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 . and checking freight thatcame and went by steamer. He then went back to clerking, taking a position in thegeneral store of August Langenberger, who was the first storekeeper in remained there for eight years, the last five as manager of the store. Mr. Nebelung then bought twenty acres of land on West Orangethorpe Avenue,which he planted to vineyard, but later lost all by bli
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 . and checking freight thatcame and went by steamer. He then went back to clerking, taking a position in thegeneral store of August Langenberger, who was the first storekeeper in remained there for eight years, the last five as manager of the store. Mr. Nebelung then bought twenty acres of land on West Orangethorpe Avenue,which he planted to vineyard, but later lost all by blight. He then planted ten acres towalnuts and figs and on the other ten he planted Pampas grass, which in those dayswas very popular for decorative purposes. After being cured he packed it and shippedit in carload lots to England and Germany, Mr. Nebelung receiving $2,000 a year forthe crop. After Pampas grass went out of fashion he planted the acreage to walnutsand oranges. During this time he followed the real estate and insurance business In the meantime, Mr. Nebelung had bought nineteen acres of land on EastSycamore Street, which he planted to budded walnuts and Valencia oranges, selling. HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 467 his Orangethorpe Avenue ranch. He personally did all the work of planting on hisnew place, rebuilt the old house, made many, improvements, and here he has made hishome for many years. A successful orange grower, he was the first manager of thefirst orange growers association in Anaheim. He was the first man to start the de-velopment and shipping of walnuts in Southern California. He urged the ranchers toplant more walnuts, and then became a buyer, shipper and packer, selling them in theLos Angeles market; for the first lot he paid nine cents a pound. For fifteen yearshe carried on this business, one year shipping twenty-two cars from the district, buy-ing all over Orange County, the largest buyer in his day. He was also the originatorof sugar beet g
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