Merced County Biographies

GIACOMO TRIGLIA

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        As the manager and proprietor of the Oberon Hotel in Los Banos, Giacomo 
Triglia has easily demonstrated his ability to handle diversified interests. He 
was born in the farming district of Italy on October 21, 1874, educated in the 
schools of his native land and worked at various occupations until coming to the 
United States and California in 1904. He had no advantages except a willingness 
to work; he could not speak English and had only $115 as visible assets. His 
first employment was in the vineyards of the Italian Swiss Colony in Madera 
County; three years later he arrived in Los Banos and engaged as a cook in the 
Oberon restaurant. Saving his money he was soon enabled to purchase the business 
and from that period he began to forge to the front. In 1919 when the entire 
business district of Los Banos was destroyed by fire, Mr. Triglia lost all he 
had, but with the determination to succeed he buckled down to hard work and in 
1923 was enabled to build a modern structure of reinforced concrete 50x90 feet 
in dimensions on the site of the old Oberon Hotel. This structure, costing 
$50,000, was financed by the Bank of Italy of Los Banos. The building is of 
three stories, with twenty-two rooms, eight of them with bath, and there are 
eight public shower baths. The building is steam heated throughout, has a fine 
lobby, a large and sanitary dining room with a lunch counter and grill, and is 
reputed to be among the best hotels in the San Joaquin Valley for its size. An 
addition is contemplated which will give him eight more rooms.
        Mr. Triglia was married in Marseilles, France, in 1900, to Adeline 
Grisanti, born in Italy. She has one daughter, Elizabeth Lucy. Mr. Triglia is a 
member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Foresters of America. He was a 
director in the First National Bank of Los Banos and is now a member of the 
advisory board of the Los Banos branch of the Bank of Italy. He has made and 
kept his many friends since coming to Merced County and believes in progress 
along every line.
 
History of Merced County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 1925
page 818-819