Murray Township, Alameda County, California

Many travelled by sea to Alameda County and took the road through Sunol and Livermore valleys towards the mountains.

The climate proved ideal for wine cultivation, so many land owners planted vineyards from the 1880s onwards.

[4] All the towns in Murray Township remained small and dominated by agriculture until the 1950s, when the population boomed and land was subdivided for developments.

Arroyo de la Laguna is the major waterway which flows south from Amador Valley into Alameda Creek.

Pleasanton was located in the former Rancho Valle de San Jose, where the population grew rapidly from 1861.