Then: The area including what is now Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline in Oakland has a Wild West history. The park is on San Leandro Bay, which was the scene of extensive oyster farming in the 1880s and '90s. This photo shows oyster workers harvesting the shellfish under the protection of an armed guard, to protect them from oyster pirates. By 1890 the oyster farms had closed due to bay pollution and silting.
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