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GEORGE MORGAN KASSON
GEORGE M. KASSON was born
February 13, 1813, in Granby, Connecticut. When eighteen years of age he
commenced trading through Pennsylvania and the Southern States. In 1848 he went
to St. Louis where he kept a livery stable and feed stable. Having a touch of
the gold fever he started for California across the plains in 1850, arriving at
Placerville in August of that year. The next eighteen months he spent mining at
Placerville, and on Yuba and Feather rivers, at the end of which time he went
back to the States. He found the climate there so severe that he came once more
to California via the same route that he had traveled on his first journey
across the plains, the Mexican route. On his arrival he commenced ranching on
the Merced river, but soon sold out and took up a farm below Hill’s ferry, on
the San Joaquin river. Disposing of his farm he went into the cattle business
in Fresno County, then into the sheep business, and finally, in 1868, purchased
the ranch on which he now resides. It is situated in Tulare Township and
contains 5,852 acres of well improved land. He engaged in raising stock, which
business he pursues in a systematical and practical manner, and in farming.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 589. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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