copyrighted Marin County Free Library. Anne T. Kent California Room Copyright, Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
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Herbert is the great-grandson of Ignacio Pacheco, recipient of the Mexican land grant called Rancho de San Jose. He describes first his own years with the American President Lines, his World War II experience, then reminisces about Ignacio Pacheco and the five year litigation of the 1840 grant with the United States government in the 1850s. He tells of Ignacio's altercation with Captain Fremont in 1846, relates the division of the original rancho to the heirs, and tells of the preservation of the 1880 Gumesendo Pacheco home which he now occupies on some 70-plus acres. From 1974 to 1984, Carla Ehat, with partner Anne Kent, and later Genevieve Martinelli, interviewed a broad spectrum of Marin County's long-time residents, from ranchers to politicians, including descendants of early pioneer families. This program was co-sponsored by the Marin County Free Library and the Moya Library in Ross. The resulting archive, consisting of nearly 300 recordings and their corresponding transcriptions, are housed in the Anne T. Kent California Room at the Civic Center branch of the Marin County Free Library.
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