Name/Title
LedgerEntry/Object ID
1986.010.0261Scope and Content
Ledger #1 of Marks & Brands - Solano County. 139 pages of handwritten/drawn and 7 pages of "typed" recordings of animal brands and earmarkings for Solano County ranchers. Most of the sample brands BHM86.10.1 - 260 appear in this ledger.
A label in the from states: "This Book was Repaired, Canvas Covered and Relettered March, 1890 by A.J. Leary, Printer, Publisher and Blank Book Manufacturer, 402-408 Sansome St., San Francisco, California."
Extra registration information which may have been stored in ledger:
a. To the County Recorder of the County of Napa, State of California, this is to notify you that I am the owner of record in said county of the following mark: Uper half crop on right ear forever. For steers, same with swallow fork on left brand Letter O left hip ...Witness my hand this 27 day of September AD 1918. Owner E. J. Okell. P.O. Address Suisun Cal.
b. Fairfield, Cal., May 16th 1896 D. L. McCray Earmark of for stock Filed May 16th AD 1896 at 20 min past 3 o'clock PM Same mark being described as follows to wit: slit in each ear and under bit in left. J.S. Brown Co. Recorder.
c. Filed August 4th AD 1853 W Vaugh James Burk's brand.Collection
Benicia Agricultural Collection
