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ALBERT CARLSON
The
Scandinavian countries have furnished to the United States many desirable
citizens of the type of Albert Carlson, whose industry and laudable ambition
have placed him with the prosperous fruit growers of El Dorado County. He was born in Sweden, November 19, 1862, a
son of Carl Andriason and Margerita
Carlson, who have passed away, the latter departing this life when her son
Albert was but six years of age. He
acquired a public school education and, like all the boys of his locality, he assisted
in the cultivation of the home farm, so that early in life he gained practical
experience in agricultural pursuits. On the 21st of November, 1884, when twenty-two years of
age, he sailed for the United States, with New York as his destination. Later he journeyed westward to Kansas,
spending one and a half years in the Sunflower state. He then went to the Indian Territory, where
he aided in building the Rock Island and Santa Fe Railroads, and while a railroad worker he was also identified with
mechanical and mine construction. During
1888 he was employed in sawmills and logging camps of Montana and in the fall
of 1889 came to Siskiyou county, California.
He was in charge of the lumber mill and yard at Camino from 1903 until
1909 and during that time purchased a tract of two hundred and thirty-eight
acres of land, comprising the N. J. E. Larson ranch. On this place he set out a large number of
fruit trees and has developed a valuable orchard of thirty-five acres. He also produces the grain and vegetables
best adapted to this region and has brought his land to a high state of
fertility, utilizing the most effective methods in the cultivation of the soil.
Mr.
Carlson was married to Miss Marianna Larson, who was born in Utah. He father went to Utah in 1853, remaining in
that state until 1860, when he came with his family to California, and was
numbered among the early settlers in the Camino district. Mr. Carlson enjoys motoring and has taken
many trips throughout the west. He takes
justifiable pride in his home and has added many improvements to his place,
which everywhere gives evidence of the careful supervision, the enterprise and
thrift of its owner, who is regarded as one of the most progressive
agriculturists and fruit growers of the valley.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 3 Pages 101-102. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010 Gerald Iaquinta.
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