Author: Museum Society of Willows
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439640181
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Hot, thirsty range cattle led cowboys to a shady, spring-fed pond midway between the coastal and sierra foothills in Northern California. The area was referred to as the Willows. It was a place no doubt well known to the native Wintun Indians long before white men came exploring. Settlers began buying up land at $4 an acre after the Gold Rush. Milton French was ranching to the west of town as early as 1857. In June 1876, Johnson and Hochheimer opened a general store. Daniel Zumwalt provided land to railroad magnate Charlie Crocker, who extended train service to the the Willows by 1878. Broad streets were laid out in an east-to-west orientation. The town was on its way to becoming the center of one of the most productive agricultural areas in the state, thanks to the development of deep-water wells and the building of canals.
Willows
Author: Museum Society of Willows
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439640181
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Hot, thirsty range cattle led cowboys to a shady, spring-fed pond midway between the coastal and sierra foothills in Northern California. The area was referred to as the Willows. It was a place no doubt well known to the native Wintun Indians long before white men came exploring. Settlers began buying up land at $4 an acre after the Gold Rush. Milton French was ranching to the west of town as early as 1857. In June 1876, Johnson and Hochheimer opened a general store. Daniel Zumwalt provided land to railroad magnate Charlie Crocker, who extended train service to the the Willows by 1878. Broad streets were laid out in an east-to-west orientation. The town was on its way to becoming the center of one of the most productive agricultural areas in the state, thanks to the development of deep-water wells and the building of canals.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439640181
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Hot, thirsty range cattle led cowboys to a shady, spring-fed pond midway between the coastal and sierra foothills in Northern California. The area was referred to as the Willows. It was a place no doubt well known to the native Wintun Indians long before white men came exploring. Settlers began buying up land at $4 an acre after the Gold Rush. Milton French was ranching to the west of town as early as 1857. In June 1876, Johnson and Hochheimer opened a general store. Daniel Zumwalt provided land to railroad magnate Charlie Crocker, who extended train service to the the Willows by 1878. Broad streets were laid out in an east-to-west orientation. The town was on its way to becoming the center of one of the most productive agricultural areas in the state, thanks to the development of deep-water wells and the building of canals.
Beasts of the Field
Author: Richard Steven Street
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804738804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
Written by one of America's preeminent labor historians, this book is the definitive account of one of the most spectacular, captivating, complex and strangely neglected stories in Western history--the emergence of migratory farmworkers and the development of California agriculture. Street has systematically worked his way through a mountain of archival materials--more than 500 manuscript collections, scattered in 22 states, including Spain and Mexico--to follow the farmworker story from its beginnings on Spanish missions into the second decade of the twentieth century. The result is a comprehensive tour de force. Scene by scene, the epic narrative clarifies and breathes new life into a controversial and instructive saga long surrounded by myth, conjecture, and scholarly neglect. With its panoramic view spanning 144 years and moving from the US-Mexico border to Oregon, Beasts of the Field reveals diverse patterns of life and labor in the fields that varied among different crops, regions, time periods, and racial and ethic groups. Enormous in scope, packed with surprising twists and turns, and devastating in impact, this compelling, revelatory work of American social history will inform generations to come of the history of California and the nation.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804738804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
Written by one of America's preeminent labor historians, this book is the definitive account of one of the most spectacular, captivating, complex and strangely neglected stories in Western history--the emergence of migratory farmworkers and the development of California agriculture. Street has systematically worked his way through a mountain of archival materials--more than 500 manuscript collections, scattered in 22 states, including Spain and Mexico--to follow the farmworker story from its beginnings on Spanish missions into the second decade of the twentieth century. The result is a comprehensive tour de force. Scene by scene, the epic narrative clarifies and breathes new life into a controversial and instructive saga long surrounded by myth, conjecture, and scholarly neglect. With its panoramic view spanning 144 years and moving from the US-Mexico border to Oregon, Beasts of the Field reveals diverse patterns of life and labor in the fields that varied among different crops, regions, time periods, and racial and ethic groups. Enormous in scope, packed with surprising twists and turns, and devastating in impact, this compelling, revelatory work of American social history will inform generations to come of the history of California and the nation.
Curriculum Materials
Author: National Council for the Social Studies. Social Studies Curriculum Materials Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A History of California and an Extended History of Its Southern Coast Counties
Author: James Miller Guinn
Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
History of Licking County, O., Its Past and Present
Author: Norman Newell Hill (Jr.)
Publisher:
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Category : Licking County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Licking County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
History of Colusa and Glenn Counties, California
Author: Charles Davis McComish
Publisher:
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Category : Colusa County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Colusa County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, embracing a history of the county
Author: Joshua Thompson Stewart
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
A Standard History of Oklahoma
Author: Joseph Bradfield Thoburn
Publisher:
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Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
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Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley, California
Author: James Miller Guinn
Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1834
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1834
Book Description
History of Nebraska, Fourth Edition
Author: Ronald C. Naugle
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803286309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
History of Nebraska was originally created to mark the territorial centennial of Nebraska and then revised to coincide with the statehood centennial. This one-volume history quickly became the standard text for the college student and reference for the general reader, unmatched for generations as the only comprehensive history of the state. This fourth edition, revised and updated, preserves the spirit and intelligence of the original. Incorporating the results of years of scholarship and research, this edition gives fuller attention to such topics as the Native American experience in Nebraska and the accomplishments and circumstances of the state’s women and minorities. It also provides a historical analysis of the state’s dramatic changes in the past two decades.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803286309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
History of Nebraska was originally created to mark the territorial centennial of Nebraska and then revised to coincide with the statehood centennial. This one-volume history quickly became the standard text for the college student and reference for the general reader, unmatched for generations as the only comprehensive history of the state. This fourth edition, revised and updated, preserves the spirit and intelligence of the original. Incorporating the results of years of scholarship and research, this edition gives fuller attention to such topics as the Native American experience in Nebraska and the accomplishments and circumstances of the state’s women and minorities. It also provides a historical analysis of the state’s dramatic changes in the past two decades.