LICK, James - Revision history

https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=LICK%2C_James LICK, James - Revision history 2026-11-12T12:15:09Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.36.2 https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=LICK,_James&diff=103516&oldid=prev MDaily at 15:30, 15 July 2023 2023-07-15T15:30:50Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:30, 15 July 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l34">Line 34:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 34:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''December 23, 1874 [LAH]:''' “The most valuable piece of property belonging to the Lick estate is the island of Santa Catalina, situated off the coast of Alta California about twenty miles from the mainland, opposite the harbor of Wilmington. Its value is variously estimated at from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000. It is about twenty-seven miles long, eight miles wide in its widest part, from which it tapers gradually north and south to a point, and contains 45,820 acres. At the time of the sale to the Lick estate the island was reserved. The reason assigned was that such developments of the mineral resources of the island were being made as to warrant the expectation that in a few months it could be sold for a much larger sum than at present. The announcement was mildly deceptive. It is about three years since any prospecting was done on the island, and none is in contemplation at present by those having control of the property. The Trustees feeling certain that the value of the island will greatly enhance in a few years, and that it could not now be sold for an approximation of value, decided to hold it for a year or two more unless an advantageous offer at private sale is made in the meantime. In April 1872, Mr. Lick employed William C. Bennett, a pioneer and an experienced miner, now residing at Gilroy, to visit the island and examine the leads discovered thereon, with a view to determining their character and prospective value. As there has since his visit been no attempt the mineral resources of the island or discover new ones, his account of what he saw and the conclusions he drew therefrom apply to the island now as well as at the time of the visit. Proceeding to Los Angeles by steamer, he there procured a small boat and ran out to the island, making the landing without difficulty.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''December 23, 1874 [LAH]:''' “The most valuable piece of property belonging to the Lick estate is the island of Santa Catalina, situated off the coast of Alta California about twenty miles from the mainland, opposite the harbor of Wilmington. Its value is variously estimated at from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000. It is about twenty-seven miles long, eight miles wide in its widest part, from which it tapers gradually north and south to a point, and contains 45,820 acres. At the time of the sale to the Lick estate the island was reserved. The reason assigned was that such developments of the mineral resources of the island were being made as to warrant the expectation that in a few months it could be sold for a much larger sum than at present. The announcement was mildly deceptive. It is about three years since any prospecting was done on the island, and none is in contemplation at present by those having control of the property. The Trustees feeling certain that the value of the island will greatly enhance in a few years, and that it could not now be sold for an approximation of value, decided to hold it for a year or two more unless an advantageous offer at private sale is made in the meantime. In April 1872, Mr. Lick employed William C. Bennett, a pioneer and an experienced miner, now residing at Gilroy, to visit the island and examine the leads discovered thereon, with a view to determining their character and prospective value. As there has since his visit been no attempt the mineral resources of the island or discover new ones, his account of what he saw and the conclusions he drew therefrom apply to the island now as well as at the time of the visit. Proceeding to Los Angeles by steamer, he there procured a small boat and ran out to the island, making the landing without difficulty.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The surface of the island is hilly, and the main range which extends from north to south, shields the bay on the east side of the island from the prevailing winds, which blow from the southwest. The water is deep, the shore precipitous, the surface calm and the largest ships can ride in safety in the harbor, On the west side of the island is another deep, land-locked harbor, capable of accommodating about half a dozen large ships. The southern portion of the island is covered with brush and scrub oak, while the northern part is more open. The soil is adobe, interspersed with a kind of sand formed by the slackening of the limestone, which forms the principal element of the geological formation of the island. It is unfit for cultivation, but wild goats grow in profusion and afford pasture for from 10,000 to 20,000 head of sheep every year. The only buildings upon it are a two-story frame house, said to have been erected as a barrack for a company of United States troops stationed there for some time during the rebellion, and the cottages of the sheep owners and their herdsmen. The climate corresponds to that of Los Angeles. Fish are abundant in the harbors, but there is no game on the island worth mentioning...<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">“</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The surface of the island is hilly, and the main range which extends from north to south, shields the bay on the east side of the island from the prevailing winds, which blow from the southwest. The water is deep, the shore precipitous, the surface calm and the largest ships can ride in safety in the harbor, On the west side of the island is another deep, land-locked harbor, capable of accommodating about half a dozen large ships. The southern portion of the island is covered with brush and scrub oak, while the northern part is more open. The soil is adobe, interspersed with a kind of sand formed by the slackening of the limestone, which forms the principal element of the geological formation of the island. It is unfit for cultivation, but wild goats grow in profusion and afford pasture for from 10,000 to 20,000 head of sheep every year. The only buildings upon it are a two-story frame house, said to have been erected as a barrack for a company of United States troops stationed there for some time during the rebellion, and the cottages of the sheep owners and their herdsmen. The climate corresponds to that of Los Angeles. Fish are abundant in the harbors, but there is no game on the island worth mentioning...<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">”</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''January 1, 1875 [Petaluma Weekly Argus]:''' “The Los Angeles Express says there are valuable mines on Catalina Island, which belong to the Lick estate. They have not been worked for some time.”</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

