Citrus Roots Presenting
California’s Second Gold Rush
The Citrus Roots Gold Rush…Building Communities
1646 – ”THE GOLDEN APPLE”, HESPIRADES (Culture and The Golden Apple)
(Academicians consider this book on citrus to be the most scientifically precise botanical work of the seventeenth century Europe…)
WILLIAM WOLFSKILL – THE FOUNDER OF CALIFORNIA’S CITRUS INDUSTRY:
Read Part I Citrograph; Jan/Feb 2011
Read Part II Citrograph; Mar/Apr 2011
Wolfskill – Correction of property ownership.
Read Citrograph; Sep/Oct 2011
OTHERS WERE COMPELLED TO FOLLOW WOLFSKILL
Benito D. Wilson
M. H. Craft, F. K. Kimball
L. J. Rose
L. H. Titus
General George Stoneman
G. Frost
W. E. Sprott
THE BOOM OF 1887
This boom marked the beginning of California’s second gold rush, the citrus gold rush. Because of the price war between the railroad companies, Santa Fe and Southern Pacific, prices dropped to the unheard of fares. Thousands upon thousands of people took advantage of this fare war in order to satisfy the fever to view California first hand. The landowners saw the opportunity of breaking up their large parcels to more affordable sized lots. The promoters were well schooled in taking advantage of the situation by creating an affect or frenzy through the scheduling of the wave of excursion trains. The Boom was on!
CALIFORNIA CITRUS SPURRED COLONIZATION [The University of California came to the farmers by a donated Southern Pacific Co. train.]
Citrograph; Mar/Apr 2012 R. H. Barker
CALIFORNIA CITRUS SPURRED COLONIZATION [In 1908 California Fruit Growers Exchange was the first to attempt a direct saturated marketing campaign regarding a consumer product, and was extremely successful, which added great wealth to its members.]
Read Citrograph; Jan/Feb 2013
CALIFORNIA SPURRED COLONIZATION – By 1919 from Butte County to the Mexican Border, the California Citrus Rush was exploding.
A RELIGION OF COOPERATION AND THE ASCENDENCY OF THE CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWERS EXCHANGE, 1905-1920
THE BUILDING BOOM OF 1925-26 CAUSED A RELINQUISHMENT OF CITRUS ACREAGE.
HOW IMPORTANT WAS CALIFORNIA’S CITRUS INDUSTRY? 1936…A LOOK BACK
The California citrus industry in 1936 was a $150 million dollar business, and continued to grow. A compelling story which you will want to read….
HOW IMPORTANT WAS CALIFORNIA’S CITRUS INDUSTRY? 1936…A LOOK BACK
The California citrus industry in 1936 was a $150 million dollar business, and continued to grow. A compelling story which you will want to read….
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA CITRUS INDUSTRY
Citrus Labels
Fruit Frost Warning Service | Protection
FRUIT FROST WARNING SERVICE
THE SCHEU FAMILY
Other
A DIVIDED STATE…CONNECTED
FIRST COMMERCIAL THREE-PHASE POWER PLANT…In 1893 World History Was Made Again ….Now Electric Motors Could Power Packinghouses
ELECTRICITY LIGHTS PACKINGHOUSE…World’s First Commercial Long-Distance High-Voltage Transmission of Electricity
The Story Told From Statistics
CALIFORNIA CITRUS – Synergism at work…
From two acres…To currently almost 30 Billion
Read Reports (PDF)
CITRUS – Prefatory Statistics #1 (1891)
CITRUS – Prefatory Statistics #2 (1909–1918)
At A Glance – A Perspective of the Leading Counties
Supplement: Statistical Report of California Citrus Acreage,
Production and Values (1920–2007)
Orange County Citrus – Statistical Report (1923–1959)
Riverside County Citrus – Statistical Report (1925–1959)
Los Angeles County Citrus – Statistical Report (1905–1959)
San Diego County Citrus – Statistical Report (1927–1959)
San Bernardino County Citrus – Statistical Report (1927–1944)
Santa Barbara County Citrus – Statistical Report (1925–1959)
Ventura County Citrus – Statistical Report (1921–1959)
The indexes of California Citrograph Magazine covering the issues from November 1917 through October 1951
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- California Citrograph Index 3 1917 – Oct. 1918
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- California Citrograph Index 5 1919 – Oct. 1920
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- California Citrograph Index 10 1924 – Oct. 1925
- California Citrograph Index 11 1925 – Oct. 1926
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- California Citrograph Index 18 1932 – Oct. 1933
- California Citrograph Index 19 1933 – Oct. 1934
- California Citrograph Index 20 1934 – Oct. 1935
- California Citrograph Index 21 1935 – Oct. 1936
- California Citrograph Index 22 1936 – Oct. 1937
- California Citrograph Index 23 1937 – Oct. 1938
- California Citrograph Index 24 1938 – Oct. 1939
- California Citrograph Index 25 1939 – Oct. 1940
- California Citrograph Index 26 1940 – Oct. 1941
- California Citrograph Index 27 1941 – Oct. 1942
- California Citrograph Index 28 1942 – Oct. 1943
- California Citrograph Index 29 1943 – Oct. 1944
- California Citrograph Index 30 1944 – Oct. 1945
- California Citrograph Index 31 1945 – Oct. 1946
- California Citrograph Index 32 1946 – Oct. 1947
- California Citrograph Index 33 1947 – Oct. 1948
- California Citrograph Index 34 1948 – Oct. 1949
- California Citrograph Index 36 1950 – Oct. 1951
- California Citrograph Index 35 1949 – Oct. 1950 (N/A)