Santa Barbara County Biographies

HERMANN HOLT

Submitted by Peggy Hooper

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HERMANN HOLT, a cattle-raiser near Guadalupe, was born in Hanover, 
Germany, and came to America in 1867, � directly to California. For the first 
two years he followed farming in Monterey County, and since then he has been in San 
Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. For some time he lived with his brother Henry, 
who owns a ranch of 475 acres on the Oso Flaco, and since 1884 he has been residing 
upon his own ranch of 211 acres a mile from Guadalupe, where he is engaged in raising- 
cattle. He is a bachelor. 

History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California  - by 
C.M. Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Vol I, II.  -Lewis Publ. Co., 
Chicago, 1917.