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4A – Daily News – Saturday, February 26, 2011 Agriculture & farm The Almond Board of California has released election results for members of the Board of Directors whose terms of office will begin March 1. The names of the following nominees have been sent to the U.S. Secretary of Agricul- ture for certification: Independent Grower — Member Position One: (one- year term): Mike Mason, Wasco; Alternate Position One: Brad Klump, Escalon Independent Handler — Member Position One (three- year term): Dave Phippen, Manteca; Alternate Position One: Ron Fisher, Modesto; Member Position Three (one- year term): Keith Rigg, Le Grand; Alternate Position Three: Dean Nelson, Kerman Cooperative Grower — Member Position One (three- year term): John Thoming, Tracy; Alternate: George Gosh- garian, Fresno Cooperative Handler — Member Position Two (three- year term): John O’Shaughnessy, Sacramento; Alternate: Susan Brauner, Sacramento Mark Jansen is nominated for the Cooperative Handler One Alternate Position vacated by Bill Morecraft. For more information on the Almond Board of Califor- nia visit AlmondBoard.com. Local breeders recognized Three Tehama County breeders have been recognized nationally by the American Angus Association in the 20011 Pathfinder Report. Tehama Angus Ranch, Gerber, has been recognized for having 19 registered Angus cows and one registered Angus bull; Gary J & Patricia Ford, Red Bluff, have been recog- nized for having one registered Angus cow; David J Hold- en, Red Bluff, has been recognized for having one regis- tered Angus cow included in the report. Only 2,099 of the nearly 30,000 American Angus Asso- ciation members are represented in this year's report, according to Bill Bowman, chief operating officer and director of performance programs of the association. This year the Tehama County Cattlemen will hold their Spring Field Day onSaturday, March 26 at the historic Long Ranch, hosted by Neita and Ron Reid. It was also known as the Battle Creek Ranch 100 years ago. The 1906 edition of “History of the State of California and Biographi- cal Record of the Sacra- mento Valley, California,” by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A.M., contained the biographical history of Joseph Allison Long, pages 1383 and 1384. “In Tehama county, twelve miles east of Balls Ferry, and not far from Bat- tle Creek, may be seen the flourishing stock farm owned and man- aged by Mr. Long. His par- ents, James and Ann (Madox) Long, both natives of Ken- tucky, located in Howard county, Mo., in 1819, and in that state the father died in 1839, when only forty years of age. Mrs. Long came to California in 1870, but subse- quently removed to Missouri, dying there in July, 1871, when in her seventy-ninth year. “Born in Howard coun- ty, Mo, July 21, 1833, J.A. Long was six years old when orphaned by the death of his father. Until twenty years old he remained at home content with life in the middle west, but in 1853 the attrac- tions in the far west proved too strong to be withstood, and with ox-teams he made the trip across the plains, reaching California Sep- tember 19, 1853. “For one year he was You voted us Best in 2010 Don’t forget to vote this year! ~ Best Restaurant, Overall ~ Best Restaurant, Service ~ Best Steaks ~ Best Hamburgers ~ Best Breakfast ~ Best Sunday Brunch 645 Antelope Blvd. #1 530 527-1420 in Frontier Village across from the Fairgrounds ~ Best Salad Bar ~ Best Kid’s Restaurant ~ Best Banquet Facility employed on a farm in Yolo county, going from there in September, 1854, to Trinity county, where for four years he followed mining, with a brother owning a part interest in the Gwyn mine. “From 1858 until 1875 ★★ ranch Almond Board election results A long history in Tehama County Station near the present Manton road. Its range- lands are typical of the rolling foothill country of eastern Tehama County.” “A fall 1965 note read: he was engaged in cattle- raising in Colusa county, in the latter year removing to Tehama county and locat- ing on Inks creek. “His residence on his present property dates from 1897, and though compara- tively speaking he is a newcom- er to the locality, in point of improvements and appearance his place takes rank with those of the oldest set- tlers. Jean Barton “Here with his sons he has twenty-three thousand acres of fine land, part of which is devoted to gen- eral farming, the remainder being used as a range for his cat- tle, having about five hun- dred head. “The marriage of J. A. Long occurred October 16, 1863, uniting him with Julia Musick, who was born in Franklin county, Mo., and came to Califor- nia with her parents in 1853. