Siskiyou
County
Biographies
EDWARD CHARLES LLOYD
Edward
Charles Lloyd, who, with the capable assistance of his wife, is conducting the
Stewart Mineral Springs in Siskiyou County, is one of the best known citizens
of this locality; in fact, he is favorably known far and wide, for all who have
stayed at the Springs hold him in high regard for his courteous and
accommodating manner and his sterling personal qualities. He was born in Manchester, England, May 7,
1867, a son of William R. and Betsy Elizabeth (Smith) Lloyd. The family came to America in 1870, locating
in Ontario, Canada, where the father followed the carpenter trade during his
remaining active years. To him and his
wife were born five sons and a daughter, namely: Robert William, deceased; William R.; Mary;
Harry; John; and Edward Charles.
The
last named received his educational training in the grade schools of Canada,
after which he learned the barber trade, which he followed for forty
years. In 1890 he came to the United
States, locating in Chicago, Illinois, where he engaged in barbering until
1903. He then went to the state of
Jalisco, in Mexico, where he devoted his attention to mining for one year. On the expiration of that period he recrossed
the Mexican border and resumed work at his trade in Texas. After living for a short time in Arizona,
where he continued as a proprietor of a barber shop until 1912, when he took up
is permanent abode in California. He
located first at Weed, Siskiyou County, where he conducted a barber shop until
1922, when he told out and came to Stewart Springs, where he has resided
continuously to the present time. It was
in 1915 that he came into possession and took practical charge of the forty-acre
tract comprising the Stewart Mineral Springs property.
These
springs are located in a beautiful canyon, surrounded by a virgin forest of
pine, fir and cedar. A shaded rushing
stream of sparkling mountain water runs through the entire length of the
grounds, contributing a refreshing prospect of rest and recreation. An important factor in the location of
Stewart Springs is that while it is situated in a secluded canyon of the Mount
Shasta National Forest, yet it is only fifteen minutes’ auto ride to the Pacific
highway. The altitude is three thousand
nine hundred feet, supplying that pure, exhilarating mountain air which
counteracts that weary, tired feeling so common among people living in the hot
valley, or working in the close, stuffy atmosphere of store or office. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd now have fourteen cabins,
the office apartments and living rooms, dining room and eight bathrooms, with
much other equipment, and the accommodations are used to capacity most of the
time. Stewart
Springs mineral water is especially good for stomach trouble, rheumatism
and skin eruptions. It is a wonderful
treatment for the after conditions of the influenza and a thorough cleanser of
the system after having the tonsils removed, as the drinking of the water,
together with the baths, cause the poisons of disease to be drawn out through
the pores of the skin by the medium of perspiration. This is true also of rheumatic and kidney
complaints, and it will be found beneficial for catarrh and many eye
afflictions. As a shampoo it has no
equal, thoroughly cleansing and invigorating the scalp, eradicating all
dandruff and leaving the hair soft and silky.
The character and action of the Stewart Springs mineral water is
efficiently different from that of various other mineral springs. The chemical analysis of the water is as
follows: volatile and organic matter,
750.00; alkalinity, 647.50; silica, 25.20; iron and aluminum oxide, 2.30;
calcium, 3.10; magnesium, trace; sulphuric anhydride, 207.67; chlorine,
1014.28; total solids, 3470.00. This
water gives the impression of being manufactured, but is thrown out from a big
natural spring, while on the grounds there are also many fresh water
springs. For those who enjoy hiking and
mountain climbing, there are trails leading to the higher reaches, from which
can be viewed some of the grandest scenery to be found anywhere. For those who desire less strenuous
diversions, there are many places of natural and historic interest to be
reached by automobile. The
kitchen and dining room are in a building used solely for that purpose, thus
avoiding the annoyance of cooking odors in the sleeping quarters, which are in
detached cottages and tents. The prices
are reasonable, room in cottage, including meals and hot mineral water baths,
twenty-five dollars per week, or three dollars and seventy-five cents a day;
for campers or transient guests, meals, seventy-five cents, and baths,
seventy-five cents. Persons desiring to
take home the mineral water are supplied at twenty-five cents a gallon, not
including container. For those who have
their own camping outfit, there are many beautiful places among the pines, firs
and cedars, near and along the stream, where they can pitch their tent and
maintain their own camp, for which privilege they are charged fifty cents a
day, including the use of mineral water, or two dollars and a half per
week. An ample supply of pure, cold
spring water (non-mineral) is available for domestic use. The county constructed the splendid road
which now runs from the Pacific highway to the springs. Mr. Buckner, one of the supervisors, whose
son was cured through the use of the water from this spring, felt that the
state and county should build a road so that the public might the more readily
reach the springs.
In
1915 Mr. Lloyd was united in marriage to Miss Kathryn Stewart, a daughter of
Henry S. and Julia (Newman) Stewart. Her
father, who was a native of Pennsylvania, came to California in 1851, crossing
the plains with ox team and covered wagon.
Here he engaged in farming, operated a sawmill
and also established the first flour mill in this section of the country, it
being operated by water power. He spent
the last years of his life in Siskiyou County, dying at Yreka. His wife passed away at Sisson, now known as
Mount Shasta. They were both natives of
the east, the father having been born at Honesdale, Pennsylvania, July 18,
1829, and the mother at Port Jervis, New York, February
22, 1844. They were the parents of one
child, Kathryn. Henry S. Stewart first
came by pack train across the plains in 1851, by the way of the Salt Lake and
Oregon Trail. Later he returned east and
married. He remained there seven years,
and in 1867 he and his wife came to California by the way of Cape Horn. It was Mr. Stewart who brought the first
threshing machine to Siskiyou County. He
prospered here and became the owner of two ranches in the vicinity of the
springs which bear his name, filing on Southern Pacific Railroad land. He conducted the Stewart Mineral Springs
until 1915, when the property was purchased by his son-in-law, Mr. Lloyd. Mr. Stewart served as supervisor of District
No. 3, as early as 1867. In his
political views Mr. Lloyd is a republican, while fraternally he is identified
with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, being a member of Douglas
Lodge, No. 955, at Douglas, Arizona, where he formerly resided. Mrs. Lloyd belongs to the Order of the
Eastern Star at Mount Shasta. They are
kindly and congenial and are exceedingly popular among their acquaintances.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J. W. Major,
History of Sacramento Valley California, Vol. 2 Pages
256-262. Pioneer Historical Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010 Gerald Iaquinta.
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