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Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio is a 4.1-mile-long (6.6 km) year-round stream in southern Marin County, California, United States. This watercourse is also known as Corte Madera Creek , although the actual stream of that name flows into San Francisco Bay further north at Point San Quentin. [3]
Old Mill Creek, and its 1 mile (1.6 km) long tributary Cascade Creek both begin high on the southeast flank of the East Peak of Mount Tamalpais. Old Mill Creek has a small decommissioned dam and reservoir above the convergence with Cascade Creek.
Being ambitious men, they saw that a good fortune could result from gaining a Mexican land grant to the virginal lands of southern Marin. They both applied for land grants. Reed was granted Rancho Corte Madera del Presidio (where the wood was cut for the Presidio) in 1834.
Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio is a 4.1-mile-long year-round stream in southern Marin County, California, United States. This watercourse is also known as Corte Madera Creek, although the actual stream of that name flows into San Francisco Bay further north at Point San Quentin.
The Spanish soldiers called the place Arroyo Corte Madera, meaning the stream where cord wood is found. That is still its name today, and no, it’s not connected to Corte Madera Creek, which carries the runoff from hills surrounding the Ross Valley into San Pablo Bay, several miles further north.
Arroyo Corte Madera Del Presidio ist ein Bach im Marin County in Kalifornien. Er entspringt am Knob Hill ungefähr 250 m über dem Meer. Der Bach fließt, teils unterirdisch, durch die Wohngebiete der Stadt Mill Valley und mündet in die Bucht von San Francisco nördlich der Golden Gate Bridge .
Rancho Corte Madera del Presidio. Coordinates: 37.930°N 122.520°W. Rancho Corte Madera del Presidio was a 7,845-acre (31.75 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Marin County, California given in 1834 by Governor José Figueroa to John (Juan) Reed. [1]
