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Santa Teresa Spring Cleanup, 9/26/15 by Ronald Horii
On Saturday, 9/26/15, the Friends of Santa Teresa Park held a cleanup event at Santa Teresa Spring. The ever-flowing spring is historically and spiritually the most important site in Santa Teresa Park. The native people considered it a sacred site. The ever-flowing spring provided them with a source of water in the dryest years. The Bernal Family, who founded and owned Rancho Santa Teresa, used the water from the spring to irrigate their fields and sold the bottled spring water. They built an arched stone font in front of the spring and a shrine to St. Teresa next to it. Over the years, the spring and adjacent shrine had become covered with mud and brambles. The goal was to restore the spring area to its appearance when it was first opened to the public in 2002. That required cutting away the brambles and removing the mud. Members of the Friends of Santa Teresa Park and a student volunteer worked for 3 hours and were able to accomplish that goal and more. — at Santa Teresa County Park. (near Santa Teresa County Park)
On Saturday, 9/26/15, the Friends of Santa Teresa Park held a cleanup event at Santa Teresa Spring. The ever-flowing spring is historically and spiritually the most important site in Santa Teresa Park. The native people considered it a sacred site. The ever-flowing spring provided them with a source of water in the dryest years. The Bernal Family, who founded and owned Rancho Santa Teresa, used the water from the spring to irrigate their fields and sold the bottled spring water. They built an arched stone font in front of the spring and a shrine to St. Teresa next to it. Over the years, the spring and adjacent shrine had become covered with mud and brambles. The goal was to restore the spring area to its appearance when it was first opened to the public in 2002. That required cutting away the brambles and removing the mud. Members of the Friends of Santa Teresa Park and a student volunteer worked for 3 hours and were able to accomplish that goal and more. — at Santa Teresa County Park. (near Santa Teresa County Park)
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