Islais Creek wetlands - Revision history

Ccarlsson at 06:13, 3 April 2023

2023-04-03T06:13:56Z

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	The vilification of the Italian dairy farmers along Islais Creek occurred in a larger economic and technological context. The small and squalid operations around Islais Creek stood in sharp contrast to a growing market presence of larger, scientifically managed dairy producers. These producers advertised their production methods as modern and sanitary—and an efficient and effective management of nature. By the 1890s, the wealthiest and most successful of the dairies that supplied San Francisco were far from the city center and far from the marginal urban pastures like Islais Creek.		The vilification of the Italian dairy farmers along Islais Creek occurred in a larger economic and technological context. The small and squalid operations around Islais Creek stood in sharp contrast to a growing market presence of larger, scientifically managed dairy producers. These producers advertised their production methods as modern and sanitary—and an efficient and effective management of nature. By the 1890s, the wealthiest and most successful of the dairies that supplied San Francisco were far from the city center and far from the marginal urban pastures like Islais Creek.

	~~Excerpted~~ from ''Animal City: The Domestication of America'' by Andrew Robichaud, Harvard University Press: 2019</blockquote>		—Excerpted from ''Animal City: The Domestication of America'' by Andrew Robichaud, Harvard University Press: 2019</blockquote>

	[[Image:3rd-Street-Bridge-over-Islais-Creek I0049943A.jpg]]		[[Image:3rd-Street-Bridge-over-Islais-Creek I0049943A.jpg]]

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	''Photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00730.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00730.jpg''		''Photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00730.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00730.jpg''

			<blockquote>Islais Creek and its extensive marshes were just outside the initial Two-Cow Limit [imposed by the city in the 1890s to prevent maintaining cow herds within City Limits], making it an ideal location for cows producing milk for urban consumers. As an unclaimed commons, the grasslands around Islais Creek provided a distinctive environment for small-scale dairy farmers seeking close proximity to downtown markets.

			Health Department officials decided that “from now on [[Cattle Raids of Creely\|a determined war]] will be waged against all dairymen who allow their milch cows to feed on swamp lands,” according to the ''San Francisco Call'' in December 1895. The wide swath of marshes connected to Islais Creek was chief among these “swamp lands” in San Francisco. It was here that dairymen allowed their cows free range “to wade into the swamp and eat of the rank grass which grows in the infected water.” [In November 1895] health department officials arrived to discover the marshes full of cows—as many as two hundred standing in the swamps, with many more on the nearby slopes, their legs wet or caked with mud.

			The vilification of the Italian dairy farmers along Islais Creek occurred in a larger economic and technological context. The small and squalid operations around Islais Creek stood in sharp contrast to a growing market presence of larger, scientifically managed dairy producers. These producers advertised their production methods as modern and sanitary—and an efficient and effective management of nature. By the 1890s, the wealthiest and most successful of the dairies that supplied San Francisco were far from the city center and far from the marginal urban pastures like Islais Creek.

			Excerpted from ''Animal City: The Domestication of America'' by Andrew Robichaud, Harvard University Press: 2019</blockquote>

	[[Image:3rd-Street-Bridge-over-Islais-Creek I0049943A.jpg]]		[[Image:3rd-Street-Bridge-over-Islais-Creek I0049943A.jpg]]

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	''Photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00730.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00730.jpg''		''Photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00730.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00730.jpg''

			[[Image:3rd-Street-Bridge-over-Islais-Creek I0049943A.jpg]]

			'''The 3rd Street Bridge over Islais Creek, c. 1920s.'''

			''Photo: Online Archive of California''

	[[Image:March 14 1915 Islais Creek E from Hill dpwbook11 dpw2272 looking north to Potrero Hill wnp36.00729.jpg\|792px]]		[[Image:March 14 1915 Islais Creek E from Hill dpwbook11 dpw2272 looking north to Potrero Hill wnp36.00729.jpg\|792px]]
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	[[category:Bernal Heights]][[category:Ecology]][[category:Water]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]]		[[category:Bernal Heights]][[category:Ecology]][[category:Water]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:Bridges]]

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	''Photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00730.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00730.jpg''		''Photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00730.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00730.jpg''

			[[Image:March 14 1915 Islais Creek E from Hill dpwbook11 dpw2272 looking north to Potrero Hill wnp36.00729.jpg\|792px]]

			'''Islais Creek east from Bernal Hill, looking north to Potrero Hill.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.00729; DPW Book 11, DPW 2272''

	[[Image:Wnp36.01165 Islais Creek South from trestle after flood.jpg]]		[[Image:Wnp36.01165 Islais Creek South from trestle after flood.jpg]]

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2017-10-26T21:28:07Z

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	''photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00854.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00854.jpg''		''photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00854.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00854.jpg''

	[[Image:~~bernlhts$islais-wetlands$wetlands_itm$islais-wetlands-from-bernal~~.jpg]]		[[Image:Wnp36.00730 Islais Creek San Bruno near Cortland.jpg]]

	'''Former Wetlands of Islais Creek seen from Bernal Heights, San Bruno Avenue near Cortland, March 4, 1915 '''		'''Former Wetlands of Islais Creek seen from Bernal Heights, San Bruno Avenue near Cortland, March 4, 1915 '''

	''Photo: ~~Private Collection, San Francisco, CA~~''		''Photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00730.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00730.jpg''

	[[Image:Wnp36.01165 Islais Creek South from trestle after flood.jpg]]		[[Image:Wnp36.01165 Islais Creek South from trestle after flood.jpg]]

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2017-10-26T21:24:25Z

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	[[Image:Wnp36.00854 Islais Creek near Kentucky.jpg]]		[[Image:Wnp36.00854 Islais Creek near Kentucky.jpg]]

	'''Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights. This bridge across Islais Creek is located near Kentucky Street (now 3rd Street).'''		'''Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights. This bridge across Islais Creek is located near Kentucky Street (now 3rd Street), August 23, 1915.'''

