Abstract The McGuire family lived in the Upper Ojai Valley for much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Nancy Darrah and William McGuire were married in 1875 in Ohio. William entered the milling business with Thomas Clark and bought 262 acres in the Upper Ojai. All eight of Nancy and William's children were raised on their ranch. Their son Thomas was born in 1882 and lived on the ranch his whole life. This collection consists almost entirely of the McGuire family's personal books and reading...