Kings County Biographies


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PETER COLI
 
Among the honored and respected citizens of Lemoore who, beginning life under 
the most humble circumstances but endowed with courage, determination and a 
willingness to work, eventually succeeded in the ambition to become independent, 
the name of Peter Coli stands prominent.  He as born at Arona, Spain, and was 
reared and educated in his native land.  He came to the United States at the age 
of twenty-eight years and arrived at Visalia, Tulare county, in 1888 with a cash 
capital of eighty cents.  Nothing daunted, he immediately sought work and 
accepted anything that was offered.  He herded sheep in the mountains back of 
Porterville, cut timber, worked in the Lucerne vineyards, bought and sold hides, 
shot coyotes and wildcats and herded sheep on the Jacobs ranch.  He killed over 
six hundred of the wild animals for which he received the state bounty of five 
dollars a head.  He was employed for a while on the Valley railroad near 
Corcoran and then was employed by Dr. Musgrave in Hanford.  At length, having 
carefully husbanded his funds, Mr. Coli opened a grocery store in Lemoore and 
has been successful in that business from the start, covering a period of over 
eighteen years.  He carries a large and well selected stock of groceries and 
kindred lines and because of his courteous manner and efforts to please his 
customers he enjoys a large patronage.  As he has prospered he has wisely 
invested his money and is now the owner of some valuable real estate in Lemoore.
 
Mr. Coli is a member of the Portuguese lodge, I. D. E. S.  He takes a deep 
interest in the welfare of the community and gives his support to every movement 
tending to promote the well being or stimulate the growth of the city.  Modest 
and unassuming, he enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him.
 
History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen Edwards Small & 
J. Larry Smith, Vol. I, Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926, Page 
617
Transcribed by Jeannie Miyama