Beautiful Historical 1866 Estate

Located in Grass Valley, Oregon, United States. Beautiful Historical 1866 Estate The Ben Taylor Home, built by Ben Taylor, originally a gold rush 49er, in 1866. It was the first estate in the gold mining town of Grass Valley, home to the Empire Mine, the Idaho Maryland Mine, the North Star Mine, and the Cassidy (Linden) Mine. Adventurous miners lived in cabins and tents. Grass Valley was the richest gold mining area in California. Ben Taylor, a Kentucky native, stayed and made Grass Valley his home. An outstanding horseman, friend of Mark Twain and "old Waloopa" the local mountain Nisenan Indian leader. He created transportation and food enterprises: ox-drawn wagons for hire, sold tamed wild mustangs, built a toll road to Colfax, owned Buena Vista Ranch, drove 500 head of cattle out from Kansas City, supplied milk to the local hotels, restaurants, and miners.On one of his cattle drives, while on the Oregon Trail, he met and later married Ester. Initially, they lived on the Buena Vista Ranch, which was an hour-and-a-half ride to the