Editing William Randolph Hearst (section)

=== Little Sur River ===
In 1916, the Eberhard and Kron Tanning Company of Santa Cruz purchased land from the homesteaders along the [[Little Sur River]]. They harvested tanbark oak and brought the bark out on mules and crude wooden sleds known as "go-devils" to [[Notleys Landing, California|Notleys Landing]] at the mouth of [[Palo Colorado Canyon, California|Palo Colorado Canyon]], where it was loaded via cable onto ships anchored offshore. Hearst was interested in preserving the uncut, abundant redwood forest, and on November 18, 1921, he purchased the land from the tanning company for about $50,000.<ref name=emc>{{cite web|title=Conservation Plan Camp Camp Pico Blanco|url=http://www.emcplanning.com/enewsletter/2014/Conservation_Plan_Report_091813.pdf|publisher=EMC Planning Group Inc.|access-date=November 7, 2014|date=September 18, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831121004/http://emcplanning.com/enewsletter/2014/Conservation_Plan_Report_091813.pdf|archive-date=August 31, 2014}}</ref> On July 23, 1948, the Monterey Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America purchased the property, originally {{convert|1445|acre}}, from the [[Hearst Corporation|Hearst Sunical Land and Packing Company]] for $20,000. On September 9, 1948, Albert M. Lester of Carmel obtained a grant for the council of $20,000 from Hearst through the Hearst Foundation of New York City, offsetting the cost of the purchase.<ref name="men">{{cite news|url=http://whitestag.org/files/men_in_the_making.pdf|title=The Making of Men|last=Young|first=Alfred|date=July 1963|publisher=Monterey Bay Area Council|location=Salinas, California|access-date=August 13, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201153140/http://whitestag.org/files/men_in_the_making.pdf|archive-date=December 1, 2010}}</ref>