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Long, as follows: James; Elizabeth, the wife of Frank Jelley; Joseph; Ernest, an engineer on the Southern Pacific Railroad; Mattie, the wife of Charles Patterson; May, at home with her parents; she later married Cyrus Willard; and Grover, also at home. Grover was father of Mari- on and Margaret Long, and Neita’s grandfather. “Mr. Long’s political sympathies are given to the Democratic party, whose cause and candidates he AMERICAN SELF-STORAGE ★ 64 Mulberry Ave., Red Bluff • 527-1755 • Fully Fenced • Onsite Manager • Well Lit Property website: www.americanselfstorage.biz • RV & Vehicle parking now available $14 starting class Seed Sat., Feb. 26th @ 10am Call for reservation What a Sweet Deal!! 1st month MOVES YOU IN Some restrictions apply Good through 2/28/11 CALL NOW FOR RATES! upholds whenever the opportunity arises.” Another version of the history of J. A. Long is from “Tehama County, California: published by Elliott & Moore, San Fran- cisco, California 1880. This was updated in fall 1965 for the California Cattlemen Association his- tory of cattle ranching in the counties of California. “The residence of J. A. Long was located on Inks Creek on the old Manton Road several miles from the confluence of the creek and the Sacramento River. (In the fall of 1965, the roof of the barn on Inks Creek Ranch can be seen from Highway 36 East just before one descends east from Hog Lake — look across Paynes Creek to the northeast.) “The house was on the ranch when Long bought it, but was burned down by Mr. Long’s small grand- children. Joseph Long, Jr, a son, rebuilt the house and this also was destroyed by fire. The third time was a charm — the last still stands on the property which is now owned by Jack Wing of Gerber and Red Bluff (in 1965). “Joseph Allison Long, accompanied by his friend, Elisha Abbot, left Missouri in the spring of 1852 with a herd of cattle bound for California. They traveled via Soda Springs and Carson route, had an enjoyable trip, and arrived in this State the following fall. “On arrival in Califor- nia, the two men mined together as partners in Trin- ity County for several years, farmed in Yolo County, and in the Grind- stone area of Colusi Coun- ty where in 1863, Joseph Long and Julia Musick were married. She, too, had arrived in California by covered wagon in 1853. During the years in Colusi County Indians were still causing trouble and the Long family had their share of worry. “In 1874, Long and Abbot moved to Tehama County where Long pur- chased the Inks Creek Ranch from Jacob and Isaac Rambo. 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In the middle 1890s, three of Joseph‚s sons took over the main operation of the prop- erties. “Joe Jr. ran the Inks Creek Ranch, James the Gordon Ranch, and Grover, the Battle Creek Ranch which had been pur- chased from the railroad. “A fine house was built on the Battle Creek Ranch and the family moved there in 1896. The lumber in the house came from the old Reynolds Mill near Viola in Shasta County. It cost $ 7 a thousand and was the best available. “Joseph A. Long, pio- neer stockman, died in 1915; his wife died in 1941. Grover and his sister, May, Mrs. Cyrus Willard of Red Bluff, are their only living children. Grover still lives with his daughter and family in the original house on the Battle Creek Ranch.” It is interesting to note this ranch has been in con- tinuous ownership of the Long family, a prominent name in Tehama County for a century. “Marian Long Jones, on Jan. 20, 1996 noted for a Colusi Historical meeting that her grandfather J.A. Long had a ranch situated in Ink’s valley on the banks of a creek by the same name, about a mile from the old ‘Sierra Flume Dump.’ It consists of thir- teen hundred and twenty acres, and is located sixteen miles from the county seat and nine miles from the railroad. Some four hun- dred and fifty acres of the tract is of the best bottom- land, while the balance is rolling grazing land, lightly timbered with oaks. On this farm he keeps two thou- sand eight hundred sheep and four hundred and fifty hogs, besides other stock and animals to work the farm.” The eight children were James W; Lizzie A; Joseph K; Frankie C; Robert E; Lillian Mae; and Grover C. Long. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.c om. COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. 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