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CHAIN OR OWNERSHIP OF RANCHO S.AN FRANCISCO( Newhall Ranch) Page 2

1197! ,, Septemb;er 8 . l!issi ore San Fernando Rey de, Es:gana f olilinded,, claiminlg the
San Fernando and San t a Clara ,,alleys .

1804 .. Rancho San Fr anc i sco star ted by mi ssion f a the rs .-,an Asis tenc:ia erected
OrIJ a h±ll overlook :Urug the : j u.rrction of Castaf.c and .:->anta Clara Ri vers .
1839 ,.J anuary 22~., Do!r An tol'lli&. Pel Wal le. gr an·ted Rancho ~an Franci sc:o, by M:e:X-
i'can governor Alvarado., !he asistencia on the hill becomes h:Ls home: •..
1841 ,!J,une: 21. Don· An,to:mio dtes,,'· he n.ancho divided among several heirs.
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1a57·,,JcanU1.ary, 9 . zne asistencia-ranch hou,se destroyed by earthquake • .1Jel V.alle
family moved in-t'o; a former milk house below ·.~ .. midw,ay down the hilT}.
1860. William Wolf skill bll!ys 'tihe rancho aw ::sheriff' s sale for the unpa:td debt
of S16·, 350-.
1865,Mare~h 18'., Thomas R .. Bard. 11 ac tmg as agemt for his UJIJ).c·le,, Colone:;! Thomas
A. Sc·o)tt+. bwys Ranaho San Fran10.·:iseo. for:· $62, 839Y.,,
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1873"', 1 Apr.:L.l 11'. Prop::e,T'ty motioned to Charles l!,e)Tllaltl. an,d J .. , . Richards of
Santa Barb)ara who gave a note for S33,oooj,, which they never pa:h.d •.
1875,:;f anuia.ryr 15·. 48;,612 acre rancho acqu.di:ced by HJenii\Y- Mayo Newhall for
$90), 0000,
1882 , , Mareh 13. H • .M. Ne:whal l dies ,,, leaving his estate .. to his widow and fiw-e:.
soma • .
1883, June 1 •. Wewhall Land and Farm:iing C'o . incorp,orated. with. Margaret J:anie
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N;e.whall as principal s tockholder and .tienry· Gregory Newhall as presi dent.
1886,,J une . 11 . Gregory Newhal l builds a home in Los Angeles to be cl ose t o
N'ewhall .Land operatio:rm.s ±n the San ta Clar·a Valley<>
1893". i:1. . Gregory. rrewhall r e tires fro m presidency of N'ewhal l Land to he sm-
ceeded by Walter Sc ot t :rrewh al l ,,. a yol!l!nger brother.
1903. Gregory N'e.whall passes away
190'4. Walter Scott Newhall die s .

Sta t emen t of R1.'llth w. N·ewhall on August 21 ,, 1990
" a f all the sons of H. M. Newhal l ,, Gregory was most attached to the (Nam.all)
Ran·c 1 .He managed t o get the ranch house bu i lt. and visited there frequently
until his death in 1903 .. ffe certainly would not be considered a perminate
resident , for he had hom~s im Los Angeles and San Francisco and other family
members would stop by the ranch house no-w and then. It was after w alter di.ed
:hn 1904 t hat the; house bee:ame a r e s :ideru.0;e f or t he ranch f oreman..
"W hen I f i rst started v i siting the ranch in the 1940s, flenry Pool lived there .
Dean Galleon, up in Castaic, lived there for some t hing l ike 17 years <> 'l'he
house was very badly damaged during the 1,11 earthquake . 'l'he company decided
to move it, taking down the chimneys and reinforcing :it.to They got side tracked
by other proJects and the honse was left where it was .
' You know that this used to be the feedlot for the ranc'.h with as many as
17 , 000 head of cattle be ing fat t ened up bef ore shipment' f rom the( Castaic)
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PHYSICAL E'XAMIN'ATI O!f OF THE NEWHALL RANCH HOUSE

The: back portion appears to be olde r than the main house-. 'lbe t i mbe:i:s are
rough cUJt , s quare nails are used and this is the only part where t here is
a brick basement: .. Skfrting does not match~ the r est of the hou:se 0
The two story portion of the house, seems t o envelope the back( kitchen} ,
as if t±ed im, whil e false ce ilings cre a te a de ad s pace o The fron t i s al-
most all smooth cut timbers ,. wire nails , and boar d and batten skirting.