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Stearns Ranchos Company records, [ca. 1896-1956]
BANC MSS 77/165 cLOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Stearns Ranchos Company records, [ca. 1896-1956]

Creator/Contributor:

Stearns Ranchos Company, creator

Abstract:

Records generated by the company's trustees after its dissolution in 1927 also included.
Includes: minutes of meetings of directors and trustees (v. 1 & 2); stock ledgers, stock certificates and dividend book (v. 3-5); deeds books, 1896-1915 (v. 6 & 7); contracts, 1902-1907 (v. 8); land sale book (v. 9); cash journals (v. 10-11); ledgers (v. 12-13); correspondence, by-laws, and miscellaneous financial and legal papers (carton).

Date:

1896 (issued)

Subject:

Real estate development -- California -- History
Orange County (Calif.) -- History
Riverside County (Calif.) -- History
San Bernardino County (Calif.) -- History
Rancho La Bolsa Chica (Calif.) -- History
Rancho La Habra (Calif.) -- History
Rancho San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana (Calif.) -- History
Rancho Los Coyotes (Calif.) -- History
Rancho Las Bolsas (Calif.) -- History

Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
The company was active in land development in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Prior to incorporation of the company in 1887, the properties (Bolsa Chica, La Habra, San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana, Los Coyotes and Las Bolsas ranchos) were held in the name of Alfred Robinson.

Type:

Minutes.

Physical Description:

13 v., 1 carton.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 77/165 cLOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.