Holland Land Co. Minute Book 3

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Notes to User

There is a minimal amount of text loss on pages 121 and 127 due to how the pages were fastened.

Title

Series Title

Inventory of the Holland Land Company Records

Collection Guide (External)

Inventory of the Holland Land Company Records

Created Date

June 25th, 1920 to May 12th, 1921

Description

The Holland Land Co. was incorporated in 1916. Its operations headquarters were in Reclamation District 999, Clarksburg, California, Yolo County. During the 1920s, the Holland Land Co. owned more than fifty thousand acres in Solano and Yolo Counties. The company used equipment including clamshell dredges, ditchers, draglines, pumps, and tractors to build levees and canals and reclaim Delta marshland. The company built roads, bridges, and buildings on its land and planted a wide variety of crops. The Holland Land Co. was dissolved in 1942. The minute books hold articles of incorporation, by-laws, annual reports, minutes of stockholders' meetings, and other legal and financial documents.

Creators and Contributors

Creator: Holland Land Company (Calif.)

Subject Topic

Tractors
Reclamation of land
Agriculture
Real property

Spatial Coverage

Delta Region (Calif.)
Yolo County (Calif.)
Solano County (Calif.)