MDaily https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=LICK,_James&diff=95318&oldid=prev MDaily at 13:55, 5 September 2021 2021-09-05T13:55:06Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:55, 5 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">LICK, James|</del>LICK, James]. Lick, Rosemary. '''The Generous Miser. The Story of James Lick of California''' The Ward Ritchie Press, (1967). Grey cloth in dust jacket. 95 pages. James Lick began buying interests in Santa Catalina Island in 1864. By 1867 he owned the entire island.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [LICK, James]. Lick, Rosemary. '''The Generous Miser. The Story of James Lick of California''' The Ward Ritchie Press, (1967). Grey cloth in dust jacket. 95 pages. James Lick began buying interests in Santa Catalina Island in 1864. By 1867 he owned the entire island.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

MDaily https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=LICK,_James&diff=95317&oldid=prev MDaily at 13:54, 5 September 2021 2021-09-05T13:54:49Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:54, 5 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</del>[LICK, James|LICK, James<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</del>]. Lick, Rosemary. '''The Generous Miser. The Story of James Lick of California''' The Ward Ritchie Press, (1967). Grey cloth in dust jacket. 95 pages. James Lick began buying interests in Santa Catalina Island in 1864. By 1867 he owned the entire island.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [LICK, James|LICK, James]. Lick, Rosemary. '''The Generous Miser. The Story of James Lick of California''' The Ward Ritchie Press, (1967). Grey cloth in dust jacket. 95 pages. James Lick began buying interests in Santa Catalina Island in 1864. By 1867 he owned the entire island.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

