An illustrated history of Southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of Lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time; together with glimpses of their prospects; also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day, Part 48

Author: Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1038

USA > California > Los Angeles County > An illustrated history of Southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of Lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time; together with glimpses of their prospects; also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day > Part 48
USA > California > San Diego County > An illustrated history of Southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of Lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time; together with glimpses of their prospects; also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day > Part 48
USA > California > Orange County > An illustrated history of Southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of Lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time; together with glimpses of their prospects; also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day > Part 48
USA > California > San Bernardino County > An illustrated history of Southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of Lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time; together with glimpses of their prospects; also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day > Part 48

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Mr. Oak is an apt illustration of the ability of the American to adapt himself to any phase of life that presents itself. His firm has, in him, a very efficient business man, and they en- joy the trade and confidence of a wide tract of country in their vicinity, which they appreciate. They are deserving of all their success.

ERBERT L. EMERY, of San Diego County, was born in Rockland, Maine, June 30, 1843, son of William S. and Lucy (Spauld- ing) Emery, both descendants of Scotch-English parents, but natives of Maine. William S. fol- lowed the sea, being captain of the fine old bark Louisiana, making successful voyages to Europe, the West Indies, and other foreign ports. He made his first trip to California in 1849 by way of the Horn, bringing freight and

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passengers. Like many New England people he was the father of a large family, having fourteen children, eight of whom are now living, four sons and four danghters, of whom the sub- ject of this sketch is the fomtli in order of birth, having a twin brother, Henry. He came to California in 1853, then being ten years of age, and with his parents settled in Sacramento. In 1864 he enlisted in the California Volnn- teers, who for eight months were stationed at the Wilmington barraeks, and were then ordered to Fort Mojave, while the regulars at the fort were sent to the front. He remained at the fort two years, doing escort duty to the pioneer wagon trains in defending them against the In- dians. In 1866 his company was discharged and he returned to Sacramento. In 1868, in company with his father and twin brother, he went on the Fort Yuma road, on the Colorado desert, and bonght up staging stations, where they opened stores under the name of Emery Brothers, which name and connection has been continued through all their enterprises. Be- coming familiar with the grazing grounds of the locality they entered the cattle business, through the purchase of their stock from the drivers and exchanging hay therefor. Their in- terests were extended to Pine valley, through the purchase cf school lands then occupied by a Texan, who for $50 gave up the possession and left the valley. Emery Brothers held pos- session until 1873 when the Government sur- veys were made and they took up and purchased 2.000 acres, which comprise the area of avail- able land in the entire Pine valley, that lies at an elevation of 3,700 feet, but is shnt ont by the mountains from all sea breezes. The val- ley is subject to heavy frosts and mueh suow. but having a fine supply of running water it affords a fine valley for the grazing and rear- ing of stock. They have a herd of 600 head of cattle, which has been vastly improved through interbreeding with the Hereford stock, a small well-knit animal, adapted to grazing and beef rather than milk-forming qualities.

Henry, the twin brother, died in 1888, but

the firm name continues the same. The father and mother, at the ages of seventy-three and seventy respectively, are still living, upon a ranch owned by the subject, in what is called the Alpine district, which is the warm belt of Sonthern California and extremely healthy for invalids. Mr. Emery also owns a fruit ranch of 100 acres, near Santa Cruz, where he grows the French prune, which he enres on his ranch and markets under the firm name He is a man filled with New England thrift and enter- prise, whose younger days were franght with great hardships in his pioneer experiences, but is enjoying the fruit of his labors and devotes his time to the management of his several estates.

DMOND NUGENT, M. D., F. R. C. S. I., San Diego, was born in County Dublin, Ireland, March 8, 1834, of parents who were natives of Ireland. His father, Edmond Nugent, was an Episcopal clergyinan, and his grandfather, Sir Edmond Nugent, was for two terms Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin. The subject of this sketch was educated in Dublin, is a graduate of Trinity College, and in medi- cine a graduate of the King and Queen's College of Physicians, and in surgery Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, graduating with full diplomas at the age of twenty-one. He left at once for New York, in December, 1855, as surgeon on board the sailing vessel Ontario, a passenger ship, owned by Grinnell, Minturn & Co., of New York, carrying 365 passengers. After a passage of twenty-eight days, much of which was throngh rough seas which frequently swept the decks, carrying away all the upper saloons and life-boats, they landed in New York with no loss of life. After a short sojourn in New York, the Doctor went to Ontario, Canada, where he remained about three years, practicing his profession.

