The Pre-European Landscape - Revision history

Ccarlsson at 05:07, 22 November 2021

2021-11-22T05:07:26Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:07, 21 November 2021
Line 26:		Line 26:
	[[San Francisco 1816 \| Prev. Document]] [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb \| Next Document]]		[[San Francisco 1816 \| Prev. Document]] [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb \| Next Document]]

	[[category:Ecology]] [[category:1776-1823]] [[category:1823-1846]] [[category:Indigenous]] [[category:Presidio]]		[[category:Ecology]] [[category:1776-1823]] [[category:1823-1846]] [[category:Indigenous]] [[category:Presidio]] [[category:Reclaiming San Francisco]]

Ccarlsson at 21:11, 27 January 2020

2020-01-27T21:11:41Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:11, 27 January 2020
Line 3:		Line 3:
	''by Pete Holloran''		''by Pete Holloran''

	[[Image:~~ecology1$ohlone~~-~~village~~.jpg]]		[[Image:California Indian Pre-Contact Territories Map via HOMEY.jpg]]

			'''Pre-Contact map of California Indigenous territories.'''

			''Map courtesy H.O.M.E.Y., via Facebook''

	~~'''A typical Ohlone bayside village as pictured in [[THE OHLONE WAY \| The Ohlone Way]].''' <br>''Image: [http://www.heydaybooks.org/ Heyday Books], Berkeley, CA''~~

	On a spring day in 1776 one of the first Europeans to see this land marveled at the plentiful wildflowers near his campsite. "There are [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb \| yerba buena]] and so many lilies," Father Pedro Font wrote, "that I had them almost inside my tent." Firewood was abundant, but Font was compelled to note "the lack of timber." [[Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) \| Coast live oaks]], willows, and other hardy species flourished where San Francisco's unusual environmental conditions made the land uninhabitable for tall trees.		On a spring day in 1776 one of the first Europeans to see this land marveled at the plentiful wildflowers near his campsite. "There are [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb \| yerba buena]] and so many lilies," Father Pedro Font wrote, "that I had them almost inside my tent." Firewood was abundant, but Font was compelled to note "the lack of timber." [[Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) \| Coast live oaks]], willows, and other hardy species flourished where San Francisco's unusual environmental conditions made the land uninhabitable for tall trees.
Line 14:		Line 17:

	So when Father Pedro Font walked north from his camp at [[Community-Based Ecological Restoration at the Presidio \| Mountain Lake]] and encountered a "very open" mesa, he was probably witnessing an inhabited landscape, managed by the Ohlone to meet their need for diverse natural products. Without burning, the rugged and windswept mesa may have been a thicket of manzanita and poison oak, but instead it offered "an abundance of wild violets" and fine pasture grasses, perpetuated by late autumn fires.		So when Father Pedro Font walked north from his camp at [[Community-Based Ecological Restoration at the Presidio \| Mountain Lake]] and encountered a "very open" mesa, he was probably witnessing an inhabited landscape, managed by the Ohlone to meet their need for diverse natural products. Without burning, the rugged and windswept mesa may have been a thicket of manzanita and poison oak, but instead it offered "an abundance of wild violets" and fine pasture grasses, perpetuated by late autumn fires.

			[[Image:ecology1$ohlone-village.jpg\|left]] '''A typical Ohlone bayside village as pictured in [[THE OHLONE WAY \| The Ohlone Way]].''' <br>''Image: [http://www.heydaybooks.org/ Heyday Books], Berkeley, CA''

	After ascending a hill north of [[Mountain Lake 2000\| Mountain Lake]] (probably the present-day Rob Hill), Father Pedro Font was captivated by "a most delightful view" of the Golden Gate, the Farallones, and San Francisco Bay. "There would not be anything more beautiful in all the world," he declared, than a city built here. This panoramic view is now blocked by non-native trees planted by the Army.		After ascending a hill north of [[Mountain Lake 2000\| Mountain Lake]] (probably the present-day Rob Hill), Father Pedro Font was captivated by "a most delightful view" of the Golden Gate, the Farallones, and San Francisco Bay. "There would not be anything more beautiful in all the world," he declared, than a city built here. This panoramic view is now blocked by non-native trees planted by the Army.

