Description
Papers of Charles Frederick Fisk, rancher in Corcoran, California, land developer, mainly in the Tulare Basin area of California,
and mine owner in Calaveras County, California.
Background
Charles Frederick Fisk, born in 1885 to Frank Willis Fisk (b. 1857) and May P. Shearer of Murphys, California, was a rancher
in Corcoran, California; a land developer, mainly in the Tulare Basin area of California; and a mine owner in Calaveras County,
California. His grandparents, Charles Fisk (1814-1897) and Mary Ann Eaton (1818-1893), came to California from Maine around
1863. The couple settled first in Yolo County and then in Silver Mountain City in Alpine County, where Charles Fisk ran the
Fisk Hotel and served on the school board. In 1869, the couple relocated to Murphys in Calaveras County. They had eleven children.
Extent
10 cartons and 10 oversize folders
(linear feet: 14)
1 digital object (1 image)
Restrictions
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Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Availability
Collection is open for research.