Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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JOHN T. WILSON, 
 
Superintendent of the Rancho ex-Mission De San Fernando, is a native of 
Pennsylvania, born in Crawford County. He came to California when a very young 
man; has been engaged in mining and has traveled extensively over this State and 
Colorado. Eight years ago he was appointed to his present position, where he 
employs thirty-five men and 100 horses on the ranch which consists of 16,700 
acres of land. Of this, 7,000 acres are in wheat, 500 in barley, and 170 in 
orange trees. The land embraced in this ranch is the most beautiful and fertile 
valley in the State, and the climate is unsurpassed. Pure mountain water is 
abundant, and the whole valley is teeming with life and luxuriance. When he 
first came to California Mr. Wilson learned the trade of printer in the office 
of the Express, in Los Angeles; but, his health failing in a measure, he sought 
employment that would give more outdoor exercise, and it would be hard to find a 
climate more conducive to health than that at the Mission Ranch.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 829
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler