Mrs. Bowen sold the Bowen Ranch as acknowledged by Laughingbear, "Selling the ranch enabled her to live the rest of her life in comfort." Mrs. Bowen sold the Bowen Ranch to the New York Owners.
Because of the harassment by Fred Moss' tenants (John Ware stars in some of the Bowen History postings) over the Ranch, the New York Owners stopped paying Mrs. Bowen in about 1984. This caused financial hardship, but more importantly Mrs. Bowen was grieved to hear of the violence by the next tenant Gary Krower ("the growler" and his friends.
The commonality is Fred Moss and his attempts to take the Bowen Ranch through his tenant's various actions. John Ware, Gary "the growler" Krower, Mike Castro; this is the line of violent tenants Fred Moss used to gain possession of the Bowen Ranch buildings & land. In the background, Fred Moss created his chain of title through numerous property transfers between family members and family trusts. In 2002 Fred submitted his tricky deeds to the title company and the county to launder these deeds into legitimacy.
Real estate is black and white. You can clearly see the evidence on the documents. Fred Moss stole the Bowen Ranch and sold it to Mike Castro.
DCHS, Inc.'s chain of title; Quit Claim Deed from the New York Owners who purchased the Bowen Ranch from Mrs. Gertie Bowen vs. Mike Castro's chain of title; Grant Deed from Fred Moss for the Apple Valley Ranch.