{"product_id":"gold-rush-entrepreneurs-flint-bixby-co-paperback","title":"Gold Rush Entrepreneurs: Flint, Bixby \u0026 Co. - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaudine Burnett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGold Rush Entrepreneurs: Flint, Bixby \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/strong\u003e uncovers the remarkable story of three men whose partnership helped shape the economic and physical landscape of nineteenth-century California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Flint, Thomas Flint, and Lewellyn Bixby arrived in California during the transformative years surrounding the Gold Rush. What began with gold seeking and cattle trading grew into an expansive business enterprise involving sheep, ranching, mining, real estate, transportation, agriculture, and land development. Their partnership ultimately became one of California's significant landowning and wool-merchandising enterprises. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Gold Rush community of Volcano and the Buena Vista Rancho to San Justo and the great ranchos of Southern California, the book follows the family's movement west and their expanding business interests. Their activities touched Rancho Los Cerritos, Rancho Los Alamitos, Rancho Palos Verdes, Loma Vista Ranch, and lands that would become part of Long Beach and surrounding communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story also reaches into California's transportation and railroad development. Flint, Bixby \u0026amp; Co. became involved in stagecoach transportation and the early Southern Pacific Railroad, while their investments connected them to some of the major economic transformations taking place across the state. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is more than a story of business success. The book explores droughts, floods, economic downturns, land disputes, the Civil War, political controversies, changing transportation networks, family tragedies, and the challenges of managing enormous ranching and real-estate interests. The partnership eventually dissolved in 1896, leaving behind a legacy deeply connected to the development of Southern California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on newspapers, family papers, deeds, official records, historic photographs, and extensive archival research, Claudine Burnett reconstructs the lives, ambitions, partnerships, and enduring influence of the Flint and Bixby families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGold Rush Entrepreneurs\u003c\/strong\u003e offers readers a detailed look at the people, businesses, ranchos, and opportunities that helped transform California from a Gold Rush frontier into a rapidly developing state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 314\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49989029560475,"sku":"9798951947550","price":43.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/PQQASgd6_G9798951947550.webp?v=1793339778","url":"https:\/\/www.statesideqm.com\/products\/gold-rush-entrepreneurs-flint-bixby-co-paperback","provider":"Stateside Quartermaster, Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}