Shannon Dixon Van Zant

Brands of Calaveras County, California 1881-1913 Shannon Dixon Van Zant

Livestock brands are touchstones that help bring the history of rural America to life. Nowhere is that more evident than with "Brands of Calaveras County, California 1881-1913." Filled with colorful stories as well as vintage family and ranch photographs, most published here for the first time, this volume picks up where 2017's "Brands of Calaveras County, California 1854-1880" left off in telling the story of the men, women and families who made their mark on the land--of heritage and emigration, births and deaths, marriages and children, success and failure. With the 226 brand filings in "Brands of Calaveras County, California 1881-1913" added to the 245 of the earlier volume, these two books bring together nearly 500 historic brands of one of California's original counties. For those fascinated by early California, brands of the Old West, and/or ranching in America, "Brands of Calaveras County, California 1854-1880" and "1881-1913" tell a tale worth remembering.