Charles Lee Tilden (1857-1950) was an attorney and businessman in the San Francisco Bay Area who served on the first Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District. One of the three first parks in the District was named for him --- Tilden Regional Park. USGS satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is a public authority operating in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, within the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Looking northeast from Inspiration Point in Tilden, March 2006 Tilden Regional Park is a regional park in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. ...

Tilden was born in the Sierra foothills town of Chile Gulch, Calaveras County on July 17, 1857 to Harmon J. Tilden and Mary Jane Lee. His father was a judge. The Tildens moved to San Francisco in 1865. The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that is mostly in eastern California. ... Calaveras County is a county located in Californias Gold Country. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City; The City; Baghdad by the Bay Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Government  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area  - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ...

Tilden graduated from Lowell High School in 1874 and from the University of California, Berkeley in 1878. He received his law degree from Hastings College of Law in 1881. While attending the University of California, he joined a campus unit which was eventually incorporated into the California National Guard. His affiliation with the National Guard continued through the Spanish American War in which he participated. He left the Guard with the rank of major and was often addressed as "Major Tilden" for the remainder of his life. Lowell High School (San Francisco) Lowell High School, a public magnet school in San Francisco, is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi. ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... The University of California Hastings College of the Law is a law school located in downtown San Francisco, California. ... It has been suggested that National Guard Bureau be merged into this article or section. ... The Spanish-American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States of America gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific. ...

Tilden married Mrs. Lilly Mitchell (nee Von Schmidt; b.Oct.12, 1859, d.Nov.8, 1946) on June 9, 1892. The Tildens resided in Alameda. Nickname: The Island City Location in the state of California and Alameda County County Alameda Mayor Beverly Johnson (D) Area    - City 59. ...

The Tildens' son, Charles Lee Tilden, Jr. (June 4, 1894-Sept.21, 1968) was a member of the U.S. Olympic rugby team in 1920 and 1924, winning the gold medal in both Olympiads. Mrs. Tilden had two daughters from her previous marriage.

In the 1930s, Tilden led the effort to create a system of regional parks in the East Bay, and served as the first President of the East Bay Regional Park District's Board of Directors. He was also a Mills College Trustee. Tilden died at age 93 on November 12, 1950 and was buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. East Bay Township, Michigan East Bay (California) is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area East Bay (Rhode Island) is a region of Rhode Island This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... College Mission Statement: Mills is an independent liberal arts college for women with graduate programs for women and men. ... Mountain View Cemetery is a cemetery in Oakland, California. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in California[1] and the county seat of Alameda County. ...

References

• Berkeley Daily Gazette, November 13, 1950, p.1

External links

• Tilden genealogy
• Lowell alumni