He there married Miss Jane Charlotte Branan, of Ontario, Canada; a native of Ireland, and re-

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turned to Dublin with his wife in December, 1859, where he spent sixteen years in practice. He was honored with several Government and other appointments, among them that of Sur. geon Agent to the British Admiralty, Examiner at the College of Surgeons, and several dis- pensary, coast guard and constabulary appoint- ments. In 1875 he returned with his family to Ontario, Canada, where he practiced until 1885, when, on account of the illness of his son, his attention was drawn to the genial climate of Southern California. Arriving at San Diego city in October of that year, he at once began the practice of his profession in general mnedi- cine at his present location in the Bakesto block, Fifth street. Seeking a higher altitude for his son, he was attracted to the Alpine dis- trict, which is elevated 1,150 feet, called the middle or warm belt, a district most favorable to all classes of invalids requiring an even, dry atmosphere, particularly to those suffering from affeetions of the throat and Inngs. There the Doctor bought a ranch of 320 acres, and he finds the climate particularly adapted to nearly all the fruits of Southern California. The peaches and pears of the Alpine district having a special reputation, he has about eighty acres in fruit, largely in grapes for raisins and wines; also peaches, pears, oranges, nectarines, prunes, olives and walnuts. There are numerous flow- ing springs in the district, one of which, on the Doctor's grounds, is seven feet deep and twelve feet in diameter, the admiration of all comers, never ehanging its flow or temperature in sum- mer or winter, but continuons from year's end to year's end, and noted for its purity.

The Doctor has had six children, five of whom, one son and four daughters, are living. His son-in-law, Captain G. P. A. Beabazon, a native of Ireland, now resides on his ranch, but the Doctor now thinks of retiring from active practice, so that he may end his days in peace and quietness in that inost delightful of climates, 'neath his own vine and fig-tree. The Doctor has an exceptional and most interesting family. Highly educated and most accomplished, yet

modest and retiring, their agreeable good sense and consistent lives commend them to the high- est esteem and respect of those who know thein, and to a rare appreciation in the higher spheres in which they move.

ULIUS C. RIEGER, one of the bright, in- telligent young business men of Perris, and the assistant Postmaster, was born in Ger- inany, March 11, 1861. His father, A. P. Rie- ger, and his mother, Pauline (Glathar) Rieger, were both natives of Germany. They had a family of ten children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the fourth. He received his education in the public schools of Würtemberg. When fourteen years of age he went to learn the cabinet-maker's trade, and served a two years' apprenticeship at that business. In 1876 he came to Bloomington, Illinois, where he opened a meat market. He remained here for a year, when he went to Havana, Illinois, where he clerked for five years for the firm of G. T. Meyer & Co. He came to Perris in 1884, and took up a Government ranch of 160 acres, on which he built a house and barn, and planted trees, shrubs, and made other improvements. Ile remained here one year, when he purchased the Perris Valley Leader, and formed a part- nership with Mr. E. L. Peebles. He continued the publication of this paper for one year, when he sold it. The paper was the first one pub- lished in the place, and he was its publisher the second year of its existence. Mr. H. S. Ehrman was the original owner and publisher. Mr. Rieger then purchased an interest in the firm of Mapes & Coppel, and is now engaged with his partners in running the only exclusive family grocery and provision store in Perris. The postoffice occupies the first corner of their store, and they enjoy a trade that extends eight or nine miles in each direction.

Mr. Rieger was married to Miss Mary E. Therriault, at San Diego. She was born in New Brunswick, December 12, 1869. They have

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two children, both born in Perris: l'aul, born December 12, 1887, and Elmer, born February 25, 1889. Mr. Rieger is a temperanee man, and a member of the Independent Order of Foresters. He is also chaplain of the lodge. He is a trustee of the German Methodist Church, and while the church was being built he was the secretary of the building committee, and both he and his wife are members of this church. He was assistant station agent for one year, and has been deputy Postmaster for four years. He is a quiek and obliging business inan, and is ever ready to help in all things that pertain to the advancement of Perris.

UDGE CHARLES F. MONROE, a resi- dent near Poway. To the early pioneers is California largely indebted for its present growth and prosperity, coming as they did when its soil was supposed to be unproductive and the resources of its valleys undreamed of, and here midst hardships unnumbered have they demon- strated to the world that California in soil, min- erals and climate embrace the products of the Universe. Among the early pioneers we find the subject of this sketch, who was born in Salem, Massachusetts, February 28, 1842, being the youngest in a family of six children. His father, George Monroe, was by trade a tanner, carrying on business at Salem, and though in advanced life, he enlisted in the eivil war, going as Captain of a company in Colonel Manning's regiment of artillery. They were sent to New Orleans, and while landing he was shot from ambush, in September, 1863, dying from the effects of the wounds. The mother of the sub- ject of this sketch, Mary Elizabeth (Massey) Monroe, is a lineal descendant of the first white child, Goodman Massey, who was born at Salem, about 1635. Charles F. resided at Salem until fourteen years of age and was graduated from the old " Hacker " grammar-school. He camne to California with his eldest brother, George, in 1856, by the old Nicaragua route. After

