Curtis Packing - Revision history

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 | Fresno || 1885<ref>James Hartigan Biography: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/h/hartigan-james.txt History of Fresno County, California], 1919, Historic Record Co.  Cites Curtis Fruit packing house in Fresno in 1885.</ref>  ||  ||Packing house also claimed to be in Oleander, 23 miles southeast of Fresno<ref>Paul E. Vandor, [http://books.google.com/books?id=kBk1AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA445&ots=QRcrhajv6t&dq=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&pg=PA445#v=onepage&q=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&f=false History of Fresno County], 1919.</ref>.
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+==References==
 <references/>
   [[Category:Fresno]]
 [[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

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-'''Curtis Fruit Packing''' was a northern California raisin packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century.  The company had offices in San Francisco, with a packing house in Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley.  (A biography of William Francis Toomey claims Curtis Fruit was based in New York<ref>William Francis Toomey: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies2/bios2/toomey-william-francis.txt History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California], Chapman Publishing Company, 1905.  "During much of the time for seven years he was interested in fruit-raising, and in packing seasons worked for the Curtis Fruit Company of New York. ".</ref>.
+'''Curtis Fruit Packing''' was a northern California raisin packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century.  The company had offices in San Francisco, with a packing house in Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley.  (A biography of William Francis Toomey claims Curtis Fruit was based in New York<ref>William Francis Toomey: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies2/bios2/toomey-william-francis.txt History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California], Chapman Publishing Company, 1905.  "During much of the time for seven years he was interested in fruit-raising, and in packing seasons worked for the Curtis Fruit Company of New York. ".</ref>.)
 The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886<ref>Steven Stoll, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California], University of California Press, 1998.</ref>.

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 The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886<ref>Steven Stoll, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California], University of California Press, 1998.</ref>.
- John K. Curtis was the president in 1892.  The Vice-President and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, an 1841 grad of Wellseley and a  lawyer<ref>John Wesley North: [http://books.google.com/books?id=A4RPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=R_cL1472-9&sig=92IEDEID7lDUGxlQXukv1iTvT60&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false General Catalog of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity], Comentus Press, Bethlehem PA, 1888.</ref>.
+John K. Curtis was the president in 1892.  The Vice-President and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, an 1841 grad of Wellseley and a  lawyer<ref>John Wesley North: [http://books.google.com/books?id=A4RPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=R_cL1472-9&sig=92IEDEID7lDUGxlQXukv1iTvT60&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false General Catalog of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity], Comentus Press, Bethlehem PA, 1888.</ref>.
 The company was apparently unrelated to [[H.D. Curtis]] in Los Gatos.

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-'''Curtis Packing''' was a northern California raisin packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century.  The company had offices in San Francisco, with a packing house in Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley.  The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886<ref>Steven Stoll, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California], University of California Press, 1998.</ref>.  John K. Curtis was the president in 1892.  The Vice-President and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, an 1841 grad of Wellseley and a  lawyer<ref>John Wesley North: [http://books.google.com/books?id=A4RPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=R_cL1472-9&sig=92IEDEID7lDUGxlQXukv1iTvT60&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false General Catalog of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity], Comentus Press, Bethlehem PA, 1888.</ref>.
+'''Curtis Fruit Packing''' was a northern California raisin packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century.  The company had offices in San Francisco, with a packing house in Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley.  (A biography of William Francis Toomey claims Curtis Fruit was based in New York<ref>William Francis Toomey: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies2/bios2/toomey-william-francis.txt History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California], Chapman Publishing Company, 1905.  "During much of the time for seven years he was interested in fruit-raising, and in packing seasons worked for the Curtis Fruit Company of New York. ".</ref>.
 The company was apparently unrelated to [[H.D. Curtis]] in Los Gatos.

