Subjects for the web-page. These web-pages contain facts and information on the following: The development of Feudalism, The Crusades, The Magna Carta, The Hundred Years' War, The Black Death, and the disagreements between popes and kings.
MANTECA -- Michael Hat built an. empire from sickly vineyards that catapulted him from class secretary at Ripon. High School to one of the premier growers of wine grapes in California. The center of his empire was to. be a columned mansion he built in 1995 south of Manteca for himself, his wife. and the couple's four children, a mansion worthy of a king.
The Vaile Mansion was built in 1881 by Col. Harvey Vaile, who became very wealthy with a company that ran mail to Santa Fe. Built for his wife, the mansion is gorgeous, opulent, and naturally foreboding. Things were great for Harvey and Mrs. Vaile until he was charged with mail fraud.