his arrival in San Francisco he continued his edneation at Dr. Durand's private school at Oakland. In 1857 he began his trade of me- elanieal engineer, serving an apprenticeship of four years with Thomas Ogg Shaw, of San Fran- cisco. In 1861 he took a portable engine and thresher and traveled through Yolo County, threshing wheat, which created great excitement, being the first steam thresher in that country. In 1862 he went to the Coso, Inyo County mining district, which was his first introduction into mining. He was there about two years, but much of the time was passed in fighting the Piute Indians, being the year of the Owens River Indian war, when 900 warriors were held at bay with a mere handful of men. He then went to Placerville, and then to San Francisco, where in 1865 he was appointed deputy sheriff and served until 1868, and that being the year of the great Democratic victory all Republicans were turned out of office, Charles F. among the number.

Mr. Monroe was married in June, 1868, in San Francisco, to Miss Sarah A. Clark, a native of Illinois. He then acted as business manager of the Golden Era, a very valuable weekly news- paper with an able corps of writers. The first mine was struck at Julian, February 22, 1870, and on account of the great excitement, Mr. Monroe immediately visited the mining dis- triet, prospecting a little, but more particularly in the capacity of mining engineer, and he as- sisted in erecting every quartz mill in Julian up to 1882. In 1878 be was elected Justice of the Peace at Julian, and was re-elected in 1880 and 1882. December 13, 1882, he was shot in the leg by a disgruntled mining engineer. The ball shattered his leg very badly and amputa- tion was necessary close to the hip. After re- gaining his health a more quiet lite was neces- sary, and he moved to San Diego in June, 1884, and began the study of law. In November, 1884, he was elected Justice of the Peace of San Diego, and before the term was expired the city became incorporated under fifth elass, and he was elected first city recorder. He was re-

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elected to both offices in 1886-'87, respectively, and in 1888 the city changed charter from fifth to fourth class, on account of increase of popn- lation. In November, 1888, Mr. Monroe was elected first police judge, holding the office until May, 1889, when he was legislated out of office by the new charter. During the year 1888, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court, and since May has followed his profes- sion. During his term of office not one of his decisions were ever reversed. He is now retir- ing from active practive in view of settling upon a fruit ranch near Poway, which he is improving. February 29, (?) 1889, Mr. Monroe was elected president of the San Diego Pioneers, and he is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men.

H. CRAWFORD, one of the best farmers of Perris, was born near Norwich, Canada,

0 January 27, 1860. His father, John B. Crawford, is a resident and orange grower of Riverside; his mother, Anna P. (Schooley) Crawford, was also born in Canada. They had six children. The subject of this sketch went to the public schools and finished at the Norman School in Dundass. In 1874 he came to Cali- fornia; he landed at Sacramento and went from there to San Francisco, where he staid two weeks and then bought a mule team and traveled all over Southern California for three months, finally arriving at San Diego, and from there lie came to Riverside. His father bought there, in 1875, when it was only a little place, in Aring- ton Settlement, a forty-acre ranch, and planted twenty acres to oranges and the balance to apri- cots and alfalfa. Since, it is all oranges. Mr. J. H. Crawford left there in 1883, and bought forty acre :, at $25 per acre, in Elsinore, planted twenty acres to apricots, ten to alfalfa, and the balance was reserved for nursery. When land advanced he sold the twenty acres of trees for $750 per acre; for the remaining twenty acres he was offered $12,000, but did not accept. He took the money he received for his land and

bought eighty acres of land three-quarters of a mile northeast of Perris. Mr. Crawford's regu- lar business is that of fruit-growing. He moved to Perris in 1887, and built a good house and barns, planted grounds, and has one of the most home-like nice places in the whole valley. This is another of the many ranches on which there is no waste land. October 24, 1888, he was mar- ried to Miss Lucy A. Hume, a native of Carle- ton County, Province of Canada, daughter of John Hume, also a native of Canada. Mr. Craw- ford is a Presbyterian, and Mrs. Crawford be- longs to the Congregational Church. They are both very worthy citizens of Perris.

