By Dennis Larson
A member of the 1852 Wapello Wagon Train. The train departed Council Bluffs, Iowa in May 1852 and arrived in Oregon in October 1852.
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Thank you Lester..
a 1919 biography from The History of Fresno County
ROBERT M. WOOD It would have been strange indeed if California, unrivaled in its various climatic advantages, and with a soil so well adapted for almost any kind of agricultural enterprise, and particularly with conditions so very favorable for fruit-culture, should not have become one of the most famous parts of the earth, to say nothing of the United States, for the growing of raisin and table grapes, apricots, peaches, plums, berries, oranges, lemons and olives.
The American in particular was quick to see what might be done here, and ever since men once began to get away from the idea that land was worth little except for a "cow country," the progress of development has been rapid. Among those who once operated on a large scale in other fields of important endeavor and have now become noted for more intensive development of the resources of the state is Robert M. Wood, a horticulturist, and the son of James and Elizabeth (Koontz) Wood, so well known in their day as worthy pioneers. The elder Wood was a farmer who crossed the plains to reach the northwest, and located for a while at Harrisburg in Linn County, Ore. In 1869 he came to California, and the longer he stayed here, the better he liked it. The following year he moved once more, this time to Fresno County ; and at last he was convinced that he had found the ideal spot he had been looking for. He bought the old Powers place, and by the time that he died, in 1873, he had greatly improved his acquisition.
Robert M. was born on October 18, 1848, in Wapello County, Iowa, and crossed the plains in 1852 with his father. When he first came to Fresno County, he went into the sheep and stock business at Centerville ; and there he lived until the time when the town of Sanger was started, there he moved, but continued in the sheep business. In 1904, notwithstanding the fact that he had operated so extensively with sheep that at one time he rented as much as 40,000 acres of land for his bands, he sold out and embarked in vineyard, orange and other fruit growing.
He set out the first vineyard in the Mt. Hammell country, keeping the same until 1916, when he disposed of it. He now has 100 acres of his 420-acre ranch, four miles south of Reedley set out to prunes. Nowhere does a more orderly, promising prune orchard greet the eye of even the widely-experienced traveler, and Mr. Wood is recognized as an authority in the field in which he is now an intensely progressive leader. At Fresno, in 1883.
Mr. Wood married Emmye Heydcliffe, a native of San Francisco, in which metropolis, with its many educational advantages. she was reared. One child. Birdie Wood, has blessed their union. Mr. Wood is a popular member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he is a leader in the councils of the Republican party, although broad-minded enough to treat all local political questions irrespective of party prejudices.
A member of the 1852 Wapello Wagon Train. The train departed Council Bluffs, Iowa in May 1852 and arrived in Oregon in October 1852.
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Thank you Lester..
a 1919 biography from The History of Fresno County
ROBERT M. WOOD It would have been strange indeed if California, unrivaled in its various climatic advantages, and with a soil so well adapted for almost any kind of agricultural enterprise, and particularly with conditions so very favorable for fruit-culture, should not have become one of the most famous parts of the earth, to say nothing of the United States, for the growing of raisin and table grapes, apricots, peaches, plums, berries, oranges, lemons and olives.
The American in particular was quick to see what might be done here, and ever since men once began to get away from the idea that land was worth little except for a "cow country," the progress of development has been rapid. Among those who once operated on a large scale in other fields of important endeavor and have now become noted for more intensive development of the resources of the state is Robert M. Wood, a horticulturist, and the son of James and Elizabeth (Koontz) Wood, so well known in their day as worthy pioneers. The elder Wood was a farmer who crossed the plains to reach the northwest, and located for a while at Harrisburg in Linn County, Ore. In 1869 he came to California, and the longer he stayed here, the better he liked it. The following year he moved once more, this time to Fresno County ; and at last he was convinced that he had found the ideal spot he had been looking for. He bought the old Powers place, and by the time that he died, in 1873, he had greatly improved his acquisition.
Robert M. was born on October 18, 1848, in Wapello County, Iowa, and crossed the plains in 1852 with his father. When he first came to Fresno County, he went into the sheep and stock business at Centerville ; and there he lived until the time when the town of Sanger was started, there he moved, but continued in the sheep business. In 1904, notwithstanding the fact that he had operated so extensively with sheep that at one time he rented as much as 40,000 acres of land for his bands, he sold out and embarked in vineyard, orange and other fruit growing.
He set out the first vineyard in the Mt. Hammell country, keeping the same until 1916, when he disposed of it. He now has 100 acres of his 420-acre ranch, four miles south of Reedley set out to prunes. Nowhere does a more orderly, promising prune orchard greet the eye of even the widely-experienced traveler, and Mr. Wood is recognized as an authority in the field in which he is now an intensely progressive leader. At Fresno, in 1883.
Mr. Wood married Emmye Heydcliffe, a native of San Francisco, in which metropolis, with its many educational advantages. she was reared. One child. Birdie Wood, has blessed their union. Mr. Wood is a popular member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he is a leader in the councils of the Republican party, although broad-minded enough to treat all local political questions irrespective of party prejudices.
