Interview, Nancy (Kossow) Taresh, June 12, 1995: Edgar and Veda (Kendall) Hubbs purchased the 13 acres listed as Allotment 99 on Stanford Lane in 1930, after having resided for some time at Allotment 25 [southeast corner of Durham Dayton Highway and Esquon Road, Ed]. They were both from Tennessee, and had two sons, Harold and Paul. Edgar was killed in an automobile accident on July 18, 1935. Ed and Veda, (she a widow by the mid 1930's), had a small poultry operation known as the "Rosebud Poultry Farm and Hatchery" on Allotment 99 through the end of World War II. Mrs. Hubbs raised hatchlings and then sold them to larger poultry operations. She died November 11, 1971, and had never remarried. Upon her death, Harold bought out his brother's share in the property, which remained deeded to him until his death.
Harold was a B-17 pilot during World War II, completing all 29 missions. By late 1948-1949 Harold Hubbs had purchased a B-18 Bomber. It was refurbished and by 1951 he and Ole Kossow, a neighbor residing at Allotment 51, went to the Los Angeles area, purchased day-old heifer calves from the dairymen there, and brought them up to Durham for resale. The resale prices were as high as $40 and $50, sometimes up to $100 each. This was a good business for about a year or so, then the prices fell. Nancy recalls going to Los Angeles on the Greyhound bus with her father Ole, and accompanied him while he contracted with the dairymen for the heifer calves. She flew back with Harold and Ole and the load, and lay in the bombardeer bay and looked at the land as they flew over. She was about 13-14 years old at the time, and thought it was an exciting trip.
Chico Enterprise-Record, Tuesday, April 3, 1951, (pg. 7): "Durham Flying Farmers Transport Calves From South to Chico by Air. Photo and caption: Calf Lift. -- Bill Hedglin (left) and L.E. Kossow, both of Durham, unload part of a cargo of 48 calves flown in to Chico from Long Beach. Kossow and his partner J.H. Hubbs have transported more than 150 calves from the south recently without a single loss. The plane, a converted B-18 bomber is piloted by Hubbs with Hedglin as co-pilot. (Enterprise-Record photo). Text: Transporting calves by air from Long Beach to Chico is all in a day's work for two flying farmers from Durham, J.H. Hubbs and L.E. Kossow. A converted B-18 bomber has solved the problem of bringing the calves from the south with speed and safety. The flight from Long Beach to the Chico municipal airport takes from three to four hours, depending on head winds. The calves, from two days to one week old, arrive in excellent condition, and temperature tests give normal readings. Long distance truck transportation of very young calves frequently results in losses of between 20 and 25 per cent due to shipping fever, white scour and sheer physical punishment, according to Hubbs. Since they began operations in February, partners Hubbs and Kossow have transported more than 150 calves from Long Beach without a single shipping loss. The B-18 can carry 48 calves, and regular weekly shipments are planned when the operation swings into top gear, with stops in Orland, Marysville, Gridley and other valley points, if warranted. Hubbs admits air transportaion is more expensive than shipping by truck, but he points out the added cost is more than compensated for by the complete absence of shipping losses so far. `Some people seem to think we must charge prohibitive prices for the calves just because we fly them in,' Hubbs says, `But the fact that we have had no losses and the calves arrive in first rate condition enables us to compete successfully with the truckers.' The calves, high grade stock and mostly Holstein heifers, are sold to dairymen and ranchers here. Hubbs points out the calves are unwanted in the Los Angeles area where dairymen are often forced to keep as many as 600 head of stock in a 10-acre field. The high cost of milk also prompts southern dairymen to sell newly born calves as soon as possible. Hubbs, well known as a crop duster in this area, flew out of England with the Eighth United States Army Air Force in World War II. His co-pilot on the flights to and from Long Beach is Bill Hedglin, of Durham, who served in a tank outfit in the Pacific in the last war and took a GI course in flying at Ranchaero airport after being discharged from the service."
