de Haro's Pasture - Historic SF Traditional Cache
reade: This is a great location to visit but is too frequently muggled. Archiving this cache to allow other caches to be placed in the area.
de Haro's Pasture - Historic SF
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Back when the city of San Francisco was called the pueblo of Yerba Buena the land that this cache is on was used by grazing cattle. There weren't any pens in de Haro's pasture back then and there isn't one now as this micro is too small to contain one. Please bring your own.
This sunny neighborhood's origins extend back at least to an 1835 land grant to Don Francisco de Haro to graze Mission Dolores's cattle at the potrero nuevo ("new pasture"). Gold rush squatters started pushing the herd aside and began the first of many waves of urbanization and immigration: Scots in the 1860s, then Irish, Chinese, Russians, Mexicans and finally African-American Southerners in the 1940s, building battleships at the bustling wartime shipyards. The residential area that was built is what is today is the neighborhood of Potrero Hill.
This cache is an easy find, my GPS gives great readings here. This cache is a micro in the form of a camo’d candy tin and big enough for *tiny* trade items, plus a log. Please be stealthy, as this area is very busy with dog walkers most of the day. This is a densely populated urban area, so please be sure to leave the cache well concealed and replace it in the same spot you found it. If you haven't been to this neighborhood before, you should save time to enjoy the views from the top of the stairs before leaving.
Before you leave, go south about 100 ft from the cache and if the fog isn't already creeping over Twin Peaks you can take in the view of one of the steepest streets in the world. 22nd Street, between Church and Vicksburg has a maximum gradient of 1:1853, or 31%. Along with Filbert street, also in San Francisco, which has the same maximum gradient, the two streets are thought to be the steepest streets in the Western Hemisphere. Only Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand is steeper, with a maximum gradient of 1:2.86—38%. Feeling adventurous? Drive down 23rd st about 24 blocks to Vicksburg and turn right onto 22nd to experience it for yourself.
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