Mayfield, The Town That Wouldn't Go Away
Raye C. Ringholz
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$11.05
Size: 6" x 9"
Binding: Perfect Bound
ISBN: 9781645501220
Although the town of Mayfield existed on the South Bay below San
Francisco a mere seventy years, it stands as a kind of microcosm of its
time. Before Europeans began to explore the pristine region, it was
covered with oak forests, lush grasslands, herds of wild animals and was
inhabited by a people that lived off the land. Then came the Jesuit
missionaries who established religious colonies and introduced domestic
plants and animals to the area. This was the beginning, but the nucleus
of Mayfield began in the period between 1841 and 1853, after the
Mexican government granted land ownership to individuals and ceded
Alta California to the United States. Hordes of adventurers, gold ...