Sacramento County Biographies

JOEL GARDNER

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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	was born in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, March 13, 1831. In early 
life was engaged as a mechanic at the Springfield Agricultural Works, also at 
Chicopee Falls. On the first day of January, 1857, he started for California, 
via the Isthmus; for two years after his arrival followed dairying; subsequently 
raised great flocks of turkeys, which were herded like sheep, and sold at a 
great profit; annual sales have been as high as $2,000. His present home is 
twelve miles northeast of Sacramento city, near Antelope Station, on the Central 
Pacific Railroad, and contains three hundred and five acres of well cultivated 
land. Mr. Gardner was the first Postmaster at Antelope. Married Eliza Tate, and 
has one son. A view of his residence is shown on another page. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.