| 1865 |
Five Bayliss brothers (including Bayliss Ranch forefather and Civil War veteran Aaron Bayliss) purchase 20,000 acres in Northern California and begin farming wheat.
 
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| 1860s |
Devastating floods in Sacramento and Northern California force construction of a levee system to protect the Sacramento valley and delta farmland.
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| 1870s |
Due to sharply falling wheat prices, the government offers some of the first agricultural subsidies in history to encourage farmers to replace their wheat fields with rice.
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| 1870s |
The Bayliss family moves from Glenn to Butte County and transitions to rice farming. It is thought around this time the brothers change the spelling of their name from Bayliss to Bayles.
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| 1869-71 |
In this timeframe, Aaron and Mary Bayles are married.
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| 1879 |
Aaron and Mary’s 6th child, Daniel Bayles, is born.
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| 1881 |
Aaron Bayles becomes a charter member of the California Lodge of Odd Fellows Canby Post #18. His title is “O. of G” (readers if you know what this is, please contact us!!) |
| Early 1900s |
Daniel Bayles buys a general store in McCloud CA. He builds this into a successful grocery and then sells it to return home to farm with his brothers. He also marries Evelyn Worth.
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| 1917 |
Daniel Bayles Jr. is born
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| 1942 |
Daniel Bayles Jr. enlists in the US Army |
| 1943 |
Daniel Sr. and his sons Worth and Daniel Jr. construct a modern 300 bag bulk store plant rice dryer for the farm.
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| 1971 |
Daniel Bayles Jr. marries Donna Casagrande
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| 1977 |
Daniel Bayles III is born
 
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| 1983 |
Upon Daniel Jr.'s death, Donna takes executive control of the Ranch |
| 1980s |
Donna retires the Ranch debt and begins the Ranch transfomation, strating with replacing the exhausted walnut orchard with organic botanicals.
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| 1990 |
California enacts the Food Act of California, which paves the way for Bayliss Ranch to certify their organic crops.
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| 1993 |
Donna introduces certified organic ingredients to domestic manufacturers and travels to Europe to meet with growers and distillers. |
| 1993 |
Donna joins Friends of First Ladies for the purpose of improving and redefining the First Ladies Exhibit at the Smithsonian, an effort that resulted in the total redesign of the original exhibit of first ladies gowns to go beyond their dresses and into the lives of these women and the roles they played in history. |
| 2001 |
Bayliss Ranch partners with researchers Anne Plotto, Donald Roberts, Premier Botanicals Ltd; Heesup Kim, Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Suwon, Korea; and Mina McDaniel, Department of Food Science and Technology, Oregon State University; to write Perfumer Flavorist Publication “Aroma Quality of Lavender Water; a Comparative Study” |
| 2001 |
USDA adopts 1990 Food Act of California, the forerunner of modern USDA organic legislation. |
| 2002 |
Bayliss Ranch requests the Organic Trade Association form a Cosmetic Task Force. |
| 2002 |
Bayliss Ranch collaborates with Senator Thad Cochran and Congressman and Mrs. Wally Herger to create A Celebration of American Aromatic Botanicals Invite First Ladies to Presentation of American Botanicals/US Botanical Gardens. Sponsored by Avalon Natural Products, Bayliss Ranch – California Certified Organic Farmers, Aura Cacia™ – Pure Botanical Essence, National Center for Natural Products Research – School of Pharmacy University of Mississippi, International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. |
| 2003 |
Donna returns to California to form committee and to write language for the California Organics Products Act. |
| 2005 |
USDA dismisses Bronner/OCA complaint “USDA recognizes Bayliss Ranch ALLPLANT ESSENCE™ are 100% certified organic agricultural products. The [OCA] complaint contained allegations of fraud by the certifying agent and the certified operation. The Department’s review of the certification record disclosed no evidence of fraud of any sort. The allegations of fraud are unsubstantiated and are dismissed. This letter is the final decision of the Department’s National Organic Program.” (Richard H. Mathews, Associate Deputy Administrator National Organic Program) |
| 2008 |
Bayliss Ranch’s heritage of 150 years is recognized with an induction into the State of California Agricultural Heritage Club, a prestigious award, honoring California farms, ranches, organizations and agribusinesses that have maintained a financial responsibility in the state for at least one full century.
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| 2008 |
Symrise forms a strategic partnership with Bayliss Ranch to distribute Bayliss ingredients worldwide. |
