Jim Prewitt

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Mansfields Were Pacific Valley Pioneers

From Indian shell beds to a 4,000-acre cattle empire — the Mansfields, who came to Pacific Valley when the lilac grew as tall as trees.

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Name of George Ames Is Etched in Coast History

George Ames rode down from Santa Cruz at fourteen to work for Jim Prewitt — and rode straight into coast legend.

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Plasketts Among Early Coast Settlers

How the valley was settled: William Lucas Plaskett's family clearing lilac 'grown to the dimension of small trees' — her classic account of the family's beginning.

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Curnell Mansfield Built 4,000 Acre Cattle Empire

West by wagon at nine, Curnell Mansfield built a cattle empire of four thousand acres.

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George Ames - Bunk House Hero

George Ames was fourteen when he hired on with Jim Prewitt — and the bunkhouse tales grew from there.