1888 Northern California and Southern Oregon Brand Book Stock Directory

6"x9". Includes 372 pages of brands and a brand index. Also includes additional pages of advertisements in the back. Black and white facsimile. 

This facsimile reproduction presents the complete 1888 Northern California and Southern Oregon Stock Directory, a comprehensive registry of cattle brands, livestock owners, and ranching operations across the northern Sacramento Valley and southern Oregon border region. Published during the height of the open range cattle era, this directory documents the brands, earmarks, and ownership records of ranchers operating in Shasta, Tehama, Butte, and neighboring northern California counties, along with Jackson and Josephine counties in southern Oregon. As a primary source for understanding the organization and extent of the late 19th-century cattle industry in this region, this directory provides invaluable genealogical information, brand documentation, and insights into the economic structure of frontier ranching communities. This precise facsimile preserves every page exactly as originally printed, maintaining all typography, illustrations, and printing characteristics to provide researchers, collectors, and western Americana enthusiasts with an authentic historical document.