THE ADVENTURES OF ‘LIL GILL’

March 2011 GOLDEN GATE PARK Gill-Ville

Academy
of Sciences
Measuring more the park was covered in Japanese
than 1,000 acres, the ocean dunes, but were Tea Garden
Golden Gate Park has soon blanketed with
stood as a symbol of various tree plantings.
natural beauty, easily By 1875, the area
earning the title as one bloomed with close to
of the most visited city 60,000 trees, such as
parks in all of America. the Blue Gum
During the 1860s, plans Eucalyptus and the
were put into motion to Monterey Pine. Four
transform the bleak years later, 155,000
sand and shore dunes trees were placed over
that decorated San 1,000 acres of land. In
Francisco into a usable, 1903, the Dutch
inviting park for the all Windmills found their
to enjoy. In 1870, a field home at the western
engineer named William end of the park with an
Hammond Hill initial duty to pump
organized a survey
and developed a
topographic map that
would serve as the
blueprint for the new
park site.
In the beginning, ¾ of Stow
Lake

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