MDaily https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=LICK,_James&diff=95316&oldid=prev MDaily at 13:54, 5 September 2021 2021-09-05T13:54:23Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:54, 5 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Lick, James (1796-1876).jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>James Lick (seated) owned Santa Catalina Island from 1867 to 1887.</center>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Lick, James (1796-1876).jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>James Lick (seated) owned Santa Catalina Island from 1867 to 1887.</center>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#006400">'''LICK, James'''</span> (1796-1876), Pennsylvania-born carpenter’s son who became a piano builder, manufacturer, land baron, and philanthropist to the sciences. Lick arrived in San Francisco, California in 1848 where he began buying real estate. The subsequent gold rush created a housing boom and made Lick a very wealthy man. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He </del>began buying interest in Santa Catalina Island in 1864, and by 1867 had managed to merge the ownership back to one person. By the time he had acquired ownership, various ranchers and stock raisers had moved onto the island and claimed squatters’ rights, including: H. Boushey, Juan Cota, D. B. S. Diltz, M. W. Grady, Thomas Gallagher, Francisco Guerrera, William Howland, bachelor brothers John L. and Charles Johnson, Swain [Sven/Swayne] Lawson, Thomas O’Hara, William Walker, Benjamin Weston, Spencer Wilson, Thomas Whittley, and several others. Lick evicted the squatters, and in 1874, two years before his death, Lick created a three million dollar trust with trustees taking title to Santa Catalina Island. Lick’s illegitimate son contested the trust, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </del>1887 new trustees sold the island to George Shatto for $200,000. The Lick years span from 1867 to 1887 on Santa Catalina Island. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in California. Both Lick Crater on the moon and the 1951 asteroid Lick are named in his honor.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#006400">'''LICK, James'''</span> (1796-1876), Pennsylvania-born carpenter’s son who became a piano builder, manufacturer, land baron, and philanthropist to the sciences. Lick arrived in San Francisco, California in 1848 where he began buying real estate. The subsequent gold rush created a housing boom and made Lick a very wealthy man. </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lick </ins>began buying interest in Santa Catalina Island in 1864, and by 1867 had managed to merge the ownership back to one person. </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He first paid $4,150 for an undivided share, soon thereafter buying the remaining undivided interests, for a total of $23,000.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By the time he had acquired ownership, various ranchers and stock raisers had moved onto the island and claimed squatters’ rights, including: H. Boushey, Juan Cota, D. B. S. Diltz, M. W. Grady, Thomas Gallagher, Francisco Guerrera, William Howland, bachelor brothers John L. and Charles Johnson, Swain [Sven/Swayne] Lawson, Thomas O’Hara, William Walker, Benjamin Weston, Spencer Wilson, Thomas Whittley, and several others. Lick evicted the squatters, and in 1874, two years before his death, Lick created a three million dollar trust with trustees taking title to Santa Catalina Island. Lick’s illegitimate son contested the trust, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on August 11, </ins>1887 new trustees sold the island to George Shatto for $200,000. The Lick years span from 1867 to 1887 on Santa Catalina Island. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in California. Both Lick Crater on the moon and the 1951 asteroid Lick are named in his honor.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

MDaily https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=LICK,_James&diff=95313&oldid=prev MDaily at 13:47, 5 September 2021 2021-09-05T13:47:32Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:47, 5 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[LICK, James|LICK, James]]. Lick, Rosemary. '''The Generous Miser. The Story of James Lick of California''' The Ward Ritchie Press, (1967). Grey cloth in dust jacket. 95 pages. James Lick <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">owned </del>Santa Catalina Island in 1864.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[LICK, James|LICK, James]]. Lick, Rosemary. '''The Generous Miser. The Story of James Lick of California''' The Ward Ritchie Press, (1967). Grey cloth in dust jacket. 95 pages. James Lick <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">began buying interests in </ins>Santa Catalina Island in 1864<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. By 1867 he owned the entire island</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

