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Interview with William Durbrow, Irrigation Leader (1958) (233 pages)
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Durbrow?:
Baum?
Durbrow?
Baum:
Durbrows
I looked after 1t), and I often went up there at
that time, the banks owned a great deal of property
all over the valley from the previous depression, I
don't know whether the '70's or '80's or when it was,
but anyway, it was some previous agricultural depression and they owned e good deal of the land in the
counties of Glenn and Colusa. I lived to see all
those lands purchased by private owners, This depres=
sion acted the seme way. The banks had to take the
lands and now they're all back in private ownership.
The seme ownership?
Oh, some in different ownership. If I hed been e
farmer, and not an engineer snd a financial operetor
ae I was, I would have probably stayed on the ranch
and would heve come out sll right.
You'd have rented it...
I'd have operated it. And probably would heve made
money as all my friends heve done. I go back there
now and whet used to be my home in the Willows ranch
is a beautiful place now. It's the same house but
they've added to it. But fundamentally it was the
same houee. It was a one-story house and I made it
into a two-story house. Dutch colonial style. And
they have now added to it and made a beautiful place