"Among the important industries which have contributed to the wealth and growth of California is that of stock-raising and prominent as a representative thereof stands Archibald Campbell. He has now retired from that field of labor but for many years was a pioneer in sheep and cattle raising in southern California and is still the owner of extensive holdings in cattle land in this part of the state. He met all of the varied experiences, the hardships and privations incident to conducting business at an early day, but determination, energy and industry triumphed over the difficulties until gratifying prosperity was his. His name indicates his nativity. He was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1843, and remained a resident of the land of hills and heather, of crag and glen, until 1869, when at the age of twenty-six years he sailed for
the new world, making his way to San Francisco by the water route. For many years thereafter he engaged in herding sheep in this state, traveling all over California with his flocks, there being hardly a county in the state that he has not visited. He has therefore witnessed the notable growth and development of California and is familiar with many events which are to others simply matters of history. At length he settled in the Campo district of San Diego county in 1875 and, purchasing land, engaged in raising sheep until 1886. In that year he turned his attention to cattle raising, having a herd of fifteen hundred head. For nineteen years thereafter he continued in the cattle-raising business but in 1905 sold out to the Campo Cattle Company and came to San Diego, where he has since made his home. During his sheep-herding days he had many fights with the Indians who tried to steal his stock, and various encounters and experiences have made his life rich with interesting reminiscences of a period that marked the steady development and progress of the state. He is one of the large land owners of the county, possessing over four thousand acres of as fine cattle land as can be found in southern California. From this he derives a substantial annual income that places him among the capitalists of his adopted city.
In 1889 Mr. Campbell was married to Mrs. Louisa Chilwell, a daughter of Henry Hunt and the widow of William Chilwell, and they are most attractively and pleasantly located in this city. Mrs. Campbell has by her first marriage three children : Archibald, of California ; and Florrie and Nell, who are living at home.
Mr. Campbell has never had occasion to regret his determination when a young man to try his fortune in the new world. He here found the opportunities which he sought, adapted himself to the conditions of what was then a wild western country and while for years riding over the broad areas that afforded pasturage, he was laying the foundation for his present prosperity.
He has lived to see remarkable changes in the state and at all times has given his influence and aid on the side of progress and improvement."
FROM "San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement (1913)"
BY Samuel T. Black
the new world, making his way to San Francisco by the water route. For many years thereafter he engaged in herding sheep in this state, traveling all over California with his flocks, there being hardly a county in the state that he has not visited. He has therefore witnessed the notable growth and development of California and is familiar with many events which are to others simply matters of history. At length he settled in the Campo district of San Diego county in 1875 and, purchasing land, engaged in raising sheep until 1886. In that year he turned his attention to cattle raising, having a herd of fifteen hundred head. For nineteen years thereafter he continued in the cattle-raising business but in 1905 sold out to the Campo Cattle Company and came to San Diego, where he has since made his home. During his sheep-herding days he had many fights with the Indians who tried to steal his stock, and various encounters and experiences have made his life rich with interesting reminiscences of a period that marked the steady development and progress of the state. He is one of the large land owners of the county, possessing over four thousand acres of as fine cattle land as can be found in southern California. From this he derives a substantial annual income that places him among the capitalists of his adopted city.
In 1889 Mr. Campbell was married to Mrs. Louisa Chilwell, a daughter of Henry Hunt and the widow of William Chilwell, and they are most attractively and pleasantly located in this city. Mrs. Campbell has by her first marriage three children : Archibald, of California ; and Florrie and Nell, who are living at home.
Mr. Campbell has never had occasion to regret his determination when a young man to try his fortune in the new world. He here found the opportunities which he sought, adapted himself to the conditions of what was then a wild western country and while for years riding over the broad areas that afforded pasturage, he was laying the foundation for his present prosperity.
He has lived to see remarkable changes in the state and at all times has given his influence and aid on the side of progress and improvement."
