Old Borges Ranch (Walnut Creek, California)

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the Borges Ranch is the main center for the 1,400 acre Walnut Creek Open Space Shell Ridge Recreation Area. The Old Borges Ranch, originally part of the old Spanish land Grant Arroyo de las Nueces y Bol bones purchased by Juana Pacheco in 1843, also known as the San Miguel Rancho, has remained in the Borges family for four generations and is still an active working cattle ranch today; the sole surviving ranch in now a heavily urbanized area, which was once a thriving agricultural community.

In 1976 the remaining Borges family members sold the ranch and surrounding acreage to Contra Costa County for the Walnut Creek Open Space Program. However, Dan Borges, grandson of Frank and Mary and his son Dan, Jr. continue to raise cattle, lease grazing rights.

National Register of Historic Places # 81000147.