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Thomas Callahan/Flower

The lands taken up by members of the Callahan family from the 1870s through the 1890s may have been occupied by others in the 1850s and 1860s, but no deeds were located.

Author: 
Judith Marvin
Sponsor: 
Oak Canyon Ranch, LLP

Agriculture

Close behind the prospectors and miners came the agriculturalists, families from the eastern states and Europe who saw opportunities for stock-raising and truck garden operations on the open grassland

Did you know?

  • Local cement built the Bay Bridge

    Cement from the Calaveras Cement Co. helped build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, McClellan and Travis Air Force bases, San Francisco Airport and several dams throughout region.

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