"It was an oak-wooded, rolling country. Jack Granlees, who was the main owner, had a home on the hill just this side of the entrance of Rancho Murieta on the north side of Jackson Highway. And back in behind they had an old barn. They dairyed some at one time, they had some sheep, and they had range cattle. ... On part of (the land) was Art Granlees and his turkeys. He had a very large number of turkeys, thousands of turkeys, up there. ...

"As I remember, the road that went into their barn area was almost where the entrance to Rancho Murieta is right now. Up to his house, it was just a road that went up on the hill. His house sat right on the point of the hill, about 300 yards east of the present entrance. ... It was a modest home."

-- November 1998 interview
with Marion Cravens and Dixie Eudey
(Stan Van Vleck died in 2000)