Who Were The First People In Oakland?
The Ohlone Period The Huchiun belong to a linguistic grouping later called the Ohlone (a Miwok word meaning “western people”). In Oakland, they were concentrated around Lake Merritt and Temescal Creek, a stream that enters the San Francisco Bay at Emeryville. Who founded Oakland CA? In 1851 Horace W. Carpentier started a trans-bay ferry service …