In 1892 Frederick H. Rindge purchased the 13,300-acre (5,400 ha) Spanish land grant Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit or "Malibu Rancho".[2] He later expanded it to 17,000 acres (6,900 ha)) as the Rindge Ranch, which encompasses present day Malibu, California, and Rhoda May ran it, its oil derrick, and railroad after Frederick's death, also founding the Rindge Dam, Malibu Potteries, and what became Serra Retreat.
Randall, David K. (2016). The King and Queen of Malibu: The True Story of the Battle for Paradise (1st ed.). New York, New York: W.W. Norton and Company. ISBN978-0-393-24099-3.