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Garrapata State Park lies just over six miles south of [[Carmel]]. The park encompasses nearly 3,000 acres of land comprising rocky intertidal to the west of [[Highway 1]] and the steep foothills of the [[Santa Lucia Range]] to the east (Image 1). The park supports a variety of habitats including coastal scrub, maritime chaparral, and coast redwood stands. The park is home to the endangered [[Special Status Animals in the Central Coast Region|Smith's blue butterfly]] and [[Special Status Animals in the Central Coast Region|coast horned lizard]] as well as an assortment of birds and mammals.<ref name="GSPbrochure">Garrapata State Park Monterey Sector. 2003. Garrapata State Park brochure [Internet]. Sacramento (CA): California State Parks; [cited 2020 Oct 24]. https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/579/files/Garrapata.pdf</ref>
  
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==History==
 
==History==
  
Garrapata State Park began as part of a large network of villages for the [[Native Peoples of the California Central Coast Region|Ohlone]] and [[Native Peoples of the California Central Coast Region|Esselen]] tribes. In the mid-to-late 1700s, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_missions_in_California Spanish missionaries] began assuming control and claiming authority over the land and its resources.<ref>White C. 2001. Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe history. http://crc.nativeweb.org/history.html</ref> By the 1830s, most of the land was being used for cattle grazing by a few ranchers, most notably Ezequiel Soberanes and Francis Doud. Ezequiel Soberanes prosperously ranched cattle and sheep on the land for 24 years until a land dispute resulted in the selling of the property to Francis Doud, an early resident of [[Monterey County|Monterey]]. Francis Doud successfully operated the [https://www.landandfarm.com/property/Doud_Ranch-501037/ Doud Ranch] from 1891 until the early 1950s and in 1980, the state of California purchased its first parcel of the property. Five years later, the area was officially classified as a State Park.<ref>Garrapata State Park Monterey Sector. 2003. Garrapata State Park brochure [Internet]. Sacramento (CA): California State Parks; [cited 2020 Oct 24]. https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/579/files/Garrapata.pdf</ref>  
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Garrapata State Park began as part of a large network of villages for the [[Native Peoples of the California Central Coast Region|Ohlone]] and [[Native Peoples of the California Central Coast Region|Esselen]] tribes. In the mid-to-late 1700s, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_missions_in_California Spanish missionaries] began assuming control and claiming authority over the land and its resources.<ref>White C. 2001. Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe history. http://crc.nativeweb.org/history.html</ref> By the 1830s, most of the land was being used for cattle grazing by a few ranchers, most notably Ezequiel Soberanes and Francis Doud. Ezequiel Soberanes prosperously ranched cattle and sheep on the land for 24 years until a land dispute resulted in the selling of the property to Francis Doud, an early resident of [[Monterey County|Monterey]]. Francis Doud successfully operated the [https://www.landandfarm.com/property/Doud_Ranch-501037/ Doud Ranch] from 1891 until the early 1950s and in 1980, the state of California purchased its first parcel of the property. Five years later, the area was officially classified as a State Park.<ref name="GSPbrochure"/>  
  
  

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Garrapata State Park lies just over six miles south of Carmel. The park encompasses nearly 3,000 acres of land comprising rocky intertidal to the west of Highway 1 and the steep foothills of the Santa Lucia Range to the east (Image 1). The park supports a variety of habitats including coastal scrub, maritime chaparral, and coast redwood stands. The park is home to the endangered Smith's blue butterfly and coast horned lizard as well as an assortment of birds and mammals.[1]

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History

Garrapata State Park began as part of a large network of villages for the Ohlone and Esselen tribes. In the mid-to-late 1700s, Spanish missionaries began assuming control and claiming authority over the land and its resources.[2] By the 1830s, most of the land was being used for cattle grazing by a few ranchers, most notably Ezequiel Soberanes and Francis Doud. Ezequiel Soberanes prosperously ranched cattle and sheep on the land for 24 years until a land dispute resulted in the selling of the property to Francis Doud, an early resident of Monterey. Francis Doud successfully operated the Doud Ranch from 1891 until the early 1950s and in 1980, the state of California purchased its first parcel of the property. Five years later, the area was officially classified as a State Park.[1]




  1. 1.0 1.1 Garrapata State Park Monterey Sector. 2003. Garrapata State Park brochure [Internet]. Sacramento (CA): California State Parks; [cited 2020 Oct 24]. https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/579/files/Garrapata.pdf
  2. White C. 2001. Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe history. http://crc.nativeweb.org/history.html