History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . d being early thrown upon his own resources, he in time amassed consider-able property. He owned, for example, a fine ranch of forty-four acres on the northside of the Santa Ana River, and another ranch of 343 acres at Yorba. The old homeranch upon which Mr. Yorba passed away came to be noted for its walnuts, its vineyardand its alfalfa, and was especially famous for its productivity.
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . d being early thrown upon his own resources, he in time amassed consider-able property. He owned, for example, a fine ranch of forty-four acres on the northside of the Santa Ana River, and another ranch of 343 acres at Yorba. The old homeranch upon which Mr. Yorba passed away came to be noted for its walnuts, its vineyardand its alfalfa, and was especially famous for its productivity. The other property,on the south side of the river, was given up to general farming and the raising ofwalnuts. Upon Mr. Yorbas death, the family moved to this last-mentioned ranch, andthere erected a large and modern residence, in which they have since resided, .\lthoughMr. Yorba was very optimistic in his belief of a great future for Orange County, yet inhis most optimistic moments he could not have dreamed of the wealth so soon to bebrought from the depths under these lands; and on his original home place the UnionOil Company is now sinking wells for oil, and have been rewarded with an yL.^L.(^VU<^ / /irK<rt^<-^
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