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Whiting Ranch was the first part of a 10,000-acre ranch named Rancho Cañada de los Alisos that was granted to Jose Serrano in 1842. Following a period of cattle and crop farming, Serrano had to foreclose the property in 1864 due to a drought. Dwight Whiting bought most of the land in 1885 after it was divided up by land developer J. S. Slauson ...
Bostonian Dwight Whiting purchased most of the rancho in 1884. Whiting developed it as an English village named Aliso City. Whiting encouraged development by subdividing level land, bringing the railroad through, and by planting olive trees, grape vineyards and some 400 acres (1.6 km 2) of eucalyptus trees. However, due to the arid climate and ...
The National Ranching Heritage Center, located on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, Texas, is a unique museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the history and heritage of ranching in the United States. Established in 1971, the center sits on a 27-acre historical park and features a collection of authentic ranching structures ...
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The Elwood Ranch had its part in this piece of Wild West history, too. According to the lore, as told by Eischen before his death in 2022, the gang would sneak down from their hideout and onto the ...
J.R. Whiting was a prominent attorney before becoming president of the Consumers Power Co. Monroe County History: J.R. Whiting Power Plant's namesake had impact throughout Michigan Skip to main ...
Whiting is a census-designated place in Platte County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 83 at the 2010 census. The population was 83 at the 2010 census. 42°00′44″N 104°57′38″W / 42.01222°N 104.96056°W / 42.01222; -104
Whiting was born in Brigham City, Arizona, in 1883. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was the son of Edwin M. Whiting, who founded the enterprise which would become Whiting Brothers in the 1920s, and Mary E. Upham. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 1890 the family moved to Mapleton, Utah , where the senior Whiting opened a lumber mill.