MDaily https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=LICK,_James&diff=95312&oldid=prev MDaily at 13:46, 5 September 2021 2021-09-05T13:46:28Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:46, 5 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Lick, James (1796-1876).jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>James Lick (seated) owned Santa Catalina Island from 1867 to 1887.</center>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Lick, James (1796-1876).jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>James Lick (seated) owned Santa Catalina Island from 1867 to 1887.</center>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#006400">'''LICK, James'''</span> (1796-1876), Pennsylvania-born carpenter’s son who became a piano builder, manufacturer, land baron, and philanthropist to the sciences. Lick arrived in San Francisco, California in 1848 where he began buying real estate. The subsequent gold rush created a housing boom and made Lick a very wealthy man. He began buying interest in Santa Catalina Island in 1864, and by 1867 had managed to merge the ownership back to one person. By the time he had acquired ownership, various ranchers and stock raisers had moved onto the island and claimed squatters’ rights, including: H. Boushey, Juan Cota, D. B. S. Diltz, M. W. Grady, Thomas Gallagher, Francisco Guerrera, William Howland, bachelor brothers John L. and Charles Johnson, Swain [Sven/Swayne] Lawson, Thomas O’Hara, William Walker, Benjamin Weston, Spencer Wilson, Thomas Whittley, and several others. Lick evicted the squatters, and in 1874, two years before his death, Lick created a three million dollar trust with trustees taking title to Santa Catalina Island. Lick’s illegitimate son contested the trust, and in 1887 new trustees sold the island to George Shatto for $200,000. The Lick years span from 1867 to 1887 on Santa Catalina Island. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in California. Both Lick Crater on the moon and the 1951 asteroid Lick are named in his honor.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#006400">'''LICK, James'''</span> (1796-1876), Pennsylvania-born carpenter’s son who became a piano builder, manufacturer, land baron, and philanthropist to the sciences. Lick arrived in San Francisco, California in 1848 where he began buying real estate. The subsequent gold rush created a housing boom and made Lick a very wealthy man. He began buying interest in Santa Catalina Island in 1864, and by 1867 had managed to merge the ownership back to one person. By the time he had acquired ownership, various ranchers and stock raisers had moved onto the island and claimed squatters’ rights, including: H. Boushey, Juan Cota, D. B. S. Diltz, M. W. Grady, Thomas Gallagher, Francisco Guerrera, William Howland, bachelor brothers John L. and Charles Johnson, Swain [Sven/Swayne] Lawson, Thomas O’Hara, William Walker, Benjamin Weston, Spencer Wilson, Thomas Whittley, and several others. Lick evicted the squatters, and in 1874, two years before his death, Lick created a three million dollar trust with trustees taking title to Santa Catalina Island. Lick’s illegitimate son contested the trust, and in 1887 new trustees sold the island to George Shatto for $200,000. The Lick years span from 1867 to 1887 on Santa Catalina Island. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in California. Both Lick Crater on the moon and the 1951 asteroid Lick are named in his honor.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [[LICK, James|LICK, James]]. Lick, Rosemary. '''The Generous Miser. The Story of James Lick of California''' The Ward Ritchie Press, (1967). Grey cloth in dust jacket. 95 pages. James Lick owned Santa Catalina Island in 1864.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

MDaily https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=LICK,_James&diff=47163&oldid=prev MDaily at 02:34, 6 June 2016 2016-06-06T02:34:07Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:34, 6 June 2016</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Lick, James (1796-1876).jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>James Lick (seated) owned Santa Catalina Island from 1867 to 1887.</center>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Lick, James (1796-1876).jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>James Lick (seated) owned Santa Catalina Island from 1867 to 1887.</center>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#006400">'''LICK, James'''</span> (1796-1876), Pennsylvania-born carpenter’s son who became a piano builder, manufacturer, land baron, and philanthropist to the sciences. Lick arrived in San Francisco, California in 1848 where he began buying real estate. The subsequent gold rush created a housing boom and made Lick a very wealthy man. He began buying interest in Santa Catalina Island in 1864, and by 1867 had managed to merge the ownership back to one person. By the time he had acquired ownership, various ranchers and stock raisers had moved onto the island and claimed squatters’ rights, including: H. Boushey, Juan Cota, D. B. S. Diltz, M. W. Grady, Thomas Gallagher, Francisco Guerrera, William Howland, bachelor brothers John L. and Charles Johnson, Swain [Sven/Swayne] Lawson, Thomas O’Hara, William Walker, Benjamin Weston, Spencer Wilson, Thomas Whittley, and several others. Lick evicted the squatters, and in 1874, two years before his death, Lick created a three million dollar trust with trustees taking title to Santa Catalina Island. Lick’s illegitimate son contested the trust, and in 1887 new trustees sold the island to George Shatto for $200,000. The Lick years span from 1867 to 1887 on Santa Catalina Island. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in California. Both Lick Crater on the moon and the 1951 asteroid Lick are named in his honor.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#006400">'''LICK, James'''</span> (1796-1876), Pennsylvania-born carpenter’s son who became a piano builder, manufacturer, land baron, and philanthropist to the sciences. Lick arrived in San Francisco, California in 1848 where he began buying real estate. The subsequent gold rush created a housing boom and made Lick a very wealthy man. He began buying interest in Santa Catalina Island in 1864, and by 1867 had managed to merge the ownership back to one person. By the time he had acquired ownership, various ranchers and stock raisers had moved onto the island and claimed squatters’ rights, including: H. Boushey, Juan Cota, D. B. S. Diltz, M. W. Grady, Thomas Gallagher, Francisco Guerrera, William Howland, bachelor brothers John L. and Charles Johnson, Swain [Sven/Swayne] Lawson, Thomas O’Hara, William Walker, Benjamin Weston, Spencer Wilson, Thomas Whittley, and several others. Lick evicted the squatters, and in 1874, two years before his death, Lick created a three million dollar trust with trustees taking title to Santa Catalina Island. Lick’s illegitimate son contested the trust, and in 1887 new trustees sold the island to George Shatto for $200,000. The Lick years span from 1867 to 1887 on Santa Catalina Island. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in California. Both Lick Crater on the moon and the 1951 asteroid Lick are named in his honor.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#3B9661; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #3B9661; text-align:left; color:#000000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;"></h2></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

