Guide to the George Reeb Papers, 1862-1910

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Guide to the George Reeb Papers, 1862-1910

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

Title: George Reeb Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1862-1910

Box Number: 702-704

Creator: Reeb, George, 1831-1913

Extent: 3 boxes

Repository: California State Library

Sacramento, California

Language: English.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

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Access Points

Hornitos (Calif.)--History

Reeb, George 1831-1913

California--History

Pioneers--California

Mines and mining--California--Mariposa County

Meat industry and trade--California--Hornitos

H. C. Shaw Plow Co. (Stockton, Calif.)

Contents

Business papers, correspondence, legal papers, printed materials, Trustee of Hornitos records.

Biography

George Reeb, of German descent, was born in Alsace Lorraine on May 20, 1831. He came overland to California from Ontario, Canada and established a butcher shop in Hornitos in 1852 called the Hornitos Market. He also worked mining claims and bought mining property. On March 19, 1863, he married Rosina Hunziker in Hornitos. Reeb owned 313 acres and farmed over a thousand produceing barley wheat, hay, and lumber. He also engaged in land speculation. He was elected and served several years as Town Trustee of Hornitos, the only incorporated town in Mariposa County.

Reeb was a Republican member of the Odd Fellow Loadge, and with his family members of the Crystal Band of Hope. Along with his butcher wagon runs, he established a branch butcher shop in neighboting Mt. Bullion in 1902. Between 1908 and 1909, George Reeb was placed in the guardianship of his son, George M. Reeb of Hornitos. He died in Stockton, June 3, 1913, and was buried at Hornitos.

Correspondents

Major Correspondents

Harris, S. J.
Montgomery, W. S.
H. C. Shaw Plow Co. (Stockton, Calif.)

Other Correspondents

Adams, Ed. S.
Bellam, R. H.
Bates, Sam C.
Blair, Charles M.
Bruce, A.
Callari, Pete
Coffman, [?]
Comfort, F. B.
Crosett, J. F. & Co.
Davenport, L. B.
Davis, Geo. L
Deas, F. F. & Son
Derby, Chas. (Mrs.)
Devoll, H. H.
Flohr, F.
Floto, Frank H.
Goerger, Chas.
Goldman, M.
Grade, Wm. S.
Graham, J. H.
Hagenlocher, R.
Hanna, In. T.[?]
Hoffmann, E.
Houghton, F. T.
Hughes, Robt. N.
Huntley, D. B.
Huntley, S. M.
Imgo, T. S.
Kellett, Eva E.
Kellett, John L.
Kihlmeyer, Georg
Kirchner, Charles F.
Larish, Henry
McMillan, J. A.
Madden, J. L.
Marks, Chas. H.
Montgomery, I. M.
Morrison, Rosa (Reeb) (daughter)
Morrison, W. J.
Morss, Geo. W.
Newman, Maurice
Norton, E. B.
Parker, E. S.
Petersen, Andy
Pool, D. M.
Reeb, Andreas (brother)
Reeb, George (himself)
Reeb, Johann Theobald (brother)
Reeb, Johannes (brother)
Reeb John (brother)
Reeb Thomas E. (nephew)
Rihn, John C.
Ross, David T.
Ruppert, G. J.
Schenfele, Carl
Schilling, Adam & Sons
Sell, S. J. Co.
Simon & Keogh
Stanley, Lena (Reeb) (daughter)
Sumner, W. B. & Co.
Thurber, Bert
Titchenal, D. D.
Trabucco, J. J.
Trabucco, Louis
Turner, George
Washburn, A. N.
Washburn, E. P.
Webster, Jno. H.
Wheelez [?], Wm.
White, James
Wooden, L. G.

Material Transferred from the Collection

Books

Don't vote to ruin California: vote against the female sufferage amendment.(* cJK 1911 C2 D6)

Other Materials

4 account books
2 day books
ledgers

Box 702

Correspondence A-R

Box 703

Correspondenc S-Z

Business papers: general and H. C. Shaw Plow Co., Stockton, 1872-1878

Box 704

Crystal Bank of Hope minutes

Estate of George Reeb

Legal papers: court cases and deeds

Printed materials: general and H. C. Shaw Plow Co.

Trustees of Hornitos records

Miscellaneous