Ccarlsson: fixed link

2011-05-28T05:54:55Z

fixed link

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:54, 27 May 2011
Line 11:		Line 11:
	Thickets of scrubby trees supplied essential resources for the indigenous inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula, the Ramaytush tribe of the Ohlone Indians. Coast live oaks--prized for their acorns--may have been the most important, but more than 150 other plants were also used by the Ohlone for food, medicine, cosmetics, and even insecticides. [[Crissy Field Tidal Marsh\| Presidio tidal marshes]]--now completely filled in--once provided the Ohlone with at least 29 species of fish, numerous birds and mammals, even the occasional whale and grizzly bear.		Thickets of scrubby trees supplied essential resources for the indigenous inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula, the Ramaytush tribe of the Ohlone Indians. Coast live oaks--prized for their acorns--may have been the most important, but more than 150 other plants were also used by the Ohlone for food, medicine, cosmetics, and even insecticides. [[Crissy Field Tidal Marsh\| Presidio tidal marshes]]--now completely filled in--once provided the Ohlone with at least 29 species of fish, numerous birds and mammals, even the occasional whale and grizzly bear.

	The natural world provided the Ohlone with variety, but not in such abundance without thoughtful management on their part. Willows, for example, needed pruning to encourage the straight young poles preferred by basketweavers. [[FIRE! \| Fire]] was perhaps the most potent tool, as it prevented shrub encroachment on grasslands rich in edible bulbs and kept the landscape open for deer and other animals of woodland margins. One visitor recorded such fires while camping near [[~~The~~ Mission ~~District~~ \| Mission Dolores]] in late October 1816: "All night," he wrote, "great fires burned on the land at the back of the harbor; the natives are in the habit of burning the grass, to further its growth."		The natural world provided the Ohlone with variety, but not in such abundance without thoughtful management on their part. Willows, for example, needed pruning to encourage the straight young poles preferred by basketweavers. [[FIRE! \| Fire]] was perhaps the most potent tool, as it prevented shrub encroachment on grasslands rich in edible bulbs and kept the landscape open for deer and other animals of woodland margins. One visitor recorded such fires while camping near [[Mission Dolores\| Mission Dolores]] in late October 1816: "All night," he wrote, "great fires burned on the land at the back of the harbor; the natives are in the habit of burning the grass, to further its growth."

	So when Father Pedro Font walked north from his camp at [[Community-Based Ecological Restoration at the Presidio \| Mountain Lake]] and encountered a "very open" mesa, he was probably witnessing an inhabited landscape, managed by the Ohlone to meet their need for diverse natural products. Without burning, the rugged and windswept mesa may have been a thicket of manzanita and poison oak, but instead it offered "an abundance of wild violets" and fine pasture grasses, perpetuated by late autumn fires.		So when Father Pedro Font walked north from his camp at [[Community-Based Ecological Restoration at the Presidio \| Mountain Lake]] and encountered a "very open" mesa, he was probably witnessing an inhabited landscape, managed by the Ohlone to meet their need for diverse natural products. Without burning, the rugged and windswept mesa may have been a thicket of manzanita and poison oak, but instead it offered "an abundance of wild violets" and fine pasture grasses, perpetuated by late autumn fires.