Harold Hubbs was in the crop dusting and agricultural flying service, retiring in the early 1980's. He took care of his mother at the house on Allotment 99 until she died on November 11, 1971. He leased out his 13 acres for pasture, until he married Florence Kossow on September 14, 1972. By late 1972/73, the 50 acres of Lots 51 and 99 were planted to almonds. Harold died October 24, 1983. Florence Louise Dobbins Kossow Hubbs died on February 17, 1995. From: History of the Durham Land Colony, 1917-1931, With Additional Land Use History through 1995, c: 1996 by Marilyn Corley and Adriana Farley, pg 252.
Harold was a B-17 pilot during World War II, completing all 29 missions. By late 1948-1949 Harold Hubbs had purchased a B-18 Bomber. It was refurbished and by 1951 he and Ole Kossow, a neighbor residing at Allotment 51, went to the Los Angeles area, purchased day-old heifer calves from the dairymen there, and brought them up to Durham for resale. The resale prices were as high as $40 and $50, sometimes up to $100 each. This was a good business for about a year or so, then the prices fell. Nancy recalls going to Los Angeles on the Greyhound bus with her father Ole, and accompanied him while he contracted with the dairymen for the heifer calves. She flew back with Harold and Ole and the load, and lay in the bombardeer bay and looked at the land as they flew over. She was about 13-14 years old at the time, and thought it was an exciting trip.
Chico Enterprise-Record, Tuesday, April 3, 1951, (pg. 7): "Durham Flying Farmers Transport Calves From South to Chico by Air. Photo and caption: Calf Lift. -- Bill Hedglin (left) and L.E. Kossow, both of Durham, unload part of a cargo of 48 calves flown in to Chico from Long Beach. Kossow and his partner J.H. Hubbs have transported more than 150 calves from the south recently without a single loss. The plane, a converted B-18 bomber is piloted by Hubbs with Hedglin as co-pilot. (Enterprise-Record photo). Text: Transporting calves by air from Long Beach to Chico is all in a day's work for two flying farmers from Durham, J.H. Hubbs and L.E. Kossow. A converted B-18 bomber has solved the problem of bringing the calves from the south with speed and safety. The flight from Long Beach to the Chico municipal airport takes from three to four hours, depending on head winds. The calves, from two days to one week old, arrive in excellent condition, and temperature tests give normal readings. Long distance truck transportation of very young calves frequently results in losses of between 20 and 25 per cent due to shipping fever, white scour and sheer physical punishment, according to Hubbs. Since they began operations in February, partners Hubbs and Kossow have transported more than 150 calves from Long Beach without a single shipping loss. The B-18 can carry 48 calves, and regular weekly shipments are planned when the operation swings into top gear, with stops in Orland, Marysville, Gridley and other valley points, if warranted. Hubbs admits air transportaion is more expensive than shipping by truck, but he points out the added cost is more than compensated for by the complete absence of shipping losses so far. `Some people seem to think we must charge prohibitive prices for the calves just because we fly them in,' Hubbs says, `But the fact that we have had no losses and the calves arrive in first rate condition enables us to compete successfully with the truckers.' The calves, high grade stock and mostly Holstein heifers, are sold to dairymen and ranchers here. Hubbs points out the calves are unwanted in the Los Angeles area where dairymen are often forced to keep as many as 600 head of stock in a 10-acre field. The high cost of milk also prompts southern dairymen to sell newly born calves as soon as possible. Hubbs, well known as a crop duster in this area, flew out of England with the Eighth United States Army Air Force in World War II. His co-pilot on the flights to and from Long Beach is Bill Hedglin, of Durham, who served in a tank outfit in the Pacific in the last war and took a GI course in flying at Ranchaero airport after being discharged from the service."
Harold Hubbs was in the crop dusting and agricultural flying service, retiring in the early 1980's. He took care of his mother at the house on Allotment 99 until she died on November 11, 1971. He leased out his 13 acres for pasture, until he married Florence Kossow on September 14, 1972. By late 1972/73, the 50 acres of Lots 51 and 99 were planted to almonds. Harold died October 24, 1983. Florence Louise Dobbins Kossow Hubbs died on February 17, 1995. From: History of the Durham Land Colony, 1917-1931, With Additional Land Use History through 1995, c: 1996 by Marilyn Corley and Adriana Farley, pg 252.
