Several families living in Southern California in the late nineteenth century find their frontier existence busy and challenging.
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Ships were leaving daily for California. Thomas Hackett Phelan chose the longer more expensive route of going around the Horn. He was lured to California because of its mild climate, rich soil, and a plentiful supply of water
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Thomas Hackett Phelan was my grandfather. He settled down in the San Gabriel Valley and set out his land to broom corn. He chose this crop because he had taught broom making to the blind when he lived in Waverly, Illinois.
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- PublisherProsperity Pr
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0870622927
- ISBN 13 9780870622922
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages64