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| Landmark #755 | San Joaquin County | Visited: March 21, 2015 | Plaque? NO. 🙁 |
| What is it? | A stretch of road, a pasture, and some cliffs on all sides! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: The Edward B. Carrell home was built here at the site of an Indian village on El Camino Viejo, an old Spanish trail. Through here passed the ’49ers and the first mail to the Tuolumne mines. Men and animals received food and drink at Wright’s Zink House five hundred yards north of here.
OTHER TIDBITS: Corral Hollow was named for a corral that was used to trap wild horses! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: 1.5 mi W of I-580 on Corral Hollow Rd 6.5 mi SW of Tracy, CA 95376 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~320mi (515km) — 5.4hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |
My father ran a sheep ranch in these areas for almost 40 years. It’s too bad that Zink House at the Corral Hollow ranch was torn down. It was so historic!
Thanks for sharing your story, Florence! I bet the Sink House was quite a sight!