{"product_id":"brentwood-carol-a-jensen-9781531637453","title":"Brentwood","description":"The beautiful Brentwood area of Contra Costa County is the oldest continuously populated community in California inland from the great coastal centers. Californios eschewed this challenging portion of the Central Valley, so pioneering physician John Marsh \u003cbr\u003eestablished a permanent settlement here in 1837 at his Rancho Los Meganos. Soon, the burgeoning viniculture, wheat, orchard, and cattle operations attracted many Gold Rush miners back to their original agricultural callings, now in the California Delta. The 1860s arrival of British agribusiness concern Balfour Guthrie Investment \u003cbr\u003eCompany soon established the largest grain-export and fruit-packing venture in the West. Brentwood Township, established in 1878 and named for Marsh's ancestral home in England, includes some of the state's most bountiful land. The region fostered the greatest wheat production west of the Mississippi River during the 19th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol A. Jensen, East Contra Costa Historical Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531637450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531637453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Carol A. Jensen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985535893759,"sku":"9781531637453","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3774e8d4-28e1-44ca-9037-95027f1c6918.jpg?v=1683278101","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brentwood-carol-a-jensen-9781531637453","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}