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Hollister Ranch is a 14,400-acre (58 km 2) gated residential community amidst a working cattle ranch on the Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara County, California. The dramatic bluffs, isolated beaches and terraced grasslands are within the last undeveloped stretch of Southern California coastline .
Warner's Ranch, near Warner Springs, California, was notable as a way station for large numbers of emigrants on the Southern Emigrant Trail from 1849 to 1861, as it was a stop on both the Gila River Trail and the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line (1859-1861). It was also operated as a pioneering cattle ranch.
This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance.
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.
The company owns over 270,000 acres (1,093 km 2) in the southern San Joaquin Valley, Tehachapi Mountains, and Antelope Valley. It is the largest contiguous piece of private property in the state. Tejon Ranch’s agricultural operation primarily grows almonds, pistachios, and wine grapes, along with some alfalfa and the occasional row crop.
For the first time since Flightline, a Southern California horse has won an Eclipse Award, with Citizen Bull taking the 2-Year-Old Male award for Bob Baffert. Southern California-based horses pull ...
The century-old cattle and alfalfa ranch where some cattle still roam and alfalfa still grows has a build-out is set at 15 to 20 years under normal absorption rates. [ 2 ] The developers of the Damonte Ranch are involved in turning 10 million square feet ag land into of office, retail and industrial properties and over 100,000 single and multi ...
Ridgewood Ranch is a large ranch situated 7 miles (11 km) south of Willits, California, in rural Mendocino County. It is probably best known for being the final resting place of the racehorse Seabiscuit .