The exact site of the settlement is unknown . It lay on land owned by the prosperous cattleman Elisha Packwood . In the winter of 1861 - 1862 , the station , Packwood 's cattle and all his other property were swept away in the flood waters of the Great Flood of 1862 . His once fertile land was buried in sand , making the vicinity worthless and the site unrecognizable . Losing all his net worth of $ 40,000 and nearly his life , Packwood moved to Oregon to attempt to rebuild his fortune
Great Flood of 1862
Great Flood of 1862
Packwood Station, California