Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Contents
Biography
Correspondents
Material Transferred from the Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Edinger and Johnston Company Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1884-1923
Box Number: 945-947
Creator:
Edinger and Johnston Company
Extent: 3 boxes
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Unrestricted.
Conditions of Use
Please credit California State Library.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by
the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Edinger and Johnston Company Collection, California State Library.
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
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Anderson, A. E.
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Carmichael, D. W.
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Finlayson, James R.
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Fisk, F. A.
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Geary, W. P.
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Hanrahan, T. J.
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McClain, Donald
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Osgood, H. P.
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Pine, S. D.
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Schmidt, P. T. J.
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Sessions, D. R.
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Vogelsang, Amos A.
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Wooldridge, W. W.
Material Transferred from the Collection