A bit of Orangevale CA history, and its earliest homes from the 1880s.
By Sally Dunbar, Fair Oaks Realtor - Fair Oaks Homes for Sale
(Lyon Real Estate, Fair Oaks CA (Sacramento Area))
A few months ago I sold an historic Vitorian farmhouse in Orangevale built in the late 1880s. Not 19... 18. In California, that is OLD! I know you Easterners scoff at our idea of old, but this was built as one of the first homes of the orchards of Orangevale, since it was split into manageable 10 acres parcels in the 1880s. To prepare for the sale, I did a ton of research, as the current owners knew very little about it. I really hoped to find out who built it, but that's tough to do with old homes. The records are a bit sketchy. In the process, I found a lot of Orangevale history, however. Here's a broad sweep of what I found. * The Mexican Governor, Micheltorena granted 19,900 acres of Orangevale land to Joel Dedmond in 1844 - Rancho de San Juan. * While land changed hands among va...
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