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…)
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WILLIAM WOLFSKILL – THE FOUNDER OF CALIFORNIA’S CITRUS INDUSTRY:
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Wolfskill – Correction of property ownership.
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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
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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!
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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
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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.]
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CALIFORNIA SPURRED COLONIZATION – By 1919 from Butte County to the Mexican Border, the California Citrus Rush was exploding.
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A RELIGION OF COOPERATION AND THE ASCENDENCY OF THE CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWERS EXCHANGE, 1905-1920
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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….
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HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA CITRUS INDUSTRY
Citrus Labels
Fruit Frost Warning Service | Protection
FRUIT FROST WARNING SERVICE
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THE SCHEU FAMILY
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Other
A DIVIDED STATE…CONNECTED
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FIRST COMMERCIAL THREE-PHASE POWER PLANT…In 1893 World History Was Made Again ….Now Electric Motors Could Power Packinghouses
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ELECTRICITY LIGHTS PACKINGHOUSE…World’s First Commercial Long-Distance High-Voltage Transmission of Electricity
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The Story Told From Statistics
CALIFORNIA CITRUS – Synergism at work…
From two acres…To currently almost 30 Billion
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The indexes of California Citrograph Magazine covering the issues from November 1917 through October 1951
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