Victor Davis Hanson

And his great, his grandmother, Lucy Anna Davis, they came from Missouri because they were northerners. And he fought on the northern side, but they lived in the southern part of Missouri. So after the war was over, there was a family... saga that he was in a fight with someone and he fled. They decided that southern Missouri was not safe for Yankees. So they fled to California in 1870.

They came out on the railroad and then they looked around here and they found an artesian pond and you could buy land within, I think it was two miles of the Southern Pacific Railroad, which we're still two miles from. And The government gave it to the railroad for development. I have the certificate.

They came out on the railroad and then they looked around here and they found an artesian pond and you could buy land within, I think it was two miles of the Southern Pacific Railroad, which we're still two miles from. And The government gave it to the railroad for development. I have the certificate.

They came out on the railroad and then they looked around here and they found an artesian pond and you could buy land within, I think it was two miles of the Southern Pacific Railroad, which we're still two miles from. And The government gave it to the railroad for development. I have the certificate.

They bought it for $4 an acre, and they were given 20 years to improve it, and then the railroad would come back and examine. That was what caused the great riots about eight miles from me, the massacre that was written about in the octopus. When did that happen? That happened, the Muscle Slew Tragedy, it's called. That happened at the early, I think it was either 1888 or 89.

They bought it for $4 an acre, and they were given 20 years to improve it, and then the railroad would come back and examine. That was what caused the great riots about eight miles from me, the massacre that was written about in the octopus. When did that happen? That happened, the Muscle Slew Tragedy, it's called. That happened at the early, I think it was either 1888 or 89.

They bought it for $4 an acre, and they were given 20 years to improve it, and then the railroad would come back and examine. That was what caused the great riots about eight miles from me, the massacre that was written about in the octopus. When did that happen? That happened, the Muscle Slew Tragedy, it's called. That happened at the early, I think it was either 1888 or 89.

And it's about six, eight to miles, there's a monument. And the railroad came in and basically told people who had bought land that that they didn't improve it. And they said, we did improve it, and they did, but we couldn't improve it as much as you would like because you kept raising railroad cargo fees because it was a monopoly and there was no way to get their grain or fruit.

And it's about six, eight to miles, there's a monument. And the railroad came in and basically told people who had bought land that that they didn't improve it. And they said, we did improve it, and they did, but we couldn't improve it as much as you would like because you kept raising railroad cargo fees because it was a monopoly and there was no way to get their grain or fruit.

And it's about six, eight to miles, there's a monument. And the railroad came in and basically told people who had bought land that that they didn't improve it. And they said, we did improve it, and they did, but we couldn't improve it as much as you would like because you kept raising railroad cargo fees because it was a monopoly and there was no way to get their grain or fruit.

and so the railroad tried to take it and they had a shootout and they became folk heroes it was in that period that um 18 earlier that we were the i think one of the first families here and they bought the land and then she had three sons my great-grandfathers my great uncles Oren, Skyler, and Cyrus. What names? He was named after Cyrus McCormick, the inventor of the threshing machine.

and so the railroad tried to take it and they had a shootout and they became folk heroes it was in that period that um 18 earlier that we were the i think one of the first families here and they bought the land and then she had three sons my great-grandfathers my great uncles Oren, Skyler, and Cyrus. What names? He was named after Cyrus McCormick, the inventor of the threshing machine.

and so the railroad tried to take it and they had a shootout and they became folk heroes it was in that period that um 18 earlier that we were the i think one of the first families here and they bought the land and then she had three sons my great-grandfathers my great uncles Oren, Skyler, and Cyrus. What names? He was named after Cyrus McCormick, the inventor of the threshing machine.

Anyway, he stayed here, and then he had his father. His son was my grandfather, who was born here in 1890. Rhys Davis. They were all Welsh men. And he had a little, they were very poor. They dried apricots. And this family had moved in from New Mexico in about 1905 or 1906. My grandfather was about 15 or 16. And he met this young girl who had a family of 11 children. They were dirt poor.

Anyway, he stayed here, and then he had his father. His son was my grandfather, who was born here in 1890. Rhys Davis. They were all Welsh men. And he had a little, they were very poor. They dried apricots. And this family had moved in from New Mexico in about 1905 or 1906. My grandfather was about 15 or 16. And he met this young girl who had a family of 11 children. They were dirt poor.

Anyway, he stayed here, and then he had his father. His son was my grandfather, who was born here in 1890. Rhys Davis. They were all Welsh men. And he had a little, they were very poor. They dried apricots. And this family had moved in from New Mexico in about 1905 or 1906. My grandfather was about 15 or 16. And he met this young girl who had a family of 11 children. They were dirt poor.

and they waited till they were 21 and they got married and then the next thing he knew he told me his mother died of breast cancer and his father kind of went crazy when that happened so at 21 they had no money and he had a brother and a sister. Anyway, he bought 120 acres. He had a mortgage his entire life. And then he married my grandmother, and their whole family moved in with him.

and they waited till they were 21 and they got married and then the next thing he knew he told me his mother died of breast cancer and his father kind of went crazy when that happened so at 21 they had no money and he had a brother and a sister. Anyway, he bought 120 acres. He had a mortgage his entire life. And then he married my grandmother, and their whole family moved in with him.

and they waited till they were 21 and they got married and then the next thing he knew he told me his mother died of breast cancer and his father kind of went crazy when that happened so at 21 they had no money and he had a brother and a sister. Anyway, he bought 120 acres. He had a mortgage his entire life. And then he married my grandmother, and their whole family moved in with him.

Yeah, they had a barn here. It's made out of eucalyptus poles. Anyway, then my grandmother was very different. Her family had come from the south. They lived in New Mexico, but they were from Alabama. And my grandfather was a very strong and