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Morgan Territory Road

Started by Max Rockatansky, August 25, 2024, 10:21:24 PM

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Max Rockatansky

Morgan Territory Road is an approximately 14.7-mile-long roadway mostly located in the Diablo Range of Contra Costa County, California.  The roadway is named after settler Jerimah Morgan who established a ranch in the Diablo Range in 1857.  Morgan Territory Road was one of several facilities constructed during the Gold Rush era to serve the ranch holdings.  The East Bay Regional Park District would acquire 930 acres of Morgan Territory in 1975 in an effort to establish a preserve east of Mount Diablo.  The preserve has since been expanded to 5,324 acres.  The preserve functionally stunts the development along roadway allowing it to remain surprisingly primitive in a major urban area.

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That was one of my favorite bicycling roads when I lived in the Bay Area.  Way back when (1980s) eastern Contra Costa County was all farmland and Vasco Road wasn't that heavily traveled so Morgan Territory and Vasco Roads made up much of a fine loop.  Now all of that area out toward Brentwood is suburbia, and I can't imagine bicycling Vasco Road would be much fun at all.  Morgan Territory Road hasn't changed a bit per your photos.



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