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California Ranchos
Fact Cards
Between 1784 and 1846, Spanish and Mexican governors of California granted large tracts of land to individuals. The herds of cattle that grazed on these ranchos formed the basis of the California economy of the first half of the 19th century.

California Ranchos Fact Cards cover:

Becoming the owner of a rancho
People of the ranchos
Home life on the rancho
Rancho food
Fiestas and fun
Horses and horsemanship
Rancho cattle
Hide and tallow trade
End of the ranchos

Plus one card each on 17 individual ranchos from San Diego to Shasta County. The stories of these ranchos and the people who lived on them were chosen to illustrate the varieties of experiences of this formative period of California's history.
California Ranchos Fact Cards
$32 33 cards, 8.5x11, in a three ring binder © 1997 ISBN 1-884925-54-5

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