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and consumated the sale in November. The property , the site of

the old Nayl or residence, surrounded the forest ranger property. 8

After Hart completed the buildings for his retirement

residence, he continued to acquire property adjacent to his

Horseshoe Ranch as it became available. In the early 1930s he

purchased three parcels, the last additions ,to the ranch during

his lifetime. The smallest of these filled a gap along the

western edge of the ranch. The other two consisted of six lats

fronting along the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks on the east

side and bordering his own property on the west (see map 3).

The first of these three transactions was the purchase of

the western portion of Lot 15 of Tract 1059 on 23 June 1932. The

lot, surrounded on three sides by Hart's property, formerly

belonged · to Al AlphonsoG. . Cooper and had a moderate amount of
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improvements at the time (probably a house).

Another 1930s purchase, possibly in late 1933, was Hart's

acquisition of Lots 25, 26, and 125 of Tract 1059. These lots

were located on the east side of the ranch along the Southern

Pacific Railroad right of way and south of the property of · Thomas

Frew, Hart's neighbor on the northeast. Formerly the property of

William J. Purrucker and his aricestors since the turn of the

a
century, the property had oi;1ly minor improvements, possibly a
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cabin or small barn.

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