- 1835 by
Governor José
Castro to José Noriega. "
Méganos"
means "sand dunes" in Spanish.
Rancho Los
Méganos extends eastward from present-day
Antioch along...
- The
Meganos Formation is a
geologic formation in California. It
preserves fossils dating back to the
Paleogene period.
Earth sciences portal California...
- as
having once
belonged to
Juana Sanchez. '
Meganos'
means 'sand dunes.' A "paraje que
llaman los
Méganos" 'place
called the sand dunes' (with a variant...
- John Marsh, an East
Contra Costa County pioneer who
acquired Rancho Los
Méganos, the land
grant that
Brentwood is
built upon, in 1837 from Jose Noriega...
-
local historian,
Kathy Leighton, the
railroad wanted to name the
community Meganos,
commemorating the
nearby ranch owned by
Doctor John Marsh.
Local settlers...
-
Brewer first recorded the Mt.
Diablo buckwheat at John Marsh's
Rancho Los
Meganos at the
northeast corner of Mt. Diablo, on May 29, 1862.
Marsh was the first...
- Don José Noriega, a
wealthy Californio ranchero, was
granted Rancho Los
Méganos in 1835,
covering all of
modern Oakley....
- Landing,
prior to its
current name. In 1848, John Marsh,
owner of
Rancho Los
Méganos, one of the
largest ranches in California,
built a
landing on the San Joaquin...
- Sevilla,
Pedro Armendáriz, René
Cardona Cine de rumberas,
musical 1955 El
Mégano Julio García
Espinosa Do****entary Tres bárbaros en un jeep (Three barbarians...
- The
Rancho Los
Méganos mansion was
built in 1856 by John Marsh....
