According to the description provided by the California Office of Historic Preservation, Moses Wicks is supposed to have been the first to bring seed oysters around Cape Horn and implant them in the San Leandro beds.

The oyster industry in San Francisco Bay was at its height around the turn of the 20th century.

[1] The former site of the oyster beds was named a California Historical Landmark (#824) and is located in the San Leandro Marina.

[2] The historical marker has been stolen but the mounting holes remain in a large mosaic depicting oyster harvesting early in the 1900s.

It shows the curved mosaic mural and the space where the historical marker was formerly located.