	''photo: OpenSFHistory / wnp36.00854.jpg''		''photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00854.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00854.jpg''

	[[Image:bernlhts$islais-wetlands$wetlands_itm$islais-wetlands-from-bernal.jpg]]		[[Image:bernlhts$islais-wetlands$wetlands_itm$islais-wetlands-from-bernal.jpg]]
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	'''January 25, 1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands following a flood. Location is east of Bernal Heights looking south from the railroad trestle seen in above photo.'''		'''January 25, 1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands following a flood. Location is east of Bernal Heights looking south from the railroad trestle seen in above photo.'''

	''photo: OpenSFHistory / wnp36.01165.jpg''		''photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.01165.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.01165.jpg''

	[[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]]		[[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]]

Lisaruth: changed captions to add more info on photos, replaced photo "bernlhts$islais-creek-wetlands.jpg|720px" with opensfhistory image with wnp36.00854, and replaced Islais-Creek-wetlands-1916.jpg|720px with wnp36.01165

2017-10-26T21:22:08Z

changed captions to add more info on photos, replaced photo "bernlhts$islais-creek-wetlands.jpg|720px" with opensfhistory image with wnp36.00854, and replaced Islais-Creek-wetlands-1916.jpg|720px with wnp36.01165

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	'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>'''		'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>'''

	[[Image:~~bernlhts$islais-creek-wetlands~~.jpg~~\|720px~~]]		[[Image:Wnp36.00854 Islais Creek near Kentucky.jpg]]

	'''Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights.'''		'''Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights. This bridge across Islais Creek is located near Kentucky Street (now 3rd Street).'''

	''photo: ~~Private Collection, San Francisco, CA~~''		''photo: OpenSFHistory / wnp36.00854.jpg''

	[[Image:bernlhts$islais-wetlands$wetlands_itm$islais-wetlands-from-bernal.jpg]]		[[Image:bernlhts$islais-wetlands$wetlands_itm$islais-wetlands-from-bernal.jpg]]

	'''Former Wetlands of Islais Creek seen from Bernal Heights ~~(early 20th century)~~'''		'''Former Wetlands of Islais Creek seen from Bernal Heights, San Bruno Avenue near Cortland, March 4, 1915 '''

	''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	[[Image:Islais-Creek~~-wetlands-1916~~.jpg~~\|720px~~]]		[[Image:Wnp36.01165 Islais Creek South from trestle after flood.jpg]]

	'''1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands east of Bernal Heights from the railroad ~~trellis~~ seen in above photo.'''		'''January 25, 1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands following a flood. Location is east of Bernal Heights looking south from the railroad trestle seen in above photo.'''

	''photo: ~~Private Collection, San Francisco, CA~~''		''photo: OpenSFHistory / wnp36.01165.jpg''

	[[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]]		[[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]]

Ccarlsson at 21:42, 26 September 2014

2014-09-26T21:42:55Z

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	''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

			[[Image:bernlhts$islais-wetlands$wetlands_itm$islais-wetlands-from-bernal.jpg]]

			'''Former Wetlands of Islais Creek seen from Bernal Heights (early 20th century)'''

			''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	[[Image:Islais-Creek-wetlands-1916.jpg\|720px]]		[[Image:Islais-Creek-wetlands-1916.jpg\|720px]]

Ccarlsson: added link

2014-09-26T21:40:31Z

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	[[Image:Islais-Creek-wetlands-1916.jpg\|720px]]		[[Image:Islais-Creek-wetlands-1916.jpg\|720px]]

	'''~~View~~ of Islais Creek wetlands east of Bernal Heights from the railroad trellis seen in above photo.'''		'''1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands east of Bernal Heights from the railroad trellis seen in above photo.'''

	''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
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	[[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]]		[[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]]

	'''The Old Clam House at Bayshore Blvd. and Oakdale Ave., in place at the edge of the wetlands since the 1860s.'''		'''The Old Clam House at [[East Slope Bernal Heights\|Bayshore Blvd. and Oakdale Ave.]], in place at the edge of the wetlands since the 1860s.'''

	''photo: Chris Carlsson''		''photo: Chris Carlsson''

Ccarlsson at 21:36, 26 September 2014

2014-09-26T21:36:21Z

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	'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>'''		'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>'''

	[[Image:bernlhts$islais-creek-wetlands.jpg]]		[[Image:bernlhts$islais-creek-wetlands.jpg\|720px]]

	'''Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights.'''		'''Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights.'''

	''photo: ~~Gaar~~ Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

			[[Image:Islais-Creek-wetlands-1916.jpg\|720px]]

			'''View of Islais Creek wetlands east of Bernal Heights from the railroad trellis seen in above photo.'''

			''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	[[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]]		[[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]]
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	[[category:Bernal Heights]][[category:Ecology]][[category:Water]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1900s]]		[[category:Bernal Heights]][[category:Ecology]][[category:Water]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]]