Following the cattle king
Subtitle: a lifetime of agriculture, water management, and water conservation in California's Central Valley
By: George Wilmarth Nickel, Jr. ; interviews conducted by Jamy O. Faulhaber in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Faulhaber, Jamy O.; Nickel, Adele.; Parrott, William G.; Moody, Douglas.; Roe, Benson B.; Resor, Nancy Nickel.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2002
Subjects: Miller, Henry, 1827-1916.; Nickel, James Leroy.; Miller & Lux.; California. State Reclamation Board; San Luis Canal Company.; San Joaquin Canal Company.; Rio Bravo Resort (Bakersfield, Calif.); Nickel Family LLC.; Ranchers -- California -- Interviews.; Agriculture -- California -- San Joaquin Valley.; Water rights -- California -- San Joaquin Valley.; Flood control -- California -- San Joaquin Valley.; Water rights -- California.; Water conservation -- California -- San Joaquin Valley.; Buena Vista Lake (Calif.); Kern River (Calif.) -- Environmental aspects.
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Childhood and family background in San Francisco and the Central Valley; reflections on great grandfather Henry Miller, including Miller-Haggin Agreement, 1888; UC Berkeley B.A., 1939; history of Miller & Lux; early career at Miller & Lux, 1940s; building Monterey Airport during World War II; uncle James Leroy Nickel, Jr., mismanagement of Henry Miller Trust and Miller & Lux; Nickel v. Nickel, 1954 and other lawsuits; San Luis Canal Company and San Joaquin Canal Company; flood control, water rights, agriculture, and land development in the San Joaquin Valley; development of Buena Vista Lake and Rio Bravo; California State Reclamation Board, 1959-1966; environmental issues on the Kern River, Nickel Family LLC; travel and flying adventures.

interview with Nancy Nickel Resor, not transcribed. Shelved as Phonotape 3531 C:16.