FROM "San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement (1913)"
BY Samuel T. Black
"Among the important industries which have contributed to the wealth and growth of California is that of stock-raising and prominent as a representative thereof stands Archibald Campbell. He has now retired from that field of labor but for many years was a pioneer in sheep and cattle raising in southern California and is still the owner of extensive holdings in cattle land in this part of the state. He met all of the varied experiences, the hardships and privations incident to conducting business at an early day, but determination, energy and industry triumphed over the difficulties until gratifying prosperity was his. His name indicates his nativity. He was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1843, and remained a resident of the land of hills and heather, of crag and glen, until 1869, when at the age of twenty-six years he sailed for
the new world, making his way to San Francisco by the water route. For many years thereafter he engaged in herding sheep in this state, traveling all over California with his flocks, there being hardly a county in the state that he has not visited. He has therefore witnessed the notable growth and development of California and is familiar with many events which are to others simply matters of history. At length he settled in the Campo district of San Diego county in 1875 and, purchasing land, engaged in raising sheep until 1886. In that year he turned his attention to cattle raising, having a herd of fifteen hundred head. For nineteen years thereafter he continued in the cattle-raising business but in 1905 sold out to the Campo Cattle Company and came to San Diego, where he has since made his home. During his sheep-herding days he had many fights with the Indians who tried to steal his stock, and various encounters and experiences have made his life rich with interesting reminiscences of a period that marked the steady development and progress of the state. He is one of the large land owners of the county, possessing over four thousand acres of as fine cattle land as can be found in southern California. From this he derives a substantial annual income that places him among the capitalists of his adopted city.
In 1889 Mr. Campbell was married to Mrs. Louisa Chilwell, a daughter of Henry Hunt and the widow of William Chilwell, and they are most attractively and pleasantly located in this city. Mrs. Campbell has by her first marriage three children : Archibald, of California ; and Florrie and Nell, who are living at home.
Mr. Campbell has never had occasion to regret his determination when a young man to try his fortune in the new world. He here found the opportunities which he sought, adapted himself to the conditions of what was then a wild western country and while for years riding over the broad areas that afforded pasturage, he was laying the foundation for his present prosperity.
He has lived to see remarkable changes in the state and at all times has given his influence and aid on the side of progress and improvement."
FROM "San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement (1913)"
BY Samuel T. Black
the new world, making his way to San Francisco by the water route. For many years thereafter he engaged in herding sheep in this state, traveling all over California with his flocks, there being hardly a county in the state that he has not visited. He has therefore witnessed the notable growth and development of California and is familiar with many events which are to others simply matters of history. At length he settled in the Campo district of San Diego county in 1875 and, purchasing land, engaged in raising sheep until 1886. In that year he turned his attention to cattle raising, having a herd of fifteen hundred head. For nineteen years thereafter he continued in the cattle-raising business but in 1905 sold out to the Campo Cattle Company and came to San Diego, where he has since made his home. During his sheep-herding days he had many fights with the Indians who tried to steal his stock, and various encounters and experiences have made his life rich with interesting reminiscences of a period that marked the steady development and progress of the state. He is one of the large land owners of the county, possessing over four thousand acres of as fine cattle land as can be found in southern California. From this he derives a substantial annual income that places him among the capitalists of his adopted city.
In 1889 Mr. Campbell was married to Mrs. Louisa Chilwell, a daughter of Henry Hunt and the widow of William Chilwell, and they are most attractively and pleasantly located in this city. Mrs. Campbell has by her first marriage three children : Archibald, of California ; and Florrie and Nell, who are living at home.
Mr. Campbell has never had occasion to regret his determination when a young man to try his fortune in the new world. He here found the opportunities which he sought, adapted himself to the conditions of what was then a wild western country and while for years riding over the broad areas that afforded pasturage, he was laying the foundation for his present prosperity.
He has lived to see remarkable changes in the state and at all times has given his influence and aid on the side of progress and improvement."
FROM "San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement (1913)"
BY Samuel T. Black
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ARCHIBALD
1843 - 1926
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