Colonel E.J.Lewis, a well-known politician, is one of the largest owners on the Chard tract.

He is extensively engaged in wheat raising.
"Ide's grant is adjacent, on the north; it is also mostly divided and owned in small tracts of one hundred and sixty to four hundred acres each.
"The Dye grant lies east of and opposite to Red Bluff.

It was originally a large grant, but has been partially subdivided.

It contains some good bottomland, but is mostly adapted to grazing.
"The most northerly grant in the State is that formerly owned by the late Major Redding.

It is partially subdivided.