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Winery and Barn
The barn was for the families horses and carriage and storage of hay and supplies for boxing and storing grapes and fruit.
Story 17 of 17
William planted several varieties of grapes to augment the producing vines Benjamin Eaton had planted and dry-farmed.
The Allens did not press their own grapes, rather, they would box them up and drive them over to their neighbor, Leonard J. Rose and his vats and distillery.
Rose produced a significant portion of the wine and brandy of California for a few years and his legacy in that regard lives in nearby Rosemead Blvd.
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