Rancho Days Collection

Items

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  site of Dennis Martin church and house

  tree and fence as indicators. enlargement of original;
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  Site of first Dennis Martin rcemetery

  ; Early times. lumbering. sawmills. Jasper Ridge. Irish immigrants. churches. cemeteries. Donner party. Murphy-Stephens party
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  Site of first Dennis Martin residence

  ; Early times. lumbering. sawmills. Jasper Ridge. Irish immigrants. churches. cemeteries. Donner party. Murphy-Stephens party
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  Site of St. Dennis Church

  a beautiful photograph; Early times. lumbering. sawmills. Jasper Ridge. Irish immigrants. churches. cemeteries. Donner party. Murphy-Stephens party
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  Site of St. Dennis Church

  ; Early times. lumbering. sawmills. Jasper Ridge. Irish immigrants. churches. cemeteries. Donner party. Murphy-Stephens party
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  St. Dennis graveyard

  fenced area. tall grass. tombstone; Early times. lumbering. sawmills. Jasper Ridge. Irish immigrants. churches. cemeteries. Donner party. Murphy-Stephens party
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  St. Dennis graveyard

  A folder of 3 photos of an area with tombstones, church and adjacent building
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  sword and scabbard

  unsheathed sword displayed on red; el Corte de Madera. rancheros. Mexican era. period clothing. 1800s.
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  The Hermit Mine topo map

  substrate colored green and white;
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  The Hermit Mine topo map

  shows by color the substrate;
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  The Martinex Trunk

  Decorative metal & leather trunk, documents from trunk have been cataloged and removed.
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  The Peraltas

  Limited edition of book about the East Bay rancho family, relatives of the co-wner of el Corte de Madera
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  Timothy O'Sullivan; husband of Altagracia Martinez

  oval head and shoulders portrait; Antonio Martinez descendants. rancho times. El Corte de Madera. early days
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  Tombstone from Dennis Martin cemetry

  flat stone in field of tall grass; the stone used at Holy Cross reburial; Early times. lumbering. sawmills. Jasper Ridge. Irish immigrants. churches. cemeteries. Donner party. Murphy-Stephens party
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  Tombstone of Mathew O'Connell

  closeup of broken stone; Early times. lumbering. sawmills. Jasper Ridge. Irish immigrants. churches. cemeteries.Donner party. Murphy-Stephens party
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  Toward Dennis Martin cemetery from residence

  ; Early times. lumbering. sawmills. Jasper Ridge. Irish immigrants. churches. cemeteries. Donner party. Murphy-Stephens party
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  Toward cemetery from Dennis Martin house site

  ; Early times. lumbering. sawmills. Jasper Ridge. Irish immigrants. churches. cemeteries. Donner party. Murphy-Stephens party
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  town officials

  Lane, Driscoll, Lund posing; Purchase of Martinez trunk
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  Trunk, two books

  Trunk, Life on San Andreas Fault, Sunset on black black background;
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  Unidentified women and child by wooden building

  presumably Martinez descendants
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  United States patent of lands of Rancho El Corte de Madera to Martinez

  multiple pages, both positives & negatives of documents confirming Martinez's ownership of Rancho;
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  Valencia/Boos picnic at Searsvillee

  Valencias and Booses posed at long table; back of photo identifies many of the people; all Antonio Martinez descendants.
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  Wells Fargo Receipt

  $282 paid by Antonio Martinez for shipment to Castroville;
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  Wells Fargo Receipt

  $95 paid by Antonio Martinez for shipment to San Luis Obispo;
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  winning bidder Tor Lund

  Tor and Nancy Lund with paddle; Purchase of Martinez trunk