L. CLARENCE ROGERS RANCH 

 Former Clorindo Bloom Ranch 

 (Golden Gate National Recreation Area) 



1. Description 



The Rogers Ranch is located at the north end of the town of Olema, 

 directly across Highway 1 from the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. As the 

 former Clorindo Bloom Ranch for many decades, the current property is the 

 result of two of the Garcia family properties having been combined. The park 

 purchase of 219 acres excluded the residence and one outbuilding, located close 

 to the road. The acreage within park boundaries includes the ranch buildings 

 behind the house and about 200 acres of grazing land. It is bounded on the 

 north by the McFadden Ranch, on the east by the Mclsaac Ranch, on the south 

 by private property in the village of Olema and on the west by Highway 1. It is 

 mostly grassy pasture, with a small amount of wooded gulches. 



2. History of the Rogers Ranch 



The Rogers ranch was first a part of the Garcia family subdivision of 

 1868. Two rectangular parcels of 202.98 acres were given to Juan and Thomas 

 Garcia. Juan, also inherited other parcels in Olema, and sold various portions 

 of his larger tract, in essence contributing greatly to the growth of Olema as a 

 village. He sold 180 acres of his ranch tract for $7200 to William Clear of 

 Alameda in 1874. V. Donati then owned the parcel for a while and in 1886 sold 

 it to longtime Olema Valley dairyman Angelo Pedrotti, who operated a dairy 

 there until his death in 1895. 154 



Thomas Garcia, who was underage at the time of the inheritance, died 

 five years after receiving the property. His brothers almost lost the land to 

 James McMillan Shafter, before selling to William Evans in 1875. Evans, in 

 turn, sold the tract to Charles Webb Howard in 1887. 155 



154 Deeds Book H, p. 77, Book M, p. 182, MCRO. 



155 Deeds Book K, p. 707, Book L, p. 518, Book M, pp. 131 and 468, MCRO; interview with 

 Juanita Sweeney. 



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