Little Landers

A little land and a living, SURELY,
is better than desperate struggle and wealth, POSSIBLY.

Bolton Hall[1]

The Little Landers colonies were attempts at small-scale cooperative agriculture in California, organized by journalist and writer William E. Smythe. The first colony, in San Ysidro, San Diego, California, was inaugurated in early 1909. The colonies were not successful, and by 1925 the last one was almost completely abandoned.

  1. ^ quoted on front cover, The Little Landers of... Los Angeles, William E. Smythe, Los Angeles, California: House of the Little Landers, 1913, [1]