The Central Sacramento Valley Story
The Central Sacramento Valley Story

Author: Howard R. Plank

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-12-13

Total Pages: 551

ISBN-13: 1456827111

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After describing the Central Valley of California the book focuses on the flood plain of the Sacramento River where most of the lands adjoining the river were a series of Mexican Land Grants. These grants were broken into private holdings after statehood and the challenging effort to reclaim the overflow lands began. The book covers the political and natural challenges in reclaiming these lands together with the introduction of a new crop, rice, and the development of new machines, primarily the Caterpillar tractor, that aided significantly in making the reclamation efforts successful.

This Bittersweet Soil
This Bittersweet Soil

Author: Sucheng Chan

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9780520067370

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The role of the Chinese in California agriculture during the later decades of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century was an integral aspect of the agricultural history of the western United States. Although the number of Chinese involved in agricultural occupations at one time never exceeded 6000 to 7000 workers, their lack of numbers does not diminish their impact. Author Chan, of Chinese origin, has made extensive use of census records and county archival sources to produce the first full history of the Chinese in California agriculture.