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 | primary_town = Los Gatos
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-'''Curtis Packing''' was a northern California dried fruit packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century.  The company had offices in San Francisco, with a packing house in Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley.  The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886<ref>Steven Stoll, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California], University of California Press, 1998.</ref>.  John K. Curtis was the president in 1892.  The Vice-President and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, an 1841 grad of Wellseley and a  lawyer<ref>John Wesley North: [http://books.google.com/books?id=A4RPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=R_cL1472-9&sig=92IEDEID7lDUGxlQXukv1iTvT60&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false General Catalog of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity], Comentus Press, Bethlehem PA, 1888.</ref>.
+'''Curtis Packing''' was a northern California raisin packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century.  The company had offices in San Francisco, with a packing house in Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley.  The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886<ref>Steven Stoll, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California], University of California Press, 1998.</ref>.  John K. Curtis was the president in 1892.  The Vice-President and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, an 1841 grad of Wellseley and a  lawyer<ref>John Wesley North: [http://books.google.com/books?id=A4RPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=R_cL1472-9&sig=92IEDEID7lDUGxlQXukv1iTvT60&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false General Catalog of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity], Comentus Press, Bethlehem PA, 1888.</ref>.
 The company was apparently unrelated to [[H.D. Curtis]] in Los Gatos.
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-| Fresno || 1885<ref>James Hartigan Biography: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/h/hartigan-james.txt History of Fresno County, California], 1919, Historic Record Co.  Cites Curtis Fruit packing house in Fresno in 1885.</ref>  ||  ||
+| Fresno || 1885<ref>James Hartigan Biography: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/h/hartigan-james.txt History of Fresno County, California], 1919, Historic Record Co.  Cites Curtis Fruit packing house in Fresno in 1885.</ref>  ||  ||Packing house also claimed to be in Oleander, 23 miles southeast of Fresno<ref>Paul E. Vandor, [http://books.google.com/books?id=kBk1AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA445&ots=QRcrhajv6t&dq=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&pg=PA445#v=onepage&q=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&f=false History of Fresno County], 1919.</ref>.
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-'''Curtis Packing''' was a northern California dried fruit packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century.  The company had offices in San Francisco, and ran packing houses in Los Gatos in the Santa Clara Valley and Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley.  The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886<ref>Steven Stoll, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California], University of California Press, 1998.</ref>.
+'''Curtis Packing''' was a northern California dried fruit packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century.  The company had offices in San Francisco, with a packing house in Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley.  The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886<ref>Steven Stoll, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California], University of California Press, 1998.</ref>.  John K. Curtis was the president in 1892.  The Vice-President and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, an 1841 grad of Wellseley and a  lawyer<ref>John Wesley North: [http://books.google.com/books?id=A4RPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=R_cL1472-9&sig=92IEDEID7lDUGxlQXukv1iTvT60&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false General Catalog of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity], Comentus Press, Bethlehem PA, 1888.</ref>.
-Curtis had packing house in Fresno. (Also worked for Inderrieden)
+The company was apparently unrelated to [[H.D. Curtis]] in Los Gatos.
-</ref>
 ==Locations==
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 | Fresno || 1885<ref>James Hartigan Biography: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/h/hartigan-james.txt History of Fresno County, California], 1919, Historic Record Co.  Cites Curtis Fruit packing house in Fresno in 1885.</ref>  ||  ||
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 <references/>
-  [[Category:Los Gatos]]
+  [[Category:Fresno]]
 [[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

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 [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052989/1892-08-14/ed-1/seq-14/ Morning Call, 8-14-1892]
 Became associated with [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] in 1917, packer for 1917 season.
 "article":http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052989/1892-08-14/ed-1/seq-14/"
-[http://heritagewest.coalliance.org/items/show/98072 Location in Paonia, Colorado?] [[Category:Los Gatos]]
+[http://heritagewest.coalliance.org/items/show/98072 Location in Paonia, Colorado?]
 [[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

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 | primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer
 | primary_town = Los Gatos
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 ==Locations==
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 ! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
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 | Los Gatos || 1900 || ||
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 ==Details==
 VP and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, 1841 grad of Wellseley, lawyer:
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 "article":http://books.google.com/books?id=A4RPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=R_cL1472-9&sig=92IEDEID7lDUGxlQXukv1iTvT60&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false"
 [http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false article]

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-{{Infobox
+{{Infobox_Industry
-| title = Summary
+| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer
-| header1 = Business Details
+| primary_town = Los Gatos
 }}
 ==Summary==