LIVER NASON SANFORD, a promi- nent citizen of San Diego, was born Sep- tember 21, 1847, and has been a resident of San Diego since September, 1872. His father, Oliver S. Sanford, for many years iu- terested in railroads, was a native of Newark, New Jersey. The family is of English and Scotch descent. He married Miss Nason, of Hallo- well, Maine, daughter of Bartholomew Nason. They had a family of three children, of whom Oliver Nason was the oldest. He was a gradn- ate of the Institute of Technology of Boston. After graduating he went into the New York & New England railroad office, where he remained about two years, and after this had charge of the general ticket office for the same corporation until he came to California, twenty years ago. He settled in Oakland, surveying in that vicin- ity; the last two years with the Southern Pacific Railroad. In September, 1872, he came to San Diego and was with the Texas Pacific until they gave up work in Southern California. Then for the next few years he spent a large share of his time at El Cajon, where he bought and improved what is now known as the Chris- itan Place. He was with the California South- ern during the time of their building. On leaving that road he was elected County Sur- veyor, which position he held for four years.

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The first true graded county roads started under his administratfon. He has also, for six years held the office of City Engineer which position he resigned January 1, 1889. During his city administration the first graded streets were made, the first street paving and the first sewer- ing of the eity. The first motors and street railroad were built during his administration. He was married in Oakland, California, October 21, 1876, to Miss Fannie Newell Egan, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, daughter of William Egan. Their union was blessed with two children, both born in El Cajon: William Oliver, born May 30, 1878, and Helen Nason, born February 2, 1880. Mr. Sanford is a Good Templar, a mem- ber of the Congregational Church and a mem- ber of the Chamber of Commerce. They are a family of culture, refinement and integrity.

OHN FALKENSTEIN, of San Diego, was a native of Preston County, West Virginia, born near Brucetown Mills, April 12, 1834. His father, Samnel Falkenstein, was a native of Germany, and came to America with his father when he was eight years of age and settled at Philadelphia. His mother, Ann (Stuck) Falk enstein, was a native of New Jersey. They had a family of eleven children, seven boys and four girls, of whom the subject of this sketch was the fourth. When the war began Mr. Falkenstein lived in a part of Virginia where there was a strong rebel sentiment, and one Colo- nel Martin made an effort toorganize a rebel reg- iment. At one of their rebel meetings Mr. Falkenstein was offered a first lientenancy if he would go with them. He, with others, got on their horses and went home. Later in the season there were such persistent efforts made to get him into the rebel service that he went to Morgantown and October 12, 1861, enlisted as a private in the service of his country in Com- pany C, third Regiment of West Virginia Caval- ry. They were mustered and equipped at Park- ersburg, Virginia. He served three years and

three months,having been promoted meantime to the position of Quartermaster Sergeant. He en- listed as a private in the service of his country in preference to a commission in the ranks of its enemies. He was with the victorions Army of the Potomac through all its several marches and long and bloody struggles against a very desperate enemy, commanded by a most ac- complished military chieftain, Robert E. Lee, excepting the first engagement at Bull Run and the battle of Antietam. While scouting near Monfield, at Sheets Mills, his horse fell and in- jured his hip and back, from which injury he has never fully recovered. This accident dis- abled him for about two months, but he staid with his command. Afterward near Culpeper Court House his horse jumped in a trench and fell on him, and he suffered for two months from that fall but did not leave his regiment. At Beverly Ford, Virginia, he was overcome with heat, so that he has ever since suffered with headache when the weather is hot. His first company of seventy-six men was decimated to eighteen ablebodied men, and his second com- pany of ninety-six men had only thirty-six men when it was mustered out. After he was mustered ont he enlisted in the Government service as a carpenter and was in that service six months. From there he traveled west through Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, seeking for a home. He settled in Wiehita, Kansas, on 160 acres of Government land which he im- proved and held for about eighteen years. In 1884 he sold out, some of the land selling for $150 per acre and some for $200. He then went back to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was there two years. He then, in 1886, came to San Diego, where he bought property and built a home. He is now Public Administrator of San Diego County. He was married Angst 5, 1886, to Mrs. Shepherd, a native of West Vir- ginia, daughter of J. C. and Ann Foreman, and widow of Dr. F. C. Shepherd, who was a most eminent and skilled physician and surgeon. Her ancestors were New England Quakers of English descent. , She is a member of the

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Christian Church. Mr. Falkenstein is a mem- ber of the G. A. R. and belongs to Heintzel- man Post, No. 33.