Lisaruth: removed category - ohlone

2009-01-21T08:34:15Z

removed category - ohlone

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:34, 21 January 2009
Line 21:		Line 21:
	[[San Francisco 1816 \| Prev. Document]] [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb \| Next Document]]		[[San Francisco 1816 \| Prev. Document]] [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb \| Next Document]]

	[[category:Ecology]] [[category:1776-1823]] [[category:1823-1846]] [[category:Indigenous~~]] [[category:Ohlone~~]] [[category:Presidio]]		[[category:Ecology]] [[category:1776-1823]] [[category:1823-1846]] [[category:Indigenous]] [[category:Presidio]]

Ccarlsson: Protected "The Pre-European Landscape": excerpted essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

2009-01-03T04:26:43Z

Protected "The Pre-European Landscape": excerpted essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

← Older revision	Revision as of 21:26, 2 January 2009
(No difference)

Ccarlsson: PC and protected

2009-01-03T04:26:29Z

PC and protected

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:26, 2 January 2009
Line 1:		Line 1:
			'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>'''

			''by Pete Holloran''

	[[Image:ecology1$ohlone-village.jpg]]		[[Image:ecology1$ohlone-village.jpg]]

	'''A typical Ohlone bayside village as pictured in [[THE OHLONE WAY \| The Ohlone Way]].''' ''Image: [http://www.heydaybooks.org/ Heyday Books], Berkeley, CA''		'''A typical Ohlone bayside village as pictured in [[THE OHLONE WAY \| The Ohlone Way]].''' <br>''Image: [http://www.heydaybooks.org/ Heyday Books], Berkeley, CA''

	On a spring day in 1776 one of the first Europeans to see this land marveled at the plentiful wildflowers near his campsite. "There are [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb \| yerba buena]] and so many lilies," Father Pedro Font wrote, "that I had them almost inside my tent." Firewood was abundant, but Font was compelled to note "the lack of timber." [[Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) \| Coast live oaks]], willows, and other hardy species flourished where San Francisco's unusual environmental conditions made the land uninhabitable for tall trees.		On a spring day in 1776 one of the first Europeans to see this land marveled at the plentiful wildflowers near his campsite. "There are [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb \| yerba buena]] and so many lilies," Father Pedro Font wrote, "that I had them almost inside my tent." Firewood was abundant, but Font was compelled to note "the lack of timber." [[Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) \| Coast live oaks]], willows, and other hardy species flourished where San Francisco's unusual environmental conditions made the land uninhabitable for tall trees.
Line 12:		Line 16:

	After ascending a hill north of [[Mountain Lake 2000\| Mountain Lake]] (probably the present-day Rob Hill), Father Pedro Font was captivated by "a most delightful view" of the Golden Gate, the Farallones, and San Francisco Bay. "There would not be anything more beautiful in all the world," he declared, than a city built here. This panoramic view is now blocked by non-native trees planted by the Army.		After ascending a hill north of [[Mountain Lake 2000\| Mountain Lake]] (probably the present-day Rob Hill), Father Pedro Font was captivated by "a most delightful view" of the Golden Gate, the Farallones, and San Francisco Bay. "There would not be anything more beautiful in all the world," he declared, than a city built here. This panoramic view is now blocked by non-native trees planted by the Army.

	~~''--Pete Holloran ''~~

	[adapted from Pete Holloran, "Seeing the Trees Through the Forest: Oaks and History in the Presidio," in ''Reclaiming San Francisco'' (San Francisco: City Lights, 1998)]		[adapted from Pete Holloran, "Seeing the Trees Through the Forest: Oaks and History in the Presidio," in ''Reclaiming San Francisco'' (San Francisco: City Lights, 1998)]

Ccarlsson: categories and links

2008-07-17T01:56:19Z

categories and links

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:56, 16 July 2008
Line 1:		Line 1:
	[[Image:ecology1$ohlone-village.jpg]]		[[Image:ecology1$ohlone-village.jpg]]

	'''A typical Ohlone bayside village as pictured in [[THE OHLONE WAY The Ohlone Way]].'''		'''A typical Ohlone bayside village as pictured in [[THE OHLONE WAY \| The Ohlone Way]].''' ''Image: [http://www.heydaybooks.org/ Heyday Books], Berkeley, CA''