Interview, Nancy (Kossow) Taresh, June 12, 1995: Edgar and Veda (Kendall) Hubbs purchased the 13 acres listed as Allotment 99 on Stanford Lane in 1930, after having resided for some time at Allotment 25 [southeast corner of Durham Dayton Highway and Esquon Road, Ed]. They were both from Tennessee, and had two sons, Harold and Paul. Edgar was killed in an automobile accident on July 18, 1935. Ed and Veda, (she a widow by the mid 1930's), had a small poultry operation known as the "Rosebud Poultry Farm and Hatchery" on Allotment 99 through the end of World War II. Mrs. Hubbs raised hatchlings and then sold them to larger poultry operations. She died November 11, 1971, and had never remarried. Upon her death, Harold bought out his brother's share in the property, which remained deeded to him until his death.
Harold was a B-17 pilot during World War II, completing all 29 missions. By late 1948-1949 Harold Hubbs had purchased a B-18 Bomber. It was refurbished and by 1951 he and Ole Kossow, a neighbor residing at Allotment 51, went to the Los Angeles area, purchased day-old heifer calves from the dairymen there, and brought them up to Durham for resale. The resale prices were as high as $40 and $50, sometimes up to $100 each. This was a good business for about a year or so, then the prices fell. Nancy recalls going to Los Angeles on the Greyhound bus with her father Ole, and accompanied him while he contracted with the dairymen for the heifer calves. She flew back with Harold and Ole and the load, and lay in the bombardeer bay and looked at the land as they flew over. She was about 13-14 years old at the time, and thought it was an exciting trip.
Chico Enterprise-Record, Tuesday, April 3, 1951, (pg. 7): "Durham Flying Farmers Transport Calves From South to Chico by Air. Photo and caption: Calf Lift. -- Bill Hedglin (left) and L.E. Kossow, both of Durham, unload part of a cargo of 48 calves flown in to Chico from Long Beach. Kossow and his partner J.H. Hubbs have transported more than 150 calves from the south recently without a single loss. The plane, a converted B-18 bomber is piloted by Hubbs with Hedglin as co-pilot. (Enterprise-Record photo). Text: Transporting calves by air from Long Beach to Chico is all in a day's work for two flying farmers from Durham, J.H. Hubbs and L.E. Kossow. A converted B-18 bomber has solved the problem of bringing the calves from the south with speed and safety. The flight from Long Beach to the Chico municipal airport takes from three to four hours, depending on head winds. The calves, from two days to one week old, arrive in excellent condition, and temperature tests give normal readings. Long distance truck transportation of very young calves frequently results in losses of between 20 and 25 per cent due to shipping fever, white scour and sheer physical punishment, according to Hubbs. Since they began operations in February, partners Hubbs and Kossow have transported more than 150 calves from Long Beach without a single shipping loss. The B-18 can carry 48 calves, and regular weekly shipments are planned when the operation swings into top gear, with stops in Orland, Marysville, Gridley and other valley points, if warranted. Hubbs admits air transportaion is more expensive than shipping by truck, but he points out the added cost is more than compensated for by the complete absence of shipping losses so far. `Some people seem to think we must charge prohibitive prices for the calves just because we fly them in,' Hubbs says, `But the fact that we have had no losses and the calves arrive in first rate condition enables us to compete successfully with the truckers.' The calves, high grade stock and mostly Holstein heifers, are sold to dairymen and ranchers here. Hubbs points out the calves are unwanted in the Los Angeles area where dairymen are often forced to keep as many as 600 head of stock in a 10-acre field. The high cost of milk also prompts southern dairymen to sell newly born calves as soon as possible. Hubbs, well known as a crop duster in this area, flew out of England with the Eighth United States Army Air Force in World War II. His co-pilot on the flights to and from Long Beach is Bill Hedglin, of Durham, who served in a tank outfit in the Pacific in the last war and took a GI course in flying at Ranchaero airport after being discharged from the service."
