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Moraga is in Contra Costa County
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In 1857, Lot No. 1, a quarter section of Rancho Laguna De Los
Palos Colorados was bought by a squatter, Jesse Williams,
from Jose de Jesus Moraga. In 1906, the land was then
purchased by Manuel Lucas and 10 years later, 20 acres were
sold to . . . — — Map (db m136516) HM
Near St. Marys Road, 0.1 miles east of Moraga Road.
Grandfather of the co-grantee of Rancho Laguna de los Palos Colorados, he founded San Francisco by establishing there the Mission and Royal Presidio of St. Francis in 1776. In 1777 he founded the Mission Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Jose. . . . — — Map (db m91803) HM
Freight railroads serviced the Moraga Rancho from 1889 to 1957.
Passenger service to the Moraga Station began in 1913.
Commuters, high school and St. Mary's College students rode
the train in the early days, as well as picnickers going . . . — — Map (db m152671) HM
On this site was the Moraga Train Station of the
Sacramento Northern Railway, a 183-mile railway
that connected Oakland and Chico via Sacramento,
handling passengers and freight.
The station served Moraga Valley from 1913 to 1957. . . . — — Map (db m184241) HM
On School Street at Country Club Drive, on the right when traveling north on School Street.
Named for Joaquin Moraga, who in 1835 was granted 13,000 acres from the Mexican government and established Rancho Laguna de Los Palos Colorados. A Moraga townsite was conceived by A.A. Grant and J.A. Williamson in 1894. James Irvine purchased a . . . — — Map (db m31102) HM
Near School Street west of Moraga Way, on the right when traveling south.
Built on land donated by the
Moraga Company to the
Willow Spring School District
in 1916.
The building served as a school
for the Moraga Valley from
1917 -1958. — — Map (db m145679) HM