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This video portrays an early history of the McNear family--pioneers and leading citizens of Petaluma, California--from their early days as ship captains in Maine, to making the long trip to Northern California in 1856, to becoming what the Alta Californian newspaper described as "one of the leading families in the northern part of the State." Follow along on this interesting early history of the McNear family in America, from 1730 to 1918. With long roots in Maine, the McNears were prominent in early Petaluma life. The McNear brothers John and George P. McNear, were the primary grain brokers prior to the opening of the San Francisco & North Pacific Railroad in 1870; John McNear also ran one of the four banks in town. George McNear continued to prosper following the dissolution of the partnership, with his development of the West Coast's leading grain port in Port Costa, a brickyard, and a shrimp fishery, among other enterprises.
Prominent Sonoma County Residents McNear, George P. (George Plummer), 1891-1947 McNear, John A McNear, Ida Belle, 1859-1949 McNear, George P. (George Plummer), 1857-194 McNear family 1730-1918 Capitalists Merchants United States California Maine Sonoma Newcastle Petaluma
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