User:Asiaticus/sandbox/County Line Road (Santa Clara County, Stanislaus County, California)

County Line Road is an unimproved road between the San Antonio Valley and Fifield Ranch that closely follows the east-west divide of the Diablo Range and the County boundary of Santa Clara County, and Stanislaus County, California.

Route
County Line Road begins at the end of the 3.6 miles of the Upper San Antonio Road. The the last 1.8 miles of which is a hiking, biking, and horse trail within Henry Coe State Park. County Line Road within Henry W. Coe State Park and Orestimba Wilderness is used as a hiking, biking, and horse trail. It is 29.6 miles long within the State Park and begins at altitude of 2,134 feet. Traveling the entire trail is 59.4 miles.

History
What became the County Line Road was originally a trail, used by Native Americans, then by Californio and other mesteñeros from the early 1840's to drive Alta California horses to Sonora for sale and was known as La Vereda del Monte. The gang of Joaquin Murrieta used the trail in the early 1850's to drive stolen horses and mustangs to their base at the Arroyo de Cantua.

County Line Road was built in the 20th century by Murray Hopkins who built the County Line Road along the divide of the Diablo Range between San Antonio Valley and Pacheco Pass. He also dammed Mississippi Creek, at Valle Atravesado on its south side and is now a reservoir called Mississippi Lake, originally named Murray Lake, on the upper reach of Mississippi Creek. Today the dam is called Mississippi Dam.