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Agribusiness
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1858 -
Henry Miller (born Heinrich Alfred Kreiser in
Brackenheim, Germany), Charles W. Lux, immigrant butchers, formed
partnership to sell beef during California Gold Rush; acquired massive
land empire, owned over 1.25 million acres of land (stretched from
California’s San Joaquin Valley across northwestern Nevada, northward
over much of Oregon’s Harney County, Idaho’s Owhyee County into Blue
Mountains of Baker and Grant counties, Oregon); 1889 -
organized Pacific Live Stock Company; detested as "ruthless monopoly" to
many of region’s smaller ranchers, newer residents; meat wholesalers to cattle, irrigation, land reclamation leaders; 1900 - one of nation's largest industrial corporations.
1883 - Benjamin Holt produced his
first horse-drawn "Link-Belt Combined Harvester"; founded Holt
Manufacturing Company in Stockton, CA; later called Caterpillar Tractor.
November 24, 1904
- Benjamin Holt , of Holt Manufacturing Company in Stockton, CA,
invented first successful track-type tractor (crawler track, with tracks
to disperse weight, provide better traction; used later for tanks,
moving heavy artillery); made first 'caterpillar' tractor (chosen
because motion of track as it traveled resembled movement of
caterpillar); December 17, 1907 - received a patent for a
"Traction Engine" ("improvement in vehicles, and especially of the
traction engine class; and included endless traveling platform supports
upon which the engine is carried"); 1925 - merged with
longtime competitor, C. L. Best Tractor Company, formed Caterpillar
Tractor Co.; consolidated dealerships of both companies into network of
strong, independent Caterpillar dealerships; predecessor to modern-day
Caterpillar, Inc.
Caterpillar Tractor -
1904(http://www.holtremix.com/ images/history_redtractor.jpg)
(J. G. Boswell Company), Mark Arax and Rick Wartzman (2003).
The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American
Empire. (New York, NY: Public Affairs, 560 p.). Boswell, James
Griffin; Boswell family; Pioneers--California--San Joaquin
Valley--Biography; Cotton farmers--California--San Joaquin
Valley--Biography; Businessmen--California--San Joaquin
Valley--Biography; Cotton growing--California--San Joaquin
Valley--History--20th century; San Joaquin Valley
(Calif.)--History--20th century; Agricultural
industries--California--San Joaquin Valley--History--20th century; San
Joaquin Valley (Calif.)--Economic conditions--20th century; San Joaquin
Valley (Calif.)--Biography. Boswell owned more agricultural acreage, controlled more river water
than any other land baron in the West, grew more cotton than anyone on
the planet.
(Beef), Robert Glass Cleland (1951).
The Cattle on a Thousand Hills: Southern California, 1850-1880.
(San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 365 p. [2nd ed.]). Professor of
History (Occidental College). Cattle trade--California,
Southern--History--19th century; Ranch life--California,
Southern--History--19th century; California, Southern--History.
Transition from cattle frontier of Mexican rule and
culture to agricultural American community on eve of great industrial
and urban expansion; conversion of great grazing ranchos into farms and
settlements, gradual displacement of frontier violence and instability
by more restrained, law-abiding society, impact of Anglo-Saxon customs
and institutions upon pastoral life of Spanish-Californians.(Calcot Ltd.), Catherine M. Merlo (1995).
Legacy of a Shared Vision: The History of Calcot. (Bakersfield,
CA: Calcot Limited, 192 p.). Calcot Ltd. --History; Cotton trade
--California --History; Cotton trade --Arizona --History. February
1927
- Frank Green organized cotton co-op in Delano, CA; 151 growers met,
unanimously approved terms for co-op called San Joaquin Cotton Growers
Association; 1953 - name changed to Calcot Ltd.; 1980s - U.S.A.'s
largest cotton shipper.
(Caterpillar), General Editor, Walter A. Payne (1982). Benjamin
Holt: The Story of the Caterpillar Tractor (Stockton, CA:
University of the Pacific, 102 p.). Holt, Benjamin, 1849-1920;
Caterpillar Tractor Company--History; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography; Stockton (Calif.)--History.
Benjamin Holt (Caterpillar's Largest
Predecessor) (http://ohe.cat.com/public/37 /
54/365383/7/ 1156866062767/t/ BenjaminHolt_thumb.jpg)
(Driscoll Strawberry Associates), Manabi Hirasaki with Naomi Hirahara
(2003).
A Taste for Strawberries: The Independent Journey of Nisei Farmer Manabi
Hirasaki. (Los Angeles, CA: Japanese American National Museum,
217 p.). Hirasaki, Manabi, 1923- ; Japanese-American
farmers--California--Gilroy--Biography;
Strawberries--California--Gilroy; Strawberry
industry--California--Gilroy. World's largest commercial strawberry
distributor.First non-European
American board member of world's largest commercial strawberry
distributor.
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(Miller & Lux), M. Catherine Miller (1993).
Flooding the Courtrooms: Law and Water in the Far West.
(Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 255 p.). Miller & Lux; Water
rights --California --History; California --History --1850-1950. Legal
biography; 1870s -1930s - Miller & Lux looked to
law to mediate its place amid change (corporate counsel, new concept for late-19th-century America,
creative development and use of new legal doctrines); relationship between law, economic change, distribution of
wealth and power; law in environment undergoing rapid development.
(Miller & Lux), David Igler (2001).
