Sacramento County
Biographies
ALBERT
MILES THATCHER
ALBERT
MILES THATCHER—The people of Sacramento, and the public in general, are much
indebted to Albert Miles Thatcher and his well-organized and well-managed Acme
Transfer Company, located at 826 Second Street, one of the most efficient agencies for
busy folk in the capital. A native of Barton County, Kansas, he was born on July 21, 1882, the son
of George W. and Mary Ann (Fores) Thatcher. The
father, a real estate and insurance broker, is still living at Great Bend, Kansas. Albert took high standing in his
grammar school and high school courses, and was graduated in 1901, after which
he went to the Great
Bend Normal College. For a time he followed dairying in Colorado and in California; and having come here permanently in
1906, he located at Sacramento.
In 1906, he bought the Acme Transfer
Company, which he has so developed that he now uses three trucks. He gives
careful attention to contracts for city-to-city moving, making long-distance
hauls his specialty. He gives every want of his patrons his personal attention,
and as a consequence has the hearty good will of the people served. Being
studious by nature, he studies and writes on current topics in his spare time.
He was an early advocate of flood control and furnished the government with
statistics and detailed information on the subject. As a result, the project
carried and the State of California has been greatly benefited thereby. This
is only one of the many and varied subjects investigated by Mr. Thatcher and
brought to the notice of the public through his writings. He also maintains a
live interest in politics, and supports Republican candidates. He is athletic,
and is especially fond of outdoor life and sports.
Transcribed
by Gloria Wiegner Lane.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page
649. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Gloria Wiegner
Lane.