edinger.xml Guide to the Edinger and Johnston Company Collection, 1884-1923Edinger and Johnston Company Collection Processed by The California State Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou California History Room

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. Description is in English. March 23, 2004 PUBLIC "-//California State Library//TEXT (US::C::::Edinger and Johnston Company Collection)//EN" "edinger.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.cdl.xsl (2004-09-16). Guide to the Edinger and Johnston Company Collection, 1884-1923 California State Library Sacramento, California Contact Information: California History Room California State Library Library and Courts Building II 900 N. Street, Room 200 P.O. Box 942837 Sacramento, California 94237-0001 Phone: (916) 654-0176 Fax: (916) 654-8777 Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/ Processed by: The California State Library staff Encoded by: Xiuzhi Zhou

Descriptive Summary Edinger and Johnston Company Collection, 1884-1923 945-947 Edinger and Johnston Company 3 boxes California State Library

Sacramento, California

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Access Points Edinger, Frank A. Johnston, William Land use - California - History Ranching - California Contents

Correspondence, business and legal papers, certificates, stocks, miscellaneous.

Biography

William Johnston (June 2, 1879--November 15, 1905) arrived in Sacramento on August 26, 1849 to mine gold. He returned to Richland, California in September of 1850 to claim 160 acres for farming. He married Elizabeth Hite in 1854 and they had three children; M. Bella, William and Mary J. (Matie). Johnston was elected Assemblyman in 1871, Senator in 1880-1881. Frank A. Edinger married Mary J. Johnston and subsequently became part owner of the Johnston ranch. He was also a railroad dispatcher.

Correspondents Anderson, A. E. Carmichael, D. W. Finlayson, James R. Fisk, F. A. Geary, W. P. Hanrahan, T. J. McClain, Donald Osgood, H. P. Pine, S. D. Schmidt, P. T. J. Sessions, D. R. Vogelsang, Amos A. Wooldridge, W. W. Container List 945 Business Correspondence 1884-1923: Miscellany: Ephemera 946 Miscellany: Records and Certificates, military orders, widows pension, deeds, certificates 947 Miscellany: Business papers, accounts, receipts, ledger Material Transferred from the Collection Newspapers Photographs