Famous for selling a flour sack over and over, Gridley owned a store not far from Ceres - Ceres Courier

Flour Sack Exhibit The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

Reuel Colt “R.C.” Gridley raised money for Union soldiers

The California Lumber Merchant - August 1966 by 526 Media Group - Issuu

Reuel Colt “R.C.” Gridley raised money for Union soldiers

Famous for selling a flour sack over and over, Gridley owned a store not far from Ceres - Ceres Courier

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County's early river ferry towns didn't survive - Ceres Courier

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During the Civil War, a sack of flour was repeatedly auctioned off to raise money for wounded soldiers.

The California Lumber Merchant - August 1966 by 526 Media Group - Issuu

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Flour Sack Exhibit The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

The most expensive sack of flour.

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