By Dennis Larson
A member of the 1852 Wapello Wagon Train. The train departed Council Bluffs, Iowa in May 1852 and arrived in Oregon in October 1852.
~~~~~~
Thank you Lester..
a 1919 biography from The History of Fresno County
ROBERT M. WOOD It would have been strange indeed if California, unrivaled in its various climatic advantages, and with a soil so well adapted for almost any kind of agricultural enterprise, and particularly with conditions so very favorable for fruit-culture, should not have become one of the most famous parts of the earth, to say nothing of the United States, for the growing of raisin and table grapes, apricots, peaches, plums, berries, oranges, lemons and olives.
The American in particular was quick to see what might be done here, and ever since men once began to get away from the idea that land was worth little except for a "cow country," the progress of development has been rapid. Among those who once operated on a large scale in other fields of important endeavor and have now become noted for more intensive development of the resources of the state is Robert M. Wood, a horticulturist, and the son of James and Elizabeth (Koontz) Wood, so well known in their day as worthy pioneers. The elder Wood was a farmer who crossed the plains to reach the northwest, and located for a while at Harrisburg in Linn County, Ore. In 1869 he came to California, and the longer he stayed here, the better he liked it. The following year he moved once more, this time to Fresno County ; and at last he was convinced that he had found the ideal spot he had been looking for. He bought the old Powers place, and by the time that he died, in 1873, he had greatly improved his acquisition.
Robert M. was born on October 18, 1848, in Wapello County, Iowa, and crossed the plains in 1852 with his father. When he first came to Fresno County, he went into the sheep and stock business at Centerville ; and there he lived until the time when the town of Sanger was started, there he moved, but continued in the sheep business. In 1904, notwithstanding the fact that he had operated so extensively with sheep that at one time he rented as much as 40,000 acres of land for his bands, he sold out and embarked in vineyard, orange and other fruit growing.
He set out the first vineyard in the Mt. Hammell country, keeping the same until 1916, when he disposed of it. He now has 100 acres of his 420-acre ranch, four miles south of Reedley set out to prunes. Nowhere does a more orderly, promising prune orchard greet the eye of even the widely-experienced traveler, and Mr. Wood is recognized as an authority in the field in which he is now an intensely progressive leader. At Fresno, in 1883.
Mr. Wood married Emmye Heydcliffe, a native of San Francisco, in which metropolis, with its many educational advantages. she was reared. One child. Birdie Wood, has blessed their union. Mr. Wood is a popular member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he is a leader in the councils of the Republican party, although broad-minded enough to treat all local political questions irrespective of party prejudices.
A member of the 1852 Wapello Wagon Train. The train departed Council Bluffs, Iowa in May 1852 and arrived in Oregon in October 1852.
~~~~~~
Thank you Lester..
a 1919 biography from The History of Fresno County
ROBERT M. WOOD It would have been strange indeed if California, unrivaled in its various climatic advantages, and with a soil so well adapted for almost any kind of agricultural enterprise, and particularly with conditions so very favorable for fruit-culture, should not have become one of the most famous parts of the earth, to say nothing of the United States, for the growing of raisin and table grapes, apricots, peaches, plums, berries, oranges, lemons and olives.
The American in particular was quick to see what might be done here, and ever since men once began to get away from the idea that land was worth little except for a "cow country," the progress of development has been rapid. Among those who once operated on a large scale in other fields of important endeavor and have now become noted for more intensive development of the resources of the state is Robert M. Wood, a horticulturist, and the son of James and Elizabeth (Koontz) Wood, so well known in their day as worthy pioneers. The elder Wood was a farmer who crossed the plains to reach the northwest, and located for a while at Harrisburg in Linn County, Ore. In 1869 he came to California, and the longer he stayed here, the better he liked it. The following year he moved once more, this time to Fresno County ; and at last he was convinced that he had found the ideal spot he had been looking for. He bought the old Powers place, and by the time that he died, in 1873, he had greatly improved his acquisition.
Robert M. was born on October 18, 1848, in Wapello County, Iowa, and crossed the plains in 1852 with his father. When he first came to Fresno County, he went into the sheep and stock business at Centerville ; and there he lived until the time when the town of Sanger was started, there he moved, but continued in the sheep business. In 1904, notwithstanding the fact that he had operated so extensively with sheep that at one time he rented as much as 40,000 acres of land for his bands, he sold out and embarked in vineyard, orange and other fruit growing.
He set out the first vineyard in the Mt. Hammell country, keeping the same until 1916, when he disposed of it. He now has 100 acres of his 420-acre ranch, four miles south of Reedley set out to prunes. Nowhere does a more orderly, promising prune orchard greet the eye of even the widely-experienced traveler, and Mr. Wood is recognized as an authority in the field in which he is now an intensely progressive leader. At Fresno, in 1883.
Mr. Wood married Emmye Heydcliffe, a native of San Francisco, in which metropolis, with its many educational advantages. she was reared. One child. Birdie Wood, has blessed their union. Mr. Wood is a popular member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he is a leader in the councils of the Republican party, although broad-minded enough to treat all local political questions irrespective of party prejudices.
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