	On a spring day in 1776 one of the first Europeans to see this land ~~marvelled~~ at the plentiful wildflowers near his campsite. "There are [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb yerba buena]] and so many lilies," Father Pedro Font wrote, "that I had them almost inside my tent." Firewood was abundant, but Font was compelled to note "the lack of timber." [[Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) Coast live oaks]], willows, and other hardy species flourished where San Francisco's unusual environmental conditions made the land uninhabitable for tall trees.		On a spring day in 1776 one of the first Europeans to see this land marveled at the plentiful wildflowers near his campsite. "There are [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb \| yerba buena]] and so many lilies," Father Pedro Font wrote, "that I had them almost inside my tent." Firewood was abundant, but Font was compelled to note "the lack of timber." [[Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) \| Coast live oaks]], willows, and other hardy species flourished where San Francisco's unusual environmental conditions made the land uninhabitable for tall trees.

	Thickets of scrubby trees supplied essential resources for the indigenous inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula, the Ramaytush tribe of the Ohlone Indians. Coast live oaks--prized for their acorns--may have been the most important, but more than 150 other plants were also used by the Ohlone for food, medicine, cosmetics, and even insecticides. Presidio ~~[http://shapingsf.org/wiki/popup_orvid?.html~~ tidal marshes]--now completely filled in--once provided the Ohlone with at least 29 species of fish, numerous birds and mammals, even the occasional whale and grizzly bear.		Thickets of scrubby trees supplied essential resources for the indigenous inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula, the Ramaytush tribe of the Ohlone Indians. Coast live oaks--prized for their acorns--may have been the most important, but more than 150 other plants were also used by the Ohlone for food, medicine, cosmetics, and even insecticides. [[Crissy Field Tidal Marsh\| Presidio tidal marshes]]--now completely filled in--once provided the Ohlone with at least 29 species of fish, numerous birds and mammals, even the occasional whale and grizzly bear.

	The natural world provided the Ohlone with variety, but not in such abundance without thoughtful management on their part. Willows, for example, needed pruning to encourage the straight young poles preferred by basketweavers. [[FIRE! Fire]] was perhaps the most potent tool, as it prevented shrub encroachment on grasslands rich in edible bulbs and kept the landscape open for deer and other animals of woodland margins. One visitor recorded such fires while camping near [[The Mission District Mission Dolores]] in late October 1816: "All night," he wrote, "great fires burned on the land at the back of the harbor; the natives are in the habit of burning the grass, to further its growth."		The natural world provided the Ohlone with variety, but not in such abundance without thoughtful management on their part. Willows, for example, needed pruning to encourage the straight young poles preferred by basketweavers. [[FIRE! \| Fire]] was perhaps the most potent tool, as it prevented shrub encroachment on grasslands rich in edible bulbs and kept the landscape open for deer and other animals of woodland margins. One visitor recorded such fires while camping near [[The Mission District \| Mission Dolores]] in late October 1816: "All night," he wrote, "great fires burned on the land at the back of the harbor; the natives are in the habit of burning the grass, to further its growth."

	So when Father Pedro Font walked north from his camp at [[Community-Based Ecological Restoration at the Presidio Mountain Lake]] and encountered a "very open" mesa, he was probably witnessing an inhabited landscape, managed by the Ohlone to meet their need for diverse natural products. Without burning, the rugged and windswept mesa may have been a thicket of manzanita and poison oak, but instead it offered "an abundance of wild violets" and fine pasture grasses, perpetuated by late autumn fires.		So when Father Pedro Font walked north from his camp at [[Community-Based Ecological Restoration at the Presidio \| Mountain Lake]] and encountered a "very open" mesa, he was probably witnessing an inhabited landscape, managed by the Ohlone to meet their need for diverse natural products. Without burning, the rugged and windswept mesa may have been a thicket of manzanita and poison oak, but instead it offered "an abundance of wild violets" and fine pasture grasses, perpetuated by late autumn fires.

