Description

Deer Hollow Farm is one of the last working homestead farms in California. In the mid-1800s, most Americans lived on a homestead farm. That meant that they lived in a rural area, raising animals and plants for their food, and perhaps bartered with neighbors. Deer Hollow Farm is rich in history, a place where we can walk into the past and experience what life was like. Today, we spend only a small part of our day acquiring our food, but on a homestead farm, most of the day was spent growing, preserving, and preparing it. The original Grant Homestead was located near the current Deer Hollow Farmer’s home. The first photo above likely shows Frank Grant and his wife Margaret standing to the left and brother George with the horse on the right. The Grant homestead included a small orchard and a large garden, thought to be located on the site of today’s Ohlone Village. The couple planted a Monterey Pine near their home. Today, near the bridge to the current farm house, one can see offspring of that pine.