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Oldtimers Chronicle Eden Valley Ranch Origins and People
Early 1854 discovery of Eden Valley by Pierce Asbill cited by Lilburn Gibson a former Mendocino County Superior Court judge who recounts homesteading at Salt Creek near the Middle Fork of the Eel River The 1903 Eden Valley School remains on site The narrative notes the stage stop at the ranch a Chinese cook Fong hides in a tunnel to avoid rival Tong riders 1896 priest Father Jerome gains Eden Valley Ranch leading a Slavonian colony before rapids claim him and W G Henshaw purchases and expands the ranch
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