MDaily https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=LICK,_James&diff=35357&oldid=prev MDaily at 00:44, 27 September 2015 2015-09-27T00:44:14Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:44, 27 September 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l43">Line 43:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 43:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''August 20, 1899 [CT]:''' “Santa Catalina Island a private kingdom…Bought by James <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lick…Lick </del>hoped, it is generally believed, that there might be deposits of minerals in the mountains…He found the island inhabited by squatters, who had been drawn from the mainland by the charm of the equable climate… Lick made short work of them… All that Lick did for the island was to ship to it several cargoes of goats and turn them loose to scramble for a living. Their descendants are furnishing sport for the hunter today…”</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''August 20, 1899 [CT]:''' “Santa Catalina Island a private kingdom…Bought by James <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lick… Lick </ins>hoped, it is generally believed, that there might be deposits of minerals in the mountains…He found the island inhabited by squatters, who had been drawn from the mainland by the charm of the equable climate… Lick made short work of them… All that Lick did for the island was to ship to it several cargoes of goats and turn them loose to scramble for a living. Their descendants are furnishing sport for the hunter today…”</div></td></tr> </table>

MDaily https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=LICK,_James&diff=28159&oldid=prev MDaily at 19:52, 13 May 2015 2015-05-13T19:52:04Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:52, 13 May 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Lick, James (1796-1876).jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>James Lick (seated) owned Santa Catalina Island from 1867 to 1887.</center>]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#006400">'''LICK, James'''</span> (1796-1876), Pennsylvania-born carpenter’s son who became a piano builder, manufacturer, land baron, and philanthropist to the sciences. Lick arrived in San Francisco, California in 1848 where he began buying real estate. The subsequent gold rush created a housing boom and made Lick a very wealthy man. He began buying interest in Santa Catalina Island in 1864, and by 1867 had managed to merge the ownership back to one person. By the time he had acquired ownership, various ranchers and stock raisers had moved onto the island and claimed squatters’ rights, including: H. Boushey, Juan Cota, D. B. S. Diltz, M. W. Grady, Thomas Gallagher, Francisco Guerrera, William Howland, bachelor brothers John L. and Charles Johnson, Swain [Sven/Swayne] Lawson, Thomas O’Hara, William Walker, Benjamin Weston, Spencer Wilson, Thomas Whittley, and several others. Lick evicted the squatters, and in 1874, two years before his death, Lick created a three million dollar trust with trustees taking title to Santa Catalina Island. Lick’s illegitimate son contested the trust, and in 1887 new trustees sold the island to George Shatto for $200,000. The Lick years span from 1867 to 1887 on Santa Catalina Island. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in California. Both Lick Crater on the moon and the 1951 asteroid Lick are named in his honor.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#006400">'''LICK, James'''</span> (1796-1876), Pennsylvania-born carpenter’s son who became a piano builder, manufacturer, land baron, and philanthropist to the sciences. Lick arrived in San Francisco, California in 1848 where he began buying real estate. The subsequent gold rush created a housing boom and made Lick a very wealthy man. He began buying interest in Santa Catalina Island in 1864, and by 1867 had managed to merge the ownership back to one person. By the time he had acquired ownership, various ranchers and stock raisers had moved onto the island and claimed squatters’ rights, including: H. Boushey, Juan Cota, D. B. S. Diltz, M. W. Grady, Thomas Gallagher, Francisco Guerrera, William Howland, bachelor brothers John L. and Charles Johnson, Swain [Sven/Swayne] Lawson, Thomas O’Hara, William Walker, Benjamin Weston, Spencer Wilson, Thomas Whittley, and several others. Lick evicted the squatters, and in 1874, two years before his death, Lick created a three million dollar trust with trustees taking title to Santa Catalina Island. Lick’s illegitimate son contested the trust, and in 1887 new trustees sold the island to George Shatto for $200,000. The Lick years span from 1867 to 1887 on Santa Catalina Island. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in California. Both Lick Crater on the moon and the 1951 asteroid Lick are named in his honor.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

