This collection contains the military, business, and personal papers of Cave J. Couts. Military papers consist of correspondence regarding Couts’ army expedition to the Colorado River with Lieutenant Whipple, as well as certificates of appointment.

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A West Point graduate in 1843, Cave Johnson Couts was one of San Diego's most prosperous cattle barons in the 1840s and, for the next three decades, one of its largest landowners.

The collection also contains business papers and personal papers of other members of Cave Cout’s family: his sons, William Bandini, Cave Johnson Jr., and Robert Lee; his brothers, John Forster and William Blount; as well as assorted wills, marriage licenses, and genealogical notes.

Cave Johnson Couts was born near Springfield, Tennessee, November 11, 1821. His uncle, Cave Johnson, was [Postmaster General]* under President Polk, and had him appointed to West Point, where he graduated in 1843.

When Cave Johnson Couts Jr was born on 5 June 1856, in Vista, San Diego, California, United States, his father, Cave Johnson Couts Sr., was 34 and his mother, Maria Ysidora Bandini, …

Cave "Don Cuevas" Johnson Couts (November 11, 1821—July 10, 1874) was an American military officer, rancher, and judge. [2] After a commission to San Diego County, California in 1849 amid the California Gold Rush, he wrote meticulous records, became a prominent political figure, and developed agricultural practices, including founding Rancho Guajome. [1][3] Couts served as a county judge and ...

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