Mr. charles lux biography
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FRESNO COUNTY
In , the city of Fresno, which had incorporated fifteen years earlier, was the county metropolis, a true Victorian city with its horse-car lines, dirt streets, and wood sidewalks. C. J. Craycroft was finishing the unexpired term of Joseph Spinney as mayor. Spinney, elected in , served for only ten minutes, just long enough to make a brief speech resigning the post and nominating his political ally, Craycroft a drama that proved Fresno still had something to learn about civic government.
Fresno County's second city was Selma, with a population of more than 2, Selma had a raisin packing house, a flour mill, and several churches and fraternal organizations. The Selma Irrigator newspaper and its publisher, Mayor John Jay Vanderburgh, opposed Prohibition, but Selma became the Valley's first "dry" city in
Unincorporated communities in the county included Clovis, Centerville, Millerton, Pollasky,
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ARTICLES REGARDING THE HISTORY OF LICK WILMERDING & LUX SCHOOLS
by George A. MERRILL, Director
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
comprised of
James Lick California School of Mechanical Arts
Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts
Lux School of Industrial Training for Women
Sources: L W L Life, Published bygd the Students of the Lick Wilmerding & Lux Schools, San Francisco, California
Volume XIII, Number 1, June
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Volume XIV, Number 1, June
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June
This is the first of a series of articles that will appear in successive issues of the Life, reviewig historical events and setting forth some heretofore unpublished information regarding the founding of the Lick and Wilmerding and Lux Schools. Not only should these narratives be of interest to students and graduates of the schools, but they will also be t
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Compendium of History Reminiscence & Biography of Western Nebraska
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Tennessee, and disbanded at Davenport, Iowa, January 25, He resided in Jackson county for a long period, and for ten years served as clerk of the district court and deputy county clerk of his county. For two years he held the position of cashier of the bank at Miles, Iowa, and was one of the best known men in Jackson county, active in public affairs and one of the prominent leaders in every movement to develop the region in which he resided.
Mr. Ray was united in marriage to Miss Allen, daughter of M. S. Allen, sheriff of Jackson county, who was in the steamboat business, owning an interest in a boat running on the Mississippi river. He originally came from New York state, and also was a pioneer in Michigan, and was in the same company with Captain Wood, who was an owner in the White Line steamer Wood, on the river service for many years. Mr. Wood was well known throughout the w