Simi Land and Water Company
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bard family papers
Collection
Identifier: MVC028
Abstract
The Bard family is one of the most influential families in Ventura County history. The family moved to the area from Pennsylvania by Thomas R. Bard in the 1860s. He was soon followed by his brother, Cephas "Little" Bard, who was a trained medical doctor. Thomas R. Bard was involved in local politics and went on to serve as a senator in the U.S. Senate. Dr. Bard practiced medicine in Ventura County and his collection of curios served as the basis for what would eventually become the Museum of...
Dates:
circa 1850-1964
Found in:
Museum of Ventura County
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Bard family papers
Rancho Las Posas and Simi records
Collection
Identifier: MVC017
Abstract
Rancho Las Posas and Rancho Simi were both Mexican land grants that were owned by the de la Guerra y Noriega family of Santa Barbara. They cover large portions of present-day Camarillo, Moorpark, Simi Valley, the Oxnard Plains, and western Los Angeles County. Much of the land in this area was eventually purchased by Pennsylvania-based railroad executive and businessman Thomas A. Scott. Thomas R. Bard moved west to manage Scott’s holdings in California and would later come to own much land in...
Dates:
circa 1870-1930
Valley of the Simi [cartographic material] : plat of subdivision # 1 of the lands of the Simi Land & Water Co. / Stow & Power, Surveyors., 1887.
Item — map: M0258
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This maps in this collection are mostly of Ventura County, but there are several other locations represented, including California, Oregon, and Arizona. The maps include aerial photographs, topographical maps, housing tract plans, and maps for roads, surveyors, rail lines, and equipment locations.
Dates:
1887.