Asperidon Faris, a Lebanese merchant, established a 160-acre ranch, with a store and post office, and gave it the feminine diminutive form of his name, for his daughter, Jeannette. She recalled: “Dad sold everything in his store, from christening clothes to coffins. The walls of the basement were
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