VAFB-1983-09: The Story of Marshallia Ranch, a History Dating Back to the Olivera Adobe Built in 1837
Author(s): The Office of History, 1st Strategic Aerospace Division
Year: 1983
Summary
This document is a report detailing the story of the Marshallia ranch house. It is the oldest structure on VAFB, has been a landmark for more than a century, surviving drastic remodellings and the ravages of two fires. Mexicans and Americans, ranchers and missile engineers, wars and depressions, have all played a role in its destiny. Its fate has been linked with the "Rancho de Jesus Maria," which covered nearly one-half of the land on present-day VAFB. The ranch house's history mirrors the changes which have transformed this corner of California from isolated grazing land to space age gateway.
Cite this Record
VAFB-1983-09: The Story of Marshallia Ranch, a History Dating Back to the Olivera Adobe Built in 1837. The Office of History, 1st Strategic Aerospace Division. 1983 ( tDAR id: 490537) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8490537
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Contact(s): Roscoe Loetzerich
Record Identifiers
VAFB Document Number(s): VAFB-1983-09
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