Garrapata State Park

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History

Garrapata State Park began as part of a large network of villages for the Ohlone and Esselen tribes. By the mid-to-late 1700s, Spanish missionaries began assuming control of the land, claiming authority over the land and its resources.[1] 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 land being sold 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.[2]




  1. White C. 2001. Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe history. http://crc.nativeweb.org/history.html
  2. 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