Santa Gertrudis. 1954. "A small ranching settlement in a narrow arroyo, the site of an old mission which in its heyday administered to more than 3000 Indians in a vast territory ... The Jesuit Padre Consag discovered the site of Santa Gertrudis about 1740, but it was not until 1752 that a mission was established here by a German Jesuit, Padre Jorge Retz ... When the Dominicans arrived they began work on the small stone church, which was finished in 1796. It is a graceful touch of civilization in a lonely spot, on a narrow ledge between the cliffside and the arroyo."

Rancho Wilson on the Vizcaino Desert. 1961. "Started about 1959 with American capital. Many acres of former desert are irrigated with an ample supply of good well water."

El Tablón. 1957. "Cattle ranch, with a good well and a large reservoir."

Los Angeles. 1959. Pumping water at Los Angeles. "Ranch. Meals sold."