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i n d e x adobe (soil), 53–54, 104, 123, 167 almonds: and community identity, 217; marketing , 216–17; origins of, in Davisville, 215–16; production, 216, 218 American River, 1–3, 8, 21, 73, 121 Argentina, 205 Armstrong, Robert, 140 Australia, 154, 199, 205 Bailey, Joshua, 36, 40, 49, 60, 188 Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 6, 184 banks and banking, 41, 87 barley, 27, 37, 42, 43, 53, 69 Bear Flag Revolt (1846), 20, 35, 48 Beatty v. Clark (1861), 75–77 Benicia, 60, 92, 94, 197, 202 Berryessa, José de los Santos, 49 Best, Daniel, 200–201 Bidwell, John, 33, 45, 53, 101 Biggersta¤, R. W., 212 Big Ranch, 11, 21, 38, 63, 69, 79, 134, 206; bankruptcy, 43, 77; barley crop, 27, 39, 42; dairy, 62; debts, 39–44, 75–76; description, 43; and Herrick and Hubbard, 77, 85–87; labor relations, 17, 39, 53, 107; lease of, by Pierce, 86–87; Mowe and, 86–87; naming of, 19; sale of, 77, 87–88; and San Francisco and Marysville Railroad, 75; subdivision of, 76–77; wheat crop, 40–43, 59 Board of Supervisors, Solano County, 117, 147, 221 Board of Supervisors, Yolo County, 65, 93, 101, 110, 135, 137, 145 Bouldin, David, 186–90 Brannan, Sam, 2–3, 18 Breckinridge, John C., 118–19 Briggs, Emma, 214–15 Briggs, George C.: and irrigation, 207, 210–11; and labor relations, 212–13; orchards and vineyards, 206–7, 214–15; and raisins, 207 Brown, Edmund L., 36, 60, 81, 113, 188, 207; debts, 43, 92, 185–86, 191; as justice of the peace, 186; Land Commission hearings, 49– 50; property taxes, 65; as saloon owner, 136, 186; suicide, 186, 188 Brown, Fannie (née Chiles), 21 Brown, Gabriel, 21, 37, 43, 180, 188 Brown, William W., 36, 113, 185–92 Brown v. Greene (1884), 185–92, 229 Buchanan, James, 3, 96 Bullard, William, 179, 201, 204 Bullard and Pearce Company, 170 Cache Creek, 33, 34, 112, 120 Cache Slough, 78–81, 84–85, 93, 120 Cacheville, 65 Cage, Dewitt C., 47, 186–92 Cahoon, Benjamin, 41 California Almond Growers’ Exchange (CAGE), 218–19 California Culturist, 62 California Grain Growers’ Association, 218 References to illustrations are in italics California Land Act (1851), 45, 46, 90, 183 California Pacific Railroad (Cal-P), 88, 90, 129, 152, 166, 202; construction of, 102–3, 117; Davisville depot, 102–3; impact on community , 139–40; lawsuits against, 139–40; purchase of Davis Stock farm, 101–2; taxes, 140 California Silk Culture Association, 206 California State Agricultural Society, 37, 43, 89, 92; visiting committees, 38, 75, 104 California Supreme Court, 66, 76, 163, 168, 192, 211, 212 Campbell, James C.: as fruit grower, 209, 217; and the Grange, 159–62; and irrigation, 211; as laborer, 94; as wheat farmer, 87, 127, 131, 132 Capital Savings Bank, 87, 135, 162 Carey, John, 163 Carey, R. (Ransom) S., 58, 172, 231; and Brown v. Greene, 189; and cattle ranching, 121–22; and the Grange, 159–62; and Green Act, 122–23; as large landholder, 121, 142–43, 184–85; and Putah Creek canal, 145–48, 221–22; and Putah Sink reclamation, 121– 23, 142–49, 221–22; as sheep raiser, 221–22; suicide, 222; as swamplander, 55–56, 119– 23; and water rights, 212; as wheat farmer, 127, 132, 143, 221 Carquinez Strait, 34, 197, 202–3, 230 cattle ranching, 22, 24–25, 53, 55, 69, 185; and drought of 1862–64, 93; estrays, 58; and flood of 1861–62; labor relations, 43, 53; marketing, 37, 60, 93–94; on Mexican land grants, 34–35; midwestern influences, 7, 29–30, 37–43, 56; open range, 37, 51, 58– 59, 86; theft, 58–59 Cecil, Burlin, 129, 137 Cecil, Grant, 209 Cecil, John, 129, 137, 217 Central Pacific Railroad, 199, 202, 263n30 Chapman, George, 184–85 Chapman, William S., 164–65, 185 Chicago Board of Trade, 152–53 Chiles, Isaac S., 43, 90, 113, 180, 206, 209 Chiles, James, 209, 214, 217 Chiles, Joseph B.: and Davis (J. C.), 21, 28, 50, 93; death, 192; and Rancho Los Putos, 186, 188; ranch on Putah Creek, 25, 36, 49, 180 Chiles, Phineas S., 179–80, 209, 214 Chinese laborers, 82, 133, 143, 148, 212–14 Civil War, 51, 95, 117–18 Clark, Robert C., 42–43, 75–78 Coast Range, 28–29, 32, 34, 48 combined harvester (combine), 200, 201, 210 Committee on Public Lands, 95–97 Cone, Ephraim, 112–13, 119 Cone v. Hynes (1868...

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