California Biographies
Mendocino and Lake Counties, California
 
Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
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Source:
History of Mendocino and Lake Counties, California
With Biographical Sketches
History by Aurelius O. Carpenter And Percy H. Millberry
Illustrated, Complete In One Volume
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1914


SETH ALEX AND ERICK SIVERT PYHALUOTO. -Natives of the 
sturdy little principality of Finland, and residents of California but com- 
paratively a short time, Seth A. Pyhaluoto and his younger brother, Erick Si- 
vert, are nevertheless today two of the most prosperous and worthy citizens of 
Fort Bragg, honored and respected by their fellow townsmen, and meeting 
with deserved success in their business undertakings. They, together with 
Waino Maijala, are proprietors of the Pioneer Livery Stable, the largest of 
its kind in Fort Bragg, and the best equipped. The brothers first engaged in 
the livery business in Fort Bragg in February, 1911, although for some years 
previous they had been employed in the lumbering business of this community. 
They bought out Isaac Maki at that time, and have since then continued to 
conduct this business, enlarging and increasing their plant and equipment 
until they have now a splendid line of equipages, and some of the best horses 
in the region. 

Seth A. Pyhaluoto, the elder brother, was born in Salo county, Oulunlaani, 
Finland, June 19, 1880, the son of Matti and Wilhelmina (Martikkala) 
Pyhaluoto. The father was a farmer and the boyhood days of young Seth 
A. were passed on the farm. He received his education in the public schools, 
and when he was twenty years of age he determined to come to America, 
where the opportunities would be greater than in his native Finland. He 
came to Fort Bragg in 1900, and for a time followed the various lines of the 
lumbering business, first for the Glen Blair Lumber Company, and later for 
different companies along the coast. 

It was in 1911 that Mr. Pyhaluoto first engaged, in partnership with his 
brother, in the livery business in Fort Bragg, where he has since made his 
home. He was married in Fort Bragg March 9, 1907, to Anna Anllila, a 
native of Sweden. She died here in 1910, leaving one son, Carl Alexander. 

Mr. Pyhaluoto, aside from his business enterprise and his sterling quali- 
ties as a business man, is a member of Kalevala Brotherhood, also of the 
Knights of Kalevala and of the Finnish Temperance Society. In politics he is 
a republican. hut has not been actively associated with the movements of 
his party, although he is well informed and an independent thinker. He is 
the first president of the Mendocino County Vive Insurance Company of Fort 
Bragg, being one of its organizers. 

Erick Sivert Pyhaluoto, like his elder brother, is a native of Sale county, 
Oulunlaani, Finland, having been born November 4, 1883, the son of Alatti 
and Wilhelmina (Martikkala) Pyhaluoto. His boyhood days were spent on 
his father's farm and his education received in the public schools of his dis- 
trict. He remained at home with his parents until the spring of 1903, when 
he determined to join his brother, Seth A., in California. Accordingly, he 
came to Fort Bragg and engaged in the lumbering business, being with 
various companies, and finally with the Union Lumber Company, with which 
he remained until 1911, when in partnership with his brother he engaged in 
the livery business in Fort Bragg. 

The younger Mr. Pyhaluoto is also well and favorably known in Fort 
Bragg, and is a member of the Kalevala Brotherhood, the Knights of Kalevala 
and of the Finnish Temperance Society. Like his brother, he is a Republican, 
but has never been actively engaged in politics, although a progressive and 
well informed citizen. 

The Pioneer Livery Stable, of which these enterprising young men are 
the owners and proprietors, has been developed from a comparatively small 
beginning. They first purchased the interests of Isaac Maki, and in January. 
1914, they took in a partner and purchased the livery business of Howard & 
Bell. This makes them the largest concern of the kind in Fort Bragg. They 
were at first known as the Pyhaluoto Brothers, but since they took in Waino 
Maijala as a partner in 1914 the business has been conducted under the name 
of the Pioneer Livery Stable. They conduct a livery and feed business, and 
also have a splendid auto livery in connection, thus meeting all the require- 
ments of the traveling and pleasuring-seeking public in this line.