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Business Papers – N.W. Stowell vs. Rialto Irrigation District
Reports and Notes (1852-1871). 3 items

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Reports and Notes (1852-1871). 3 items

Description: The collection consists primarily of field notes, maps, and business records related to Nathan W. Stowell and his land development and irrigation interests in the Cucamonga area, Los Angeles, and the Imperial Valley. The collection is organized alphabetically by folder title. Included are copies of the field notes from Los Angeles area surveyors Henry Hancock, George Hansen, and William P. Reynolds from the 1850s to the 1870s, as well as copies of maps and plats from the Cucamonga and Los Angeles areas. Business records include seven volumes consisting of deeds, articles of incorporation, and lawsuits related to Stowell's interests in the Cucamonga Company, the Cucamonga Water Company, the Cucamonga Fruit Land Company, and the Cucamonga Water Company. Most of these volumes include an index listing the individuals and corporations that are included. Subjects in the collection include: history of Southern California business enterprises and capitalists, irrigation, real estate development, and real property. Individuals who appear in the collection include the land and irrigation developer George Chaffey, Imperial Valley developer C. R. Rockwood, and the surveyor William Rich Hutton. The Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles also appear as subjects in the collection.
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Production date

1852-1925.

Call number

mssStowell papers

Creator

Stowell, Nathan W(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Purchased from N. Kovach, 1943, and February and April 1945.

Associated people

Hancock, Henry, (1822-1883.)

Hansen, George, (1824-1897.)

Reynolds, W. P.

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