Valley Empires by Scheuring Ann - 2010

Gold Oak, 2010. First Edition. . Soft cover. As New. Valley Empires by Scheuring Ann Hugh Glen & Henry Miller in shaping California Gold Oak Press, 2010, lst. ISBN: 9780615341231 Softcover in good+ condition, text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover is clean. This is the story of how California came to become the worlds leader in agriculture. Hugh Glen wheat farmer, who ran for governor in a hard-fought election and who's murder ended his career. Henry Miller a German immigrant who started with six dollars and amassed millions of acres of land and who cattle farming dominated the meat markets and put his mark on California water law. B&W photos and illustrations, bibliography, index, 306 pages. A Must read for anyone interested in California history.