Appendix D - Cultural and Tribal Cultural Resources Supporting Information PUBLIC

6 Navy built Camp Parks as a Construction Battalion Training Base. In 1947, the Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center was developed on government surplus land that had been a Navy Brig at Camp Parks. With a population of 3,000, Pleasanton was the smallest incorporated city in Alameda County in 1954. The opening of Parks Air Force Base and the Lawrence Livermore atomic research laboratory during World War II began a period of growth in the Dublin/ Pleasanton area that transformed what had been small agricultural towns into suburban residential/office communities (Anonymous 1954:4). New residential subdivisions were built starting in the 1950s as improvements to Highway 50 made commuting easier to Oakland or other cities of the East Bay. The population of Dublin increased substantially in 1960 after the developer Volk-McLain built San Ramon Village on land that had been part of the original Dougherty Ranch. The citizens of Dublin unsuccessfully tried to incorporate in the 1963 to 1965 period. In 1967, Interstate 680 was completed bringing further development to the area. During the 1970s and 1980s, the Dublin/Pleasanton area became one of the fastest growing regions in the Bay Area as many new subdivisions, two large business parks and a regional shopping center were built in the area. In 1975, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) busses began service from Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore to the Hayward and Bayfair stations (the Dublin/Pleasanton BART line did not open until 1997). Also in 1975, as a result of the widening of Interstate 580, Dublin’s old Murray School was moved next to St. Raymond’s Church on Donlon Way. This area became the Dublin Heritage Center. In November, 1981, Dublin citizens finally approved a measure to incorporate, becoming Alameda County’s 14th city. A new Dublin Civic Center opened in 1989 on Dublin Boulevard. Dublin and Pleasanton are now major suburban office/residential communities at the southern end of the “680 Corridor” which extends north to the Concord/Martinez area. The extensive non-farm development after World War II increased land and labor costs making farming less economically viable. Many farmers sold their land or took non-farm jobs to support themselves. The cattle industry has managed to survive in Southeast Alameda County to a much greater degree compared to other agricultural activities, with the exception of vineyards serving the wine industry. The vineyards south of the City of Livermore have been protected as part of an agricultural preserve. Agriculture located in the fertile valley bottoms close to cities has historically been more vulnerable to the County’s huge population growth during the last fifty years. Beef cattle can be profitably raised in the less productive, and less expensive, land in the rugged hills surrounding the towns in the Amador and Livermore Valleys. Historical Background: 11021 & 11033 Dublin Canyon Road The first house built on the property at what is today 11022-33 Dublin Canyon Road was by Michael Devany, an immigrant from Ireland born in 1817. He came to San Francisco in 1852, then moved to Dublin in Alameda County in 1858 (Thompson & West Historical Atlas of Alameda County 1876). Devany was listed in the 1886 Alameda County Voting Register as a “Farmer/Stock Raiser” in Dublin. The map of the Dublin area in the 1876 Historical Atlas of Alameda County shows Devany owned a 240 acre parcel near what was then known as the