Kick off

The photos in this blog capture a piece of Leona Valley history from 1913 till about 1930 and are from various Hall family members. In 1913 my grandfather Frank D Hall bought the 3000 acre St. Anthony Ranch, the valley was then known as Leonis. He changed the name of the ranch to Leona Valley Ranch and set about building a dairy farm, but things didn't work out so well. My dad, also Cliff, grew up on the ranch.
The Leona Valley Town Council has a history document here:
http://leonavalleytowncouncil.org/Documents/LV%20Historical.pdf
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Barnyard farm equipment. circa 1920

Photo is a little fuzzy.  Crawler tractor in front of building, upper left.  Irrigation pipe lower right, with Mogul 8-16 tractor behind it.  The light colored building behind 8-16 tractor is tool shed.  Dark building far right is bunkhouse. This equipment was for planting, growing and havesting feed for dairy.  The dairy itself required milking equipment and chillers.
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