MDaily https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=LICK,_James&diff=18184&oldid=prev MDaily at 05:20, 5 June 2014 2014-06-05T05:20:06Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:20, 5 June 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''July 6, 1872 [SBT]:''' “Sale of Catalina Island. The largest land sale ever effected in this county was made on the 19th of this month, as appears from the records at the County Clerk’s office. The property disposed of in the indenture, which is an agreement to convey within twelve months from its date on payment of the consideration, embraces the whole of Catalina Island, opposite San Pedro bay. The consideration for which Mr. James Lick, of Santa Clara, has agreed to convey this island is $1,250,000—the largest sum ever paid for any piece of property within this county. Governor John G. Downey, Don John Foster, and Mr. Max Strobel are the purchasers. The island is now used for grazing, affording a fine pasturage for thousands of sheep. The prospective value of the island consists of its undeveloped mineral deposits, among which there are numerous veins of argentiferous galena of great richness. It also contains some of the most valuable deposits of copper ore on this coast. All these mineral deposits will sooner or later be worked, enriching the adventurous and benefiting the entire country.— Los Angeles News, 30th ult.”</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''July 6, 1872 [SBT]:''' “Sale of Catalina Island. The largest land sale ever effected in this county was made on the 19th of this month, as appears from the records at the County Clerk’s office. The property disposed of in the indenture, which is an agreement to convey within twelve months from its date on payment of the consideration, embraces the whole of Catalina Island, opposite San Pedro bay. The consideration for which Mr. James Lick, of Santa Clara, has agreed to convey this island is $1,250,000—the largest sum ever paid for any piece of property within this county. Governor John G. Downey, Don John Foster, and Mr. Max Strobel are the purchasers. The island is now used for grazing, affording a fine pasturage for thousands of sheep. The prospective value of the island consists of its undeveloped mineral deposits, among which there are numerous veins of argentiferous galena of great richness. It also contains some of the most valuable deposits of copper ore on this coast. All these mineral deposits will sooner or later be worked, enriching the adventurous and benefiting the entire country.— Los Angeles News, 30th ult.”</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''November 18, 1873 [LAH]:''' “Santa Catalina Island, a part of Los Angeles County, about twenty-five miles from the mainland, contains 47,320 acres and is the property of James Lick of San Jose. It is valued at upwards of a million dollars, and has been bonded to Peter Donahue, Don Juan Foster, John G. Downey and others, for the purpose of a sale in Europe.“</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''February 5, 1894 [LAH]:''' “The island of Santa Catalina, off Los Angeles, embraces an area of some 46,000 acres, was bonded to Ex-Governor Downey, and others, who tried to negotiate a sale to an English company, the price asked being $1,250,000. The sale, however, fell through, and it is still the property of James Lick of San Francisco, Governor Downey, of this city, being the agent. The island is devoted to sheep raising, and also has mines of copper and silver. The breed of sheep on this island are Spanish Merino and its grades, and there are vast flocks of them.“</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

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