 Goleta's earliest commercial irrigation also took place on the ranch, and you can still visit 'Lake Los Carneros', the pond created by the Stows.Sherman Stow's son, state senator Edgar Whitney Stow, set up a research laboratory at the ranch and developed disease resistant lemon rootstock of great value to local growers.The house museum displays family photographs and furniture, with stories of Sherman and Ida Stow and their descendants.