CrandalTs house [W Ranch]. The work was done by 

 Indians, and an Indian was foreman and had full 

 charge of the work. He afterwards built two more 

 adobe houses for the use of his servants and 

 employees; also several frame buildings. In the olden 

 and balmy days of the Spanish-Mexican regime, the 

 Summa Swnmarwn of the dolce far niente style of life 

 of that age could be found at this ranch. 18 



The hacienda at the Rancho Tomales y Baulenes consisted of Don Rafael's 

 home, two or more adobe buildings for his servants, and several frame 

 buildings. Garcia reportedly had 3,000 head of cattle, "one of which was 

 slaughtered daily to supply the demands of the establecimiento"; 400 horses that 

 "bore the ranch brand"; and "extensive flocks of sheep and herds of swine [that] 

 formed a part of the princely possessions of the Garcia estate." Garcia built at 

 least two corrals for his livestock; one apparently for horses near the hacienda, 

 and another built in the Olema Valley on the present Boyd Stewart Ranch and 

 used to hold Garcia's few tame cattle. Wild game roaming on Garcia's (and 

 probably Osio's and Berry's) land attracted guests who came to hunt and visit 

 with the Don. 19 



The rancho apparently was self-sufficient, no doubt because Garcia's 

 Indians, former neophytes trained at Mission San Rafael, could wash, cord, spin, 

 and finally weave the wool into cloth; tan the hides and make boots and shoes 

 from the leather; and farm, ranch, and prepare the food for the ranchero and 

 his family. The use of Indian servants was not an uncommon practice, as many 

 other rancheros also had staffs of trained Indian servants. 20 



Joseph Warren Revere, an American lieutenant stationed at Sonoma, 

 visited Garcia's ranch during its heyday. Revere described a fiesta he attended 

 as a guest of Garcia at his Bear Valley headquarters in August 1846. Revere's 

 party had been salvaging a rich array of articles from a shipwreck nearby and 

 returned in a festive mood. When Revere and his associates arrived, a feast 

 was prepared. "Fat muttons and beeves were slaughtered by Don Rafael; and 

 the cocina was alive with women preparing the various dishes affected by 



18 Munro-Fraser, Marin County, p. 277. 

 19 Ibid.. pp. 277-278. 



20 Munro-Fraser, Marin County, pp. 277-278; Bancroft, History 2: 598; Garcia's house and corral 

 are located on the Plat of the Rancho Tomales y Baulines of October 6, 1865. 



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