The water of the spring was thought to have curative powers. Where the spring was located he built the Piedmont Springs Hotel, of 20 bedrooms and five dining rooms. In 1870, Walter Blair bought over 800 acres (3.2 km 2) of land in the foothills of East Bay. Holmes bathed in the foul-smelling pink water of a nearby spring, believing the water beneficial for his rheumatism. The area included Bushy Dell Creek, a creek that runs through the dog-walking trail of modern-day Piedmont. In 1860, retired South Carolinian Congressman Isaac Holmes bought a piece of land from his neighbor Reed. Rancho San Antonio was sparsely populated except for cattle and the vaqueros who tended them. This area, owned by the Peralta family, covered much of the northeastern shore of San Francisco Bay, now northern Alameda County. In 1850, what is now Piedmont was part of Rancho San Antonio. The history of Piedmont, California, covers the history of the area in California's San Francisco Bay Area that is now known as Piedmont, up to and beyond the legal establishment of a city. The Oakland Ave viaduct, looking eastward, was erected by the city of Piedmont in 1910.
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