	After ascending a hill north of Mountain Lake (probably the present-day Rob Hill), Father Pedro Font was captivated by "a most delightful view" of the Golden Gate, the Farallones, and San Francisco Bay. "There would not be anything more beautiful in all the world," he declared, than a city built here. This panoramic view is now blocked by non-native trees planted by the Army.		After ascending a hill north of [[Mountain Lake 2000\| Mountain Lake]] (probably the present-day Rob Hill), Father Pedro Font was captivated by "a most delightful view" of the Golden Gate, the Farallones, and San Francisco Bay. "There would not be anything more beautiful in all the world," he declared, than a city built here. This panoramic view is now blocked by non-native trees planted by the Army.

	''--Pete Holloran ''		''--Pete Holloran ''
Line 17:		Line 17:
	[adapted from Pete Holloran, "Seeing the Trees Through the Forest: Oaks and History in the Presidio," in ''Reclaiming San Francisco'' (San Francisco: City Lights, 1998)]		[adapted from Pete Holloran, "Seeing the Trees Through the Forest: Oaks and History in the Presidio," in ''Reclaiming San Francisco'' (San Francisco: City Lights, 1998)]

	~~Contributors to this page include:~~		[[San Francisco 1816 \| Prev. Document]] [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb \| Next Document]]

	~~''Heyday Books,Berkeley,CA~~ - ~~Publisher or Photographer ''~~		[[category:Ecology]] [[category:1776-1823]] [[category:1823-1846]] [[category:Indigenous]] [[category:Ohlone]] [[category:Presidio]]

	~~Holloran,Pete~~ - ~~Writer~~

	[[~~San Francisco 1816 Prev. Document~~]] [[~~Yerba Buena-Good Herb Next Document~~]]

Admin: 1 revision(s)

2007-10-07T21:58:34Z

1 revision(s)

← Older revision	Revision as of 14:58, 7 October 2007
(No difference)

Unknown user at 00:00, 15 January 2001

2001-01-15T00:00:00Z

New page

[[Image:ecology1$ohlone-village.jpg]]

'''A typical Ohlone bayside village as pictured in [[THE OHLONE WAY The Ohlone Way]].'''

On a spring day in 1776 one of the first Europeans to see this land marvelled at the plentiful wildflowers near his campsite. "There are [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb yerba buena]] and so many lilies," Father Pedro Font wrote, "that I had them almost inside my tent." Firewood was abundant, but Font was compelled to note "the lack of timber." [[Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) Coast live oaks]], willows, and other hardy species flourished where San Francisco's unusual environmental conditions made the land uninhabitable for tall trees.

Thickets of scrubby trees supplied essential resources for the indigenous inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula, the Ramaytush tribe of the Ohlone Indians. Coast live oaks--prized for their acorns--may have been the most important, but more than 150 other plants were also used by the Ohlone for food, medicine, cosmetics, and even insecticides. Presidio [http://shapingsf.org/wiki/popup_orvid?.html tidal marshes]--now completely filled in--once provided the Ohlone with at least 29 species of fish, numerous birds and mammals, even the occasional whale and grizzly bear.

The natural world provided the Ohlone with variety, but not in such abundance without thoughtful management on their part. Willows, for example, needed pruning to encourage the straight young poles preferred by basketweavers. [[FIRE! Fire]] was perhaps the most potent tool, as it prevented shrub encroachment on grasslands rich in edible bulbs and kept the landscape open for deer and other animals of woodland margins. One visitor recorded such fires while camping near [[The Mission District Mission Dolores]] in late October 1816: "All night," he wrote, "great fires burned on the land at the back of the harbor; the natives are in the habit of burning the grass, to further its growth."

So when Father Pedro Font walked north from his camp at [[Community-Based Ecological Restoration at the Presidio Mountain Lake]] and encountered a "very open" mesa, he was probably witnessing an inhabited landscape, managed by the Ohlone to meet their need for diverse natural products. Without burning, the rugged and windswept mesa may have been a thicket of manzanita and poison oak, but instead it offered "an abundance of wild violets" and fine pasture grasses, perpetuated by late autumn fires.

