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Alice Taylor Grubb was the principal owner until she died at age 81 in 1935. Her children assumed control around 1936. Son Percy Grubb died soon after, leaving the 30,000-acre Taylor Ranch to daughter Emma Grubb Wood and her rancher/philanthropist husband Adrian "Buddy" Wood. When Emma Wood died in
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1334:Susanville
1289:San Rafael
1284:Santa Cruz
1214:Costa Mesa
1074:Santa Rosa
979:Long Beach
974:Sacramento
891:Stanislaus
861:Santa Cruz
816:San Benito
811:Sacramento
492:Water wars
474:Since 1900
388:Precontact
306:34°19′48″N
291:L.A. Times
134:References
1544:Landmarks
1458:Watershed
1349:Red Bluff
1324:Hollister
1309:El Centro
1274:Yuba City
1229:Fairfield
1219:Inglewood
1179:Roseville
1149:Fullerton
1139:Sunnyvale
1134:Escondido
1099:Elk Grove
1094:Lancaster
1079:Oceanside
1004:Riverside
999:Santa Ana
954:San Diego
846:San Mateo
826:San Diego
806:Riverside
756:Mendocino
686:El Dorado
681:Del Norte
666:Calaveras
638:By county
585:By region
560:Railroads
540:Etymology
517:Tech boom
462:Civil War
457:Gold Rush
112:Tennessee
78:With the
1531:Wadstrom
1507:Oak View
1399:Lakeport
1364:Piedmont
1344:Oroville
1319:Martinez
1294:Woodland
1204:Berkeley
1199:El Monte
1144:Pasadena
1124:Torrance
1104:Palmdale
1054:Glendale
1009:Stockton
959:San Jose
916:Tuolumne
876:Siskiyou
776:Monterey
751:Mariposa
706:Imperial
701:Humboldt
608:Yosemite
593:Bay Area
555:Missions
550:Maritime
545:Highways
532:By topic
226:Archived
96:patented
44:Pío Pico
1527:Ventura
1414:Alturas
1404:Jackson
1384:Willows
1299:Hanford
1239:Redding
1224:Ventura
1189:Vallejo
1174:Concord
1164:Visalia
1129:Hayward
1114:Salinas
1089:Ontario
1044:Fontana
1034:Modesto
1019:Fremont
994:Anaheim
984:Oakland
941:By city
921:Ventura
906:Trinity
646:Alameda
621:Regions
570:Slavery
565:Ranchos
108:Alabama
80:cession
70:History
64:Ventura
1394:Sonora
1389:Colusa
1354:Auburn
1329:Eureka
1314:Lompoc
1279:Madera
1259:Merced
1209:Downey
1154:Orange
1119:Pomona
1109:Corona
1039:Oxnard
1024:Irvine
969:Fresno
911:Tulare
901:Tehama
896:Sutter
886:Sonoma
881:Solano
871:Sierra
866:Shasta
801:Plumas
796:Placer
791:Orange
786:Nevada
761:Merced
741:Madera
731:Lassen
691:Fresno
671:Colusa
656:Amador
651:Alpine
188:
1517:Ojala
1374:Yreka
1339:Ukiah
1254:Chico
766:Modoc
746:Marin
721:Kings
696:Glenn
661:Butte
482:Labor
1512:Ojai
1264:Napa
931:Yuba
926:Yolo
781:Napa
771:Mono
726:Lake
716:Kern
711:Inyo
186:ISBN
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