Mount Eden, California

[1] The party disbanded upon reaching the San Francisco Bay, but a few settled at a road crossing where they nailed a sign "Mt.

[1] A thriving economic community developed around the site, ranging from the shores of San Francisco Bay eastward to Telegraph Road (now Hesperian Boulevard).

Eden included many farms as well as trans-bay shipping and salt-harvesting industries.

Trans-bay shipping suffered from increasing competition from roads and railroads.

Between 2003 and 2009 several unincorporated "islands", remaining from the earlier annexation, became part of the City of Hayward.

historic location of Mt. Eden, currently the intersection of Interstate 880 (vertical freeway) and State Route 92 (second overpass from top of photo)
Alameda County map