Peña Adobe Park (Peña Adobe Regional Park) is a in

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. The Peña Adobe Regional Park has a Vaca-Peña Adobe Visitor Center and has 40 miles of trails. Peña Adobe Park is in the . The parks were part of Juan Felipe Peña land grant Rancho Los Putos. The park is both a

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al park and place with

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sites.

Description

Peña Adobe Park has: * Peña Adobe (Vaca-Peña Adobe) a

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With . *Pioneer monument to Edwin Markham *The Pioneer Monument *Mowers-Goheen Museum *Willis Linn Jepson Memorial Garden *Indian Council Ground *Pioneer monument to Edwin Markham *Peñas Point Trail *Bear Valley Loop Trail *BBQ Grills *Biking Trails *Hiking Trails *Horseshoe Pits *Open Space Fields *Public Restrooms *Picnic Shelters for rent *Outdoor amphitheater

Lagoon Valley Park

Lagoon Valley Park has: *Peña Adobe Community Center *Marsh Creek Trail *Prunus Loop Trail *Quercus Trail *Thleynanti Trail *Hills *Horseshoe pits *Lagoon Lake 100-acre *Fishing *Non-motorized boating - for kayakers *Archery *Electric model flying field * Disc golf - 27-hole *Large dog park *bike trails *Equestrians trails

Peña Adobe Cemetery

In the Peña Adobe Park is the historical site on the northern trail of Peña Adobe Park. Pena Adobe Cemetery is a historic graveyard. Peña Adobe Cemetery has been moved a few times. For some years it was disrepair. From 1917 to 1920 the 30,000-square-foot graveyard had about 389 wooden marked graves abandoned and the site used for

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grazing by rancher, William B. O’Connor who had bought the land. The graves were moved in May 1966. The old Cemetery in Peña Adobe Park is a

Jack Hume Grove

In the Peña Adobe Park is the Historical Jack Hume Grove named after William Jack and Charles Hume built in 1850. Jack Hume Grove grew crops on the land. In 1897 a railroad line was built at Jack Hume Grove to move his crops to

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for sell. Jack Hume Grove grew fruit, vegetables and nuts. The site if Jack Hume Grove is on the northern trail of Peña Adobe Park at .

Historic Markers

*Peña Adobe Park Marker. *A Rancho Los Putos historic marker, was placed at the site by Native Daughters of the Golden West in working with the California State Park Commission in 1955 *The Pioneer Monument *William Gordon Huff Marker placed by The Sam Brannan Chapter 1004, Ancient and Honorable Order of

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on August 16, 1984. *Unknown Pioneer Ranchers, by City of Vacaville and Yerba Buena Chapter, E Clampus Vitus in 1974. *The Valley Marker, near park not in park.

Gallery

The Pioneer Monument at Pena Adobe Park.jpg, The Pioneer Monument at Pena Adobe Park Juan Felipe Peña.jpg, Juan Felipe Peña Juan Manuel Vaca.jpg, Juan Manuel Vaca, who along with Juan Felipe Peña, owned Rancho Los Putos Edwin Markham cph.3a02003.jpg, Edwin Markham Summer Hillside.jpg, Park Hillsides in Summer Pena_Adobe_map_NPS.jpg, Pena Adobe Park map by NPS in 1966

References

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