| Steele Brothers Dairy Ranches | |
|---|---|
 Steele Brothers Dairy Ranches, Cascade Ranch House | |
| Location | Año Nuevo State Park, Pescadero, California |
| Coordinates | 37°07′08″N 122°18′25″W / 37.119°N 122.307°W / 37.119; -122.307 |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architect | Steele brothers
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| Architectural style(s) | Dairy farm |
| California Historical Landmark | |
| Designated | February 8, 1977 |
| Reference no. | 906 |
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Steele Brothers Dairy Ranches is a historical site in Pescadero, California in San Joaquin County. Steele Brothers Dairy Ranches site is a California Historical Landmark No. 906 listed on February 8, 1977. The Steele Brothers: Edgar W. Steele, Isaac C. Steele, and Rensselaer E. Steele, were the pioneers of larger scale Dairy farming. Steele Brothers from Delaware, had large-scale commercial cheese and dairy plants. Steele Brothers operated 7,000-acre ranch with five dairies. The ranch ran from Gazos Creek on the north to Point Año Nuevo on the south, about 5 miles on the along the Coastal California, between the Pacific Ocean and Big Basin Redwoods. The five dairies were has far north as Point Reyes and as south as the one at Gazos Creek near Rancho Punta del Año Nuevo. The Steele Brothers operated from 1850 to 1950.
A historical marker was placed in 1982 by the California State Department of Parks and Recreation working with the Año Nuevo Interpretive Association. The marker is on Cabrillo Highway at New Year's Creek Road. The Old Steele Dairy Barn is now the Marine Education Center at Año Nuevo State Park.
See also
- California Historical Landmarks in San Mateo County
- Rancho Santa Ysabel (Arce)
- Dairy industry in the United States
- Rancho Punta del Año Nuevo
- Rancho Butano
References
- "CHL # 906 Steele Brothers Dairy Ranches San Mateo". www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com.
- "California Historical Landmark #906: Steele Brothers Dairy Ranches in San Mateo County". noehill.com.
- Steele, Catherine Baumgarten. "The Steele Brothers Dairy Ranches: Pioneers in California's Great Dairy Industry." California Historical Quarterly 20.3 (1941): 259-273. online Archived 2022-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
- "Steele Brothers' Dairy Ranches Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.