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Ron Batteate is a native Californian who was born in 1955 and raised in Castro Valley. He is a fourth-generation rancher whose family owned a cattle-hauling business. He sold his land to the East Bay Regional Park District, but continues to rent grasslands in Morgan Territory from them to graze his cattle. In this interview, Batteate discusses his early life, family and their history in cattle ranching, his experience raising cattle, connection to the East Bay and Morgan Territory, relationship with the East Bay Regional Park District, and his hopes for the future of the cattle business.

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Title
Ron Batteate: Perspectives from an EBRPD Grazing Tenant
Creator
Batteate, Ron, interviewee
Farrell, Shanna, interviewer
Published
Berkeley, CA, 2023
Full Collection Name
East Bay Regional Park District Oral Histories
Subject (Topic)
Natural Resources, Land Use, and the Environment
Type
Text
Format
Oral histories.
Archive
The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
Note
Ron Batteate, “Ron Batteate: Perspectives from an EBRPD Grazing Tenant” conducted by Shanna Farrell in 2020, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2023.
Interview date(s) 2020
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