Watson Land Company Collection 1927-2005

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Watson Land Company Collection 1927-2005

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0s2017kp

A small collection of materials from the Watson Land Company, including articles of incorporation, financial statements, correspondence, newsletters, and reports.

1 box; .5 linear ft.

eng,

California State University, Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6650856

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Watson Land Company

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The Watson Estate Company was incorporated in 1912 to help protect the interests of Dolores Simona Dominguez de Watson. While the Watson Estate Company made a steady, albeit relatively small, income from leasing land, it broke with other Rancho-based companies in regularly selling off small pieces of property. The company was reincorporated as the Watson Land Company in 1927, largely as a way to have lands assessed according to richer 1920s valuations, rather than the 1913 valuation that had bee...