PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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FAMOUS RANCH TO MAKE SUBURBAN PARK 
of farmers and orchardists. In view 
of the stately capitol building the 
Rancho Del Paso has every advan- 
tage that proximity to a large and 
growing city assures. The purchase 
OAKS IN DEL PASO PARK, SACRAMENTO, CAL. 
Seven kinds of oaks, water ash, willows, California walnut, 
maples, etc., in the park 
With the subdividing of the famous 
Rancho Del Paso, owned by the Hag- 
gin and Tevis estate, Sacramento, 
Cal., into small farms, one of the 
largest and most romantic of ranches 
of California will pass into history. 
The Rancho Del Paso (Ranch of the 
Pass) was the gateway through 
which, in the early days, the travel 
from the East to all points in Central 
California passed. Located at the 
very gate of Sacramento, fronting for 
seven miles along the American 
river, and containing 44,000 acres of 
land in one undivided estate, and held 
for many years intact, this great 
ranch, like many other California 
grants, was used to pasture immense 
herds of cattle or the growing of 
grain, and here were raised some of 
the finest race horses that ever ap- 
peared on the American turf. When 
in December, 1844, Manuel Michel- 
torena, under sanction of the Mexi- 
can government, granted to Eliab 
Grimes what is now known as the 
Rancho Del Paso, he little dreamed 
that the day would come when the 
surrounding country would be settled 
by the ever-encroaching Americanos 
and that a city of splendid propor- 
tions would arise within a few miles 
of the grant; nor could he foresee 
that the grant itself would some day 
become the home land of thousands 
of 840 acres by the city of Sacra- 
mento, in the heart of the ranch, for 
the purpose of creating a splendid 
public park, will give the residents of 
this section such advantages as are 
seldom enjoyed in suburbs. 
H. A. Alspach, the landscape archi- 
tect, has been appointed by the mayor 
of Sacramento to make the plans and 
oversee the construction of this park. 
Mr. Alspach with a force of men is 
now at work on the making of some 
four miles of road, planting several 
thousand trees, boring wells and the 
cleaning of Arcade creek. 
Around this public park, to lie 
known as Del Paso Park, a real es- 
tate company has plotted what is in- 
tended as a fine suburban residence 
district of some 1,700 acres. The com- 
pany has had the enlightenment to 
lay out their tract also on the park 
plan, with acre lots immediately ad- 
jacent to the park, and larger tracts 
farther back. They have cut thirteen 
miles of winding roads, and the resi- 
dence sites have been plotted to take 
full advantage of the rolling ground, 
the beautiful knolls and the splendid 
oak trees, some of which are shown 
in our illustrations. The views froiti 
the choice lots, fronting the boule- 
vard, the creek and the park, make 
these sites exceptionally valuable as 
locations for country homes. 
VIEW IN DEL PASO PARK, SACRAMENTO, CAL. 
The broad, low, live oak is over 100 feet across; a 20-acre picnic ground is covered 
with these and California white, black, turkey and blue oaks. 
