1916 Map of Byron

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Byron Tract and the complex waterways of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta dominate this 1916 survey, where the reclamation of low-lying islands was in full swing. This era is characterized by an extensive network of levees and pumping plants necessary to manage the Middle River, Old River, and numerous sloughs like Rock Slough. To the west, the landscape rises sharply into the hills of Los Meganos and the historic Mexican land grant of Canada De Los Vaqueros, anchored by the distinctive Brushy Pk.