Industrial Cowboys: Miller &
Lux and the Transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920. (Berkeley,
CA: University of California Press, 267 p.). Historian (University of
Utah). Miller & Lux--History; Cattle trade--West (U.S.)--History; Animal
industry--West (U.S.)--History; Packing-houses--West (U.S.)--History;
Land use--West (U.S.)--History; Water rights--West (U.S.)--History; Big
business--West (U.S.)--History; Industrialization--West (U.S.)--History.
(Miller & Lux), Edited by Charles Sawyer. (2003). One Man Show:
Henry Miller in the San Joaquin. (Los Banos, CA: Ralph Milliken
Museum Society: Loose Change Publications, 328 p.). Miller, Henry,
1827-1916; Miller & Lux--History; Pioneers--California--San Joaquin
Valley--Biography; Ranchers--California--San Joaquin Valley--Biography;
Businessmen--California--San Joaquin Valley--Biography; Cattle
trade--California--San Joaquin Valley--History; Water
rights--California--San Joaquin Valley--History; San Joaquin Valley
(Calif.)--History; San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)--History--Sources; San
Joaquin Valley (Calif.)--Biography.
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Henry Miller
- Miller & Lux (http://www.mercedmuseum.org/
exhibits/past/images/ cattle_branding/ pioneer_henry_miller_
in_his_40s.jpg)
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(Newhall Land & Farming), Ruth Waldo Newhall (1958).
The Newhall
Ranch; The Story of the Newhall Land & Farming Company. (San Marino,
CA: Huntington Library, 120 p.). Newell family; Newhall Land and Farming
Company.
(Newhall Land & Farming), Andrew Rolle (1991).
Henry Mayo Newhall and His Times: A California Legacy. (San
Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 168 p.). Newhall, Henry Mayo, 1825-1882;
Pioneers--California--Biography; Businesspeople--California--Biography;
Ranchers--California--Biography; California--Biography.
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Henry Mayo Newhall - Newhall Land
& Farming (http://www.scvhistory.com/ gif/ap1335.jpg)
(Peterson Tractor), Eileen Grafton (1998). Peterson Tractor
Co.-- the First Sixty Years (San Leandro, CA: Peterson Tractor
Co., 227 p.). Peterson Tractor Co.--History;
Tractor industry--United States--History. November 16, 1936
-incorporated as the Caterpillar Dealership for
the five bay area counties.
Robert Glass Cleland and Osgood Hardy (2007).
March of Industry. (Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, LLC , 322 p. [orig. pub. 1929]).
Professor of History (Occidental College); Norman Bridge professor of American history (Occidental College). Industries -- California; Agriculture -- Industries; California -- Economic
conditions. Material progress of California; transformation from wilderness to
empire-in the coming of settlers, planting of fields, opening of mines, felling
of forests, building of cities, operation of factories, interplay of commerce,
growth of population.
Yvonne Jacobson; with a foreword by Wallace Stegner (1984).
Passing
Farms, Enduring Values: California’s Santa Clara Valley. (Los
Altos, CA: W. Kaufmann in Cooperation with the California History
Center, De Anza College, Cupertino, California, 240 p.). Jacobson,
Yvonne, 1938-; Agriculture--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara
County)--History; Horticulture--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa
Clara County)--History; Farms--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa
Clara County)--History; Industries--California--Santa Clara Valley
(Santa Clara County)--History; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County,
Calif.)--History; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County,
Calif.)--Biography.
Donald H. Pflueger (1976).
Charles C. Chapman: The Career of a Creative Californian, 1853-1944.
(Los Angeles, CA: Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, 241 p.). Chapman, Charles
C.; orange growing; orange industry. Pioneered the growing and selling
of Valencia oranges to the U.S. grocery trade.
Donald J. Pisani (1984).
From the Family Farm to Agribusiness: The Irrigation Crusade in
California and the West, 1850-1931. (Berkeley, CA: University of
California Press, 521 p.). Irrigation--Economic
aspects--California--History; Agriculture--Economic
aspects--California--History.
Steven Stoll (1998).
The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in
California. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 273
p.). Assistant Professor of History (Yale University). Fruit trade --
California; Fruit -- California -- Marketing; Horticulture -- California;
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- California. How a class
of capitalist farmers made California nation's leading producer of fruit,
created first industrial countryside in America; California from 1880 to 1930 -
origins, evolution, implications of fruit industry; window through which to view
entire history of California.
Charles G. Teague (1944).
Fifty Years a Rancher: The Recollections of Half a Century Devoted to
the Citrus and Walnut Industries of California. (Los Angeles,
CA: The Ward Ritchie Press, 199 p.). Citrus fruits; Walnut; Agriculture,
Cooperative--California.
David Vaught (2007).
After the Gold Rush: Tarnished Dreams in the Sacramento Valley.
(Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 328 p.). Associate
Professor of History (Texas A & M University). Agriculture--Economic
aspects--California--Sacramento Valley--History; Sacramento Valley
(Calif.)--History. Hard-luck
miners-turned-farmers in Putah Creek (became Davis, CA);
endured disputes, confusion over land policy, struggled with vagaries of local, national, world markets.
Richard A. Walker (2004).
The Conquest of Bread: 150 Years of Agribusiness in California.
(New York, NY: New Press, 382 p.). Professor and Past Chair of Geography
(University of California, Berkeley). Agricultural
industries--California--History; Agriculture--Economic
aspects--California; Agricultural industries--Environmental
aspects--California; Agricultural industries--Social
aspects--California; Agricultural laborers--California--History. |
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