Tesla, California
| Corral Hollow | |
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 Corral Hollow
Location in the state of California
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| Location | Alameda and San Joaquin Counties, California |
| Floor elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 37°39′28″N 121°28′38″W / 37.6579°N 121.47724°WCoordinates: 37°39′28″N 121°28′38″W / 37.6579°N 121.47724°W |
| Traversed by | Corral Hollow Creek |
| Reference no. | 755 |
Corral Hollow, formed by Corral Hollow Creek, is a canyon with part in Alameda County and parts in San Joaquin County, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southwest of Tracy, California. Corral Hollow Creek, formerly El Arroyo de los Buenos Ayres (The Creek of the Good Winds), from its source 1.9 miles (3.1 km) north of Mount Boardman, flows north 1.89 miles where it turns to flow west-northwest 8.5 miles (13.7 km) then turns abruptly east in the vicinity of Tesla to flow 5 miles (8.0 km) east where it turns again in a northeasterly direction for 6 miles (9.7 km) to the Delta-Mendota Canal in the San Joaquin Valley.
The El Camino Viejo, passed to the west through the canyon of El Arroyo de los Buenos Ayres over the Portezuela de Buenos Ayres (Pass of Good Winds) to the Arroyo Seco and the Livermore Valley. The '49ers passed through the canyon now named Corral Hollow on their way to the gold fields as did the first mail to the Tuolumne mines. The name change was perhaps because at its mouth there was a large corral for catching wild horses. This "caral" was mentioned in the California Star on March 18, 1848:
However the name of the Creek did not change for some time. The name "Arroyo Buenos Ayres" appears on the Charles Drayton Gibbes' "Map of the Southern Mines" in 1852. However an 1857 Map Of The State Of California shows the canyon was named Corral Hollow, but Buenos Aryes Creek, although anglicised, remained with its old name. By 1873 a State Geological Survey map indicated the name change was complete to Corral Hollow Creek and Corral Hollow Pass.
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