The area began to be settled in the 1900s with pasturelands and farms . In the 1940s it was known as Grand Canyon where there was a park that area residents would visit to go on picnics and camping . A sanitarium and wellness center was located here as well . There was a stop on the East Shore and Suburban Railroad here as well . Later after the 1906 earthquake and especially the World War II housing boom in Richmond used up much of the available land , the hillside area was subdivided and houses were built
1906 earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Hasford Heights, California