Following the cattle king : a lifetime of agriculture, water management, and water conservation in California's Central Valley

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Nickel, George Wilmarth, 1917-2004

Faulhaber, Jamy O.
Nickel, Adele.
Parrott, William G.
Moody, Douglas.
Roe, Benson B.
Resor, Nancy Nickel.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

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Archival material

Publication info

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Includes interviews with Adele Nickel, William G. Parrott, Douglas Moody, and Dr. Benson Roe.

Childhood and family background in San Francisco and the Central Valley; reflections on great grandfather Henry Miller, including Miller-Haggin Agreement, 1888; UC Berkeley B.A., 1939; history of Miller & Lux; early career at Miller & Lux, 1940s; building Monterey Airport during World War II; uncle James Leroy Nickel, Jr., mismanagement of Henry Miller Trust and Miller & Lux; Nickel v. Nickel, 1954 and other lawsuits; San Luis Canal Company and San Joaquin Canal Company; flood control, water rights, agriculture, and land development in the San Joaquin Valley; development of Buena Vista Lake and Rio Bravo; California State Reclamation Board, 1959-1966; environmental issues on the Kern River, Nickel Family LLC; travel and flying adventures.

Supplementary material: | interview with Nancy Nickel Resor, not transcribed. Shelved as Phonotape 3531 C:16.

Subjects

1827-1916 , Agriculture , Buena Vista Lake (Calif.) , California , Environmental aspects , Flood control , Interviews , Kern River (Calif.) , Miller & Lux , Miller, Henry, , Nickel Family LLC , Nickel, James Leroy , Oral histories , Ranchers , Rio Bravo Resort (Bakersfield, Calif.) , San Joaquin Canal Company , San Joaquin Valley , San Luis Canal Company , State Reclamation Board , Water conservation , Water rights

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English