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NCHS Bulletin January 2018
Nevada County,
THE FAMOUS
BARTLETT ¢ PEAR ¢ BELT
OF
CALIFORNIA.
Irs HorticutruraL Resourcks, HeEALTHFULNESS OF CLIMATE, TEMPERATURE,
Rarnratt, Torograpny, Facititigs ror IrriGaTIoN, LaRez AND
PROFITABLE YIELD OF FRuITSs, AND OTHER USEFUL
INFORMATION FOR HomeE-SEEKERS.
FERTILE LANDS AT LOW PRICES! ABUNDANT HARVESTS!
LARGE PROFITS!
a.
Edited and Compiled by E. M. PRESTON.
i
PUBLISHED BY THE
NEVADA COUNTY LAND AND IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
Copies will be sent free, on application to G. E. BRAND, Secretary, Nevada City, Cal.
Nevapa City:
BROWN & CALKINS, PRINTERS NEVADA DAILY TRANSCRIPT,
1886.
The title page of a rare 96-page booklet published by the
Nevada County Land and Improvement Association in order
to promote and describe the county’s rich resources.
Having dependable water available was also a factor
in attracting new agricultural settlers to Nevada County.
Nevada County’s fruit crops had begun to interest
people outside the area, so it was decided that an organization was needed to promote Nevada County specifically. In 1886 the Nevada County Land and Improvement
Association was formed.
One goal was to keep on display and advertise the various local products in their natural state, or in a preserved
condition. The other goal was to publish and distribute
useful information on a variety of related topics.
The first publication was the 96-page booklet, Nevada
County: The Famous Bartlett Pear Belt of California.
One aim was to demonstrate that cultivation and
marketing of foothill fruits could yield large profits for
potential settlers. The publication contained practical
information about the county and agriculture, provided
prospective buyers with descriptions of homes and land
for sale and contained advertisements by local merchants
and businessmen.
Starting in the early 1900s other booster groups were
organized in an effort to promote Nevada County and
the rich land available for farming and ranching. Mining
continued to be the most important and productive industry in Nevada County until 1956, when the last big
underground gold mine, the Empire, closed down.
When the mines were not producing, it was deemed
“dull times.” Because there was not much cash to spend
and often no reason to go to town, merchants suffered
from a lack of customers. In dull times lumber and agriculture struggled to keep the county alive and growing.
Today, of those three important industries, only agriculture is still active and growing in Nevada County.
Endnotes:
1. Charles Warren Haskins, The Argonauts of California. New
York; Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1890, p. 128.
2. Ibid.
3. Jan Blake, Nevada County Rancher, Fall 2017. Welcome,
p. 4.
Mountain Bartlett
z PEARS
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Me td
NET WEIGHT 46 LBS.
COLFAX FRUIT .G
Fruit box labels featured very colorful graphics, as growers
wanted the public to identify with their particular brand of
fruit. They had to compete with other fruit varieties as well
as hundreds of other growers for attention. The Colfax Fruit
Growers Association shipped fruit grown locally, mainly
from Grass Valley, Peardale, Chicago Park and Colfax.
The boxes were transported on the Nevada County Narrow
Gauge Railroad to the fruit sheds of Colfax and packd for
shipment in boxcars and shipped as far east as New York and
into Canada.