▁coast ▁at ▁Pr ison ers ' ▁Har bor . ▁Shaw ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁ran cher ▁to ▁ship ▁sheep ▁to ▁San ▁Francisco ▁by ▁ste amer , ▁some ▁s elling ▁at ▁$ 3 0 ▁per ▁animal . ▁By ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁the ▁year ▁he ▁left ▁Santa ▁Cruz , ▁Shaw ' s ▁island ▁sheep ▁ran ch ▁was ▁well ▁known , ▁and ▁some ▁ 2 4 , 0 0 0 ▁sheep ▁gra zed ▁the ▁hills ▁and ▁valle ys ▁of ▁Santa ▁Cruz ▁Island . ▁ ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁the ▁gross ▁proceed s ▁from ▁the ▁ran ch ▁on ▁Santa ▁Cruz ▁Island ▁were ▁supposed ly ▁$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁Bar ron ▁sold ▁the ▁island ▁for ▁$ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁and ▁Shaw ▁left ▁for ▁San ▁Francisco ▁and ▁Los ▁Al amos ▁where ▁he ▁continued ▁ran ch ing . ▁ ▁The ▁island ▁was ▁purchased ▁by ▁ten ▁invest ors ▁from ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁head ed ▁by ▁Gust ave ▁Mah é . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁invest ors , ▁Justin ian ▁C aire , ▁was ▁a ▁French ▁imm igr ant ▁and ▁founder ▁of ▁a ▁successful ▁San ▁Francisco ▁hardware ▁business ▁that ▁sold ▁equipment ▁to ▁min ers . ▁By ▁ 1 8 8 6 ▁C aire ▁had ▁acquired ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁shares ▁of ▁the ▁Santa ▁Cruz ▁Island ▁Company ▁which ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁colle agues ▁had ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 9 . ▁He ▁then ▁implemented ▁his ▁vision ▁of ▁building ▁a ▁self - s ust aining ▁sheep ▁and