Harold Hubbs was in the crop dusting and agricultural flying service, retiring in the early 1980's. He took care of his mother at the house on Allotment 99 until she died on November 11, 1971. He leased out his 13 acres for pasture, until he married Florence Kossow on September 14, 1972. By late 1972/73, the 50 acres of Lots 51 and 99 were planted to almonds. Harold died October 24, 1983. Florence Louise Dobbins Kossow Hubbs died on February 17, 1995. From: History of the Durham Land Colony, 1917-1931, With Additional Land Use History through 1995, c: 1996 by Marilyn Corley and Adriana Farley, pg 252.
Harold was a B-17 pilot during World War II, completing all 29 missions. By late 1948-1949 Harold Hubbs had purchased a B-18 Bomber. It was refurbished and by 1951 he and Ole Kossow, a neighbor residing at Allotment 51, went to the Los Angeles area, purchased day-old heifer calves from the dairymen there, and brought them up to Durham for resale. The resale prices were as high as $40 and $50, sometimes up to $100 each. This was a good business for about a year or so, then the prices fell. Nancy recalls going to Los Angeles on the Greyhound bus with her father Ole, and accompanied him while he contracted with the dairymen for the heifer calves. She flew back with Harold and Ole and the load, and lay in the bombardeer bay and looked at the land as they flew over. She was about 13-14 years old at the time, and thought it was an exciting trip.
Chico Enterprise-Record, Tuesday, April 3, 1951, (pg. 7): "Durham Flying Farmers Transport Calves From South to Chico by Air. Photo and caption: Calf Lift. -- Bill Hedglin (left) and L.E. Kossow, both of Durham, unload part of a cargo of 48 calves flown in to Chico from Long Beach. Kossow and his partner J.H. Hubbs have transported more than 150 calves from the south recently without a single loss. The plane, a converted B-18 bomber is piloted by Hubbs with Hedglin as co-pilot. (Enterprise-Record photo). Text: Transporting calves by air from Long Beach to Chico is all in a day's work for two flying farmers from Durham, J.H. Hubbs and L.E. Kossow. A converted B-18 bomber has solved the problem of bringing the calves from the south with speed and safety. The flight from Long Beach to the Chico municipal airport takes from three to four hours, depending on head winds. The calves, from two days to one week old, arrive in excellent condition, and temperature tests give normal readings. Long distance truck transportation of very young calves frequently results in losses of between 20 and 25 per cent due to shipping fever, white scour and sheer physical punishment, according to Hubbs. Since they began operations in February, partners Hubbs and Kossow have transported more than 150 calves from Long Beach without a single shipping loss. The B-18 can carry 48 calves, and regular weekly shipments are planned when the operation swings into top gear, with stops in Orland, Marysville, Gridley and other valley points, if warranted. Hubbs admits air transportaion is more expensive than shipping by truck, but he points out the added cost is more than compensated for by the complete absence of shipping losses so far. `Some people seem to think we must charge prohibitive prices for the calves just because we fly them in,' Hubbs says, `But the fact that we have had no losses and the calves arrive in first rate condition enables us to compete successfully with the truckers.' The calves, high grade stock and mostly Holstein heifers, are sold to dairymen and ranchers here. Hubbs points out the calves are unwanted in the Los Angeles area where dairymen are often forced to keep as many as 600 head of stock in a 10-acre field. The high cost of milk also prompts southern dairymen to sell newly born calves as soon as possible. Hubbs, well known as a crop duster in this area, flew out of England with the Eighth United States Army Air Force in World War II. His co-pilot on the flights to and from Long Beach is Bill Hedglin, of Durham, who served in a tank outfit in the Pacific in the last war and took a GI course in flying at Ranchaero airport after being discharged from the service."
Harold Hubbs was in the crop dusting and agricultural flying service, retiring in the early 1980's. He took care of his mother at the house on Allotment 99 until she died on November 11, 1971. He leased out his 13 acres for pasture, until he married Florence Kossow on September 14, 1972. By late 1972/73, the 50 acres of Lots 51 and 99 were planted to almonds. Harold died October 24, 1983. Florence Louise Dobbins Kossow Hubbs died on February 17, 1995. From: History of the Durham Land Colony, 1917-1931, With Additional Land Use History through 1995, c: 1996 by Marilyn Corley and Adriana Farley, pg 252.
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