"Spanish settlers moved to the East Bay starting in 1776 to take land that had been home to indigenous people for thousands of years, and made it into fiefdoms of various dons like the Peraltas."
"The Americans brought about a system of privatizing land, subdividing it, and making it sellable and transferrable. In 1850, Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams, and Andrew Moon laid claim to the Peralta land."
"The city's remaining grand estates were built over almost eight decades of aggressive land development in Oakland starting in 1850 until the turn of the century."
Oakland's historical landscape has drastically changed, with few grand Victorian homes remaining. Spanish settlers arrived in 1776, followed by American families during the Gold Rush. The California Land Act of 1851 led to significant land losses for Californios, particularly the Peralta family. American settlers privatized land, leading to the incorporation of Oakland in 1852. The remaining Victorian homes, built in various architectural styles, were funded by wealth from industries like lumber and mining, marking nearly eight decades of development until the early 1900s.
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