Olives in California's gold country / Salvatore Manna and Terry Beaudoin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manna, Salvatore (Salvatore J.), Author.

Beaudoin, Terry., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Olive industry and trade--California--History--Pictorial works.

Olive industry and trade.

California--Economic conditions--Pictorial works.

California.

California--History--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, facsimiles, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

The history of the olive in the Gold Country of Northern California is a story of the Spanish in the New World, of the Gold Rush, of immigrants from Italy and other Mediterranean countries, of bold pioneers, enterprising farmers and scientists, and of businessmen and businesswomen. Focusing on Calaveras County in the south and Placer County in the north, but also exploring the olive throughout most of Northern California, including olive havens such as Corning and Oroville, that story is told within these pages through rare and fascinating photographs. For those who wish to explore the olive in Northern California, whether its history, industry or technology, this volume provides both an appetizer and a satisfying entrée. As love of the olive grows, for the first time a book tells the tale of the olive tree, the king of trees, in the Mother Lode of California.

Contents:

The olive and the gold rush

Italian gardens and American families

The rise of Mother Lode orchards

Aeolia Heights and Placer County

Rocca Bella of Calaveras County

From Calaveras to Corning, Roseville to Oroville

The technology of olives

Old orchards and the new liquid gold rush.

OCLC:

900734074