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First to come were George Steele and his cousin, Rensselaer Steele, in 1855, followed in 1856 by Edgar Willis Steele who brought the family of Rensselaer and the Steele brother's aged parents, Nathaniel Steele III, and his wife, Dameras. Isaac Chapman Steele and his family came in 1857. Enjoying success in the dairy business, others of their kin followed until their early dream of establishing a colony of the Steele clan materialized in the ranches and homes they acquired at Point Año Nuevo.