Olema, Righetti sold the ranch to their son-in-law, Federico (Fred) Genazzi. 190 



Fred Genazzi was born in Maggia, Switzerland, and came to California in 

 1896 at age 14. He worked on ranches in the Tomales area and eventually 

 rented a dairy ranch in Penngrove, Sonoma County; for a short time he 

 operated a grocery store and saloon in Petaluma. Genazzi married Erminia 

 Campigli, who had been raised at the U Ranch on Point Reyes and was now a 

 widow with two children. Shortly after their marriage Genazzi bought the 

 dairy business at the Righetti Ranch from his father-in-law, and in 1919 bought 

 the ranch property. The couple raised four children at the ranch, including the 

 two from Mrs. Genazzi's previous marriage. Genazzi milked about 100 cows 

 and separated cream as a member of the Point Reyes Cooperative Creamery 

 until he built a Grade A barn in 1934. Genazzi's son Harold entered the 

 business and, with brother-in-law George Gilardi, bought the business entirely 

 in 1951. Fred Genazzi retired to a house he built on the edge of the ranch; the 

 family sold some residential parcels along the state highway during this time. 

 Erminia Genazzi died in 1960 and her husband passed away in 1963. Harold 

 Genazzi and his family operated the Grade A dairy until he accepted a federal 

 dairy buyout in 1987. The next year the National Park Service bought almost 

 all of the grazing land on the ranch, leaving 60 acres under the ownership of 

 Harold Genazzi and his sister, Evelyn Gilardi. The family holds a 25-year 

 reservation on the grazing property, and raise beef cattle and replacement 

 heifers. 191 



3. Historic Resources 



All of the potentially historic ranch structures are in the Genazzi's 

 private parcel. On government land are the site of the old ranch, marked by a 

 stand of old cypress trees, the former NPCRR railroad grade, and the fence 

 lines which have not changed in location since 1868. 



190 Official Map of Marin County by George M. Dodge, County Surveyor, 1892; Livingston, 

 Ranching, p. 327; Mason, Point Reyes, p. 81. 



191 Genazzi ranch information from interviews with Evelyn and George Gilardi and Harold 

 Genazzi. 



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