Coastal Dairy - Santa Cruz County, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 07.132 W 122° 18.421
10S E 561562 N 4108282
A plaque about a former dairy.
Waymark Code: WMKTXN
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2014
Views: 1
"The historic buildings you see here were once part of a successful coastal dairy empire. The extended Steele family operated numerous dairies along the coast, beginning rig in the 186os. They called their land "cow heaven." During the Civil War, the Steele brothers auctioned a giant 5o-foot round. of cheese to benefit the Union war effort. President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant received slices. Effie Steele, and her husband, Edwin Dickernan, built their farmhouse and out buildings here in the 188os. They constructed the cow barn with timbers salvaged from a storm-wrecked local wharf."
Group that erected the marker: State of California
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Ano Nuevo State Park
Davenport, CA USA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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