B EARDSLEY BROTHERS are two enter. prising and industrious young ranchers in the vicinity of Perris. Arthur, the oldest of these brothers, was born in Yolo, California, March 22, 1862; Nelson, the other brother and partner in all their farming transactions, was born in Solano County, California, January 21, 1866. Both of these brothers are Good Tem- plars. Their father, E. A. Beardsley, was a native of the State of New York, but lived Inany years in Illinois and Iowa, and in 1860 he moved with his family to California, and now resides in Lodi, San Joaquin County. He was married in 1854 to Miss Maria Pitcher, and had eight children, six boys and two girls. Only one of the boys are dead. Their father and family removed to the San Jacinto valley in November, 1882, and took up 160 acres of land which is now owned by Nelson. In ad- dition to this he bought a section of railroad land. May 29, 1885, Arthur took up 160 acres of land, on which he has built a house and made other improvements. Nelson is a member of the Independent Order of Forest- ers at Perris. In 1887 they sowed 260 acres of barley and eighty acres of wheat, and they are now (1889) getting the ground ready to sow 320 acres of barley. The soil of their ranches is a sandy loam and is easily plowed. They have excellent water; one well thirty feet deep and the other well fifty feet deep. These young men enjoy the esteem of their friends and the community in which they live, and will no doubt make capable factors in the growth of the new county in which they have settled.

C. A. Beardsley has been a resident of Cali- fornia nearly all his life, and is now one of the industrions farmers of the great San Jacinto valley. He was born in La Salle County, Illi -. nois, April 4, 1859. His parents, E. A. and

Maria (Pitcher) Beardsley, came to California when he was two years old, in 1861. His school days were spent in the public schools at Main Prairie, Solano County, California. He was raised a farmer. The first four years of his res- idence in San Diego County was spent in Pleasant valley, and he located his present ranch November 13, 1884. He has built and mnade improvements on it and sows about 160 acres of grain yearly since he settled in the valley. He was married March 30, 1837. to Miss Hatty Foster, born in Kansas. Angust 9, 1864. They have one son: Howard A., born in Pleasant valley, January 11, 1888. Mr. Beardsley is a temperance man, a Good Templar, and a member of the Independent Order of Foresters. He is a worthy citizen.

W. GUTHRIDGE, a rancher of Spring valley .- There lived in Jasper County, Indiana, an honest farmer, who in addition to his daily toil week days, preached the Gospel of the Son of God, without money and without price, to his neighbors and the country about him on Sundays. He was a Christian minister and a very strict temperance man at a time when the temperance cause was in its infancy. His name was Harrison P. Guthridge. He was born in Ohio in 1817, and married Emily Williamson, who was born in Pickaway, Ohio, in 1820. They had a family of six children. The father and mother and one child was taken sick with typhoid fever and died in one day, in 1857, and as the neighbors and friends bore them to the funeral it was the saddest day the country had ever seen. Five little orphan children were left. One of these orphans was W. W. Guthridge, who is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Jasper County, Indiana, Sep- tember 30, 1846. For a time after the death of his parents he lived with his uncle, Albert J. Guth- ridge, at Urbana, Ohio. When older he returned to the old home, and he and an older brother kept house together. When the war began his

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brother enlisted in Company K, Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and in one of the hard battles he was badly wounded, captured and was a prisoner in Libby prison. He was finally permitted to go home, and died May 16, 1866. In 1863, when the war had reached immense proportions, and when it had been dis- covered that to enlist meant hard fighting and great danger, the fires of patriotism and hero- ism fired the breast of young Gnthridge, and when only seventeen years of age he enlisted in Company A, Eighty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was afterward transferred to the Forty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He saw much hard service; was in the battle of Chattanooga, at Mission Ridge, and at the battle of Atlanta, and went with General Sherman from Atlanta to the sea. IIe went on foot with the army from Louisville to Nashville, to Chat- tanooga, to Atlanta, to Savannah, Georgia, to Raleigh, North Carolina, and to Goldsborongh. Then peace was declared and he marched to Richmond, Virginia, and thienee to Washington and participated in the grand review. He was on foot in that great parade all day, with nothing to eat but what the citizens handed them as they passed by. During the time he was a soldier at the front he was under fire a great deal, and was on the skirmish line for weeks at a time. When in one of the engage- inents near Atlanta, he received a ball across the stomach which gave him a slight wound but not deep, and his clothing was shot several times. At one time, in the panic and excite- ment of a battle, three of them took fifteen prisoners, including an officer, and carried the fourteen guns and officer's sword back with thein to the Union lines. After the war was over he returned home, and in 1867 was married to Miss McCulloch. After five years of married life his wife died. He then went to Missouri and farmed in Daviess County one year. Next he went to Coffeeville, Kansas, and took npa ranch. He was on it four years, when he, leaving his wife with her father in Daviess County, Missouri, sold out and went to Prescott, Arizona, with 20

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Author: Lewis Publishing Company Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1038

Author: Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1038