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Alameda County Calif. Landmarks
NO. 241 LIVERMORE MEMORIAL MONUMENT
Today when you look to see the what was once the Rancho las Positas landmark in Livermore, you'll find commercial buildings and Portola Park. The Rancho las Positas could possibly have meant "small watering hole" though it is more likely to just be a name with no meaning. There is a college in Livermore named for this historic landmark. It is called Las Positas College.
Significance of this landmark:
Robert Livermore, first settler of Livermore Valley, was born in England in 1799. He arrived in Monterey in 1822 and married Josefa Higuera y Fuentes in 1830.
On his Rancho las Positas, where he settled in 1835, 'Next to the mission fathers, he was the first man to engage himself in the culture of grapes, fruit, and grain.'
He died in 1858. The Livermore hacienda was a short distance north of this spot.
Location: Portola Park, Portola Ave and N Livermore Ave, Livermore