History and reflections of the Conejo Valley of Southern California from the 1880s until the 1950s. Caspar Borchard Sr., prominent rancher and stockman, and patriarch of a large family that lived and farmed in Newbury Park, the Norwegian Colony and its founders, the Pederson, Hansen, Nelson, Anderson and Nils Olsen families. The making of the Norwegian Grade. Early history of Moorpark, Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park from diaries, journals, photographs and anecdotal stories of the last surviving residents of the original Norwegian Colony. With an introduction by Wyatt McCrea, grandson of actor Joel McCrea, a friend and neighbor of the Norwegian Colony.