The Dry Creek trail

California · United States · School

Runners describe a Native man near the creek. Some take him to be watching over them.

Joggers on this trail at Modesto, California report the figure of a Native man near the creek.

Interpretations differ. Some say he is watching over the people running the trail. Others say he is protecting ground that matters.

There is also a young man associated with the bridge on Clause Road, and his account is separate.

The Central Valley was densely populated before contact, by the Yokuts and their neighbours, living along exactly these watercourses because that is where the food and the water were. The population collapsed after the missions and then the gold rush, through disease and through state sponsored violence that California has formally acknowledged.

A creek in Modesto is not a neutral piece of ground, whatever anyone thinks they saw beside it.

The trail is a public path and is well used.

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Where is The Dry Creek trail located?

The Dry Creek trail is in California, United States.