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Per Tom Patterson's Book, A Colony for California, Abel Stearns received ownership of his portion of the Rancho Jurupa in 1957, when Juan Bandini was having financial troubles. Does anyone know where the 1841 date came from? I am also interested in where the reference to Isaac Williams and James Johnson can be found. Thank you. MissionInn.Jim ( talk) 13:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
An entity known as the California Silk Center Association, formed by "Messrs. Provost, Cover, Pine, Stewart, Linden and others," purchased an "undivided six-tenths of his ranch" from Luis Rubidoux on November 19, 1869. [1] The fate of this nascent silk farm came to an abrupt end with the death of Mr. Provost who was "the only one of the Association who understood the silk growing business." [1] With no one available to take his place, the enterprise was "abandoned and the land placed on the market for sale." [1]