William Randolph Hearst Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Fort Hunter Liggett === On December 12, 1940, Hearst sold {{convert|158000|acre|ha|0}}, including the Rancho Milpitas, to the United States government.<ref name=museum>[http://www.militarymuseum.org/FtHLiggett.html California State Military Department, The California State Military Museum. Historic California Posts: ''Fort Hunter Liggett''.] Retrieved March 1, 2009.</ref> Neighboring landowners sold another {{convert|108950|acre|ha|0}} to create the {{convert|266950|acre|ha|0|adj=on}} [[Fort Hunter Liggett|Hunter Liggett Military Reservation]] troop training base for the [[United States Department of War|War Department]]. The US Army used a ranch house and guest lodge named [[The Hacienda (Milpitas Ranchhouse)|The Hacienda]] as housing for the base commander, for visiting officers, and for the officers' club.<ref name=museum/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/pwro/fhl/fhl_resource_description2.pdf|title=Draft Fort Hunter Ligget Special Resource Study & Environmental Assessment: Chapter 2 Cultural Resources|access-date=September 3, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221000551/https://www.nps.gov/pwro/fhl/fhl_resource_description2.pdf|archive-date=February 21, 2017}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page