The Bernal Heights community was developed in 1839 as part of a large Mexican land grant belonging to Don Jose` Cornelio Bernal, called Rancho Rincon de las Salinas y PotreroViejo. Don Bernal used the area as grazing land for his cattle. The hill was surrounded by the salt marshes of the Bay, which were most likely the original fishing and hunting grounds of the local Olhone village before they had occasion of experiencing the sanctity of life in the Missions. "Ora et Labora" was the creed in those times , where the fathers were the oratores and the locals the laboradores. More
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