Clorindo Bloom, son of Olema Valley pioneer Joseph Bloom, bought both 

 Pedrotti and Howard properties at different times after 1896 and continued 

 dairy ranching there. Bloom married Alma Mazza from a nearby ranch in 

 Tocaloma and raised a family on the Olema ranch: Louis, Margaret, Regina, 

 Richard, Rita and James, all of whom helped with the ranch duties. The 

 Bloom's original house was reportedly replaced with the home that stands 

 today. The family milked between 35 and 80 cows, separating the cream in the 

 dairy house and taking it to the cooperative creamery in Point Reyes Station for 

 processing. Hay was grown in the hills and on three parcels owned by Bloom 

 across the highway in Olema. Like his neighbors, Bloom owned a team of 

 horses and mules for ranch work until he bought a tractor. 156 



Clorindo Bloom died in 1938, after which his widow and sons Louis and 

 Richard ran the dairy. Louis stayed on after his mother and siblings left and 

 ran the ranch as a beef operation for about 20 years; Louis also worked as the 

 county brand inspector, as well as being county fire chief for nine years. His 

 mother, Alma Bloom, died in 1955 and the Bloom family sold the ranch in 1958 

 for $75,000. Louis Bloom and his sister Rita Truttman bought parcels of the 

 ranch above Olema, as did a number of outside parties. 



Neighboring dairyman Fred Genazzi bought the ranch from the Blooms 

 around 1958 and built a Grade A barn with the intention of having a second 

 family dairy, but a problem in getting a milk contract caused Genazzi to sell the 

 ranch. He sold a portion of the southern half to an Olema resident, Marin 

 County Judge David Baty, and sold the Bloom dairy to Clarence Rogers of a 

 longtime Nicasio dairying family. Rogers operated the Grade A dairy until the 

 mid-1970s when he bought a herd of beef cattle. 157 



The federal government acquired 219.3 acres of Rogers' property for 

 GGNRA on February 5, 1981; Rogers retained his home and outbuilding. 

 Rogers holds a 25-year reservation for livestock ranching on the parcel. 158 



Bloom family information from interviews with Louis and Richard Bloom, Regina 

 (Bloom) Rodoni, and Frank Truttman. 



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158 



Official Records Book 1372, p. 274, MCRO; interview with Clarence Rogers. 

 'Tract File (L-4125): Tract 05-114, Rogers, Clarence R., PRNS. 



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