, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