After ascending a hill north of Mountain Lake (probably the present-day Rob Hill), Father Pedro Font was captivated by "a most delightful view" of the Golden Gate, the Farallones, and San Francisco Bay. "There would not be anything more beautiful in all the world," he declared, than a city built here. This panoramic view is now blocked by non-native trees planted by the Army.

''--Pete Holloran ''

[adapted from Pete Holloran, "Seeing the Trees Through the Forest: Oaks and History in the Presidio," in ''Reclaiming San Francisco'' (San Francisco: City Lights, 1998)]

Contributors to this page include:

''Heyday Books,Berkeley,CA - Publisher or Photographer ''

Holloran,Pete - Writer

[[San Francisco 1816 Prev. Document]] [[Yerba Buena-Good Herb Next Document]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:54, 27 May 2011
Line 11:		Line 11:
	Thickets of scrubby trees supplied essential resources for the indigenous inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula, the Ramaytush tribe of the Ohlone Indians. Coast live oaks--prized for their acorns--may have been the most important, but more than 150 other plants were also used by the Ohlone for food, medicine, cosmetics, and even insecticides. [[Crissy Field Tidal Marsh\| Presidio tidal marshes]]--now completely filled in--once provided the Ohlone with at least 29 species of fish, numerous birds and mammals, even the occasional whale and grizzly bear.		Thickets of scrubby trees supplied essential resources for the indigenous inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula, the Ramaytush tribe of the Ohlone Indians. Coast live oaks--prized for their acorns--may have been the most important, but more than 150 other plants were also used by the Ohlone for food, medicine, cosmetics, and even insecticides. [[Crissy Field Tidal Marsh\| Presidio tidal marshes]]--now completely filled in--once provided the Ohlone with at least 29 species of fish, numerous birds and mammals, even the occasional whale and grizzly bear.

	The natural world provided the Ohlone with variety, but not in such abundance without thoughtful management on their part. Willows, for example, needed pruning to encourage the straight young poles preferred by basketweavers. [[FIRE! \| Fire]] was perhaps the most potent tool, as it prevented shrub encroachment on grasslands rich in edible bulbs and kept the landscape open for deer and other animals of woodland margins. One visitor recorded such fires while camping near [[~~The~~ Mission ~~District~~ \| Mission Dolores]] in late October 1816: "All night," he wrote, "great fires burned on the land at the back of the harbor; the natives are in the habit of burning the grass, to further its growth."		The natural world provided the Ohlone with variety, but not in such abundance without thoughtful management on their part. Willows, for example, needed pruning to encourage the straight young poles preferred by basketweavers. [[FIRE! \| Fire]] was perhaps the most potent tool, as it prevented shrub encroachment on grasslands rich in edible bulbs and kept the landscape open for deer and other animals of woodland margins. One visitor recorded such fires while camping near [[Mission Dolores\| Mission Dolores]] in late October 1816: "All night," he wrote, "great fires burned on the land at the back of the harbor; the natives are in the habit of burning the grass, to further its growth."

	So when Father Pedro Font walked north from his camp at [[Community-Based Ecological Restoration at the Presidio \| Mountain Lake]] and encountered a "very open" mesa, he was probably witnessing an inhabited landscape, managed by the Ohlone to meet their need for diverse natural products. Without burning, the rugged and windswept mesa may have been a thicket of manzanita and poison oak, but instead it offered "an abundance of wild violets" and fine pasture grasses, perpetuated by late autumn fires.		So when Father Pedro Font walked north from his camp at [[Community-Based Ecological Restoration at the Presidio \| Mountain Lake]] and encountered a "very open" mesa, he was probably witnessing an inhabited landscape, managed by the Ohlone to meet their need for diverse natural products. Without burning, the rugged and windswept mesa may have been a thicket of manzanita and poison oak, but instead it offered "an abundance of wild violets" and fine pasture grasses, perpetuated by late autumn fires.