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| primary_town = San Jose
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==Summary==
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The '''Penniman Fruit Company''' was a dried fruit packer in San Jose.  The company founder was Luther E. Penniman, Arthur Conley Penniman<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/p/penniman-arthur.txt Arthur Conley Penniman]</ref>, and Geo. A. Penniman.  Arthur Conley Penniman had 20 acre orchard in Willow Glen where he built a dryer. The company was listed as a fruit packer in 1893, and fruit dryer in 1896
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The elder Penniman had been an immigrant from the east, driving a light wagon from the Missouri River to Placerville in 51 days.  He also invented the "Ferris Wheel" style prune dryer, used in Watsonville for apples by [[Castle Brothers]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=hKMnAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA502&ots=ZBvY0ArUrE&dq=Penniman%20fruit%20co.&pg=PA502#v=onepage&q=Penniman%20fruit%20co.&f=false California Dept of Agriculture circular]</ref><ref>Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story</ref>.
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The company was starting a cannery in 1893<ref>[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=penniman%20fruit%20co.&source=web&cd=13&ved=0CGAQFjACOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdnc.ucr.edu%2Fcdnc%2Fcgi-bin%2Fimageserver%2Fimageserver.pl%3Foid%3DPRP18930722.1.4%26key%3D%26getpdf%3Dtrue&ei=OiO1T9ByyqSJAti-yJwC&usg=AFQjCNGhIoqemKtMP-10ZhjhpV-RMRV9qg&sig2=3T3HGfOUAFreWbHh1GdzrA July 22 1893 Pacific Rural Press].  "It takes more than hard times to scare the Penniman people."</ref>.
  
 
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| San Jose ||  || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Willow%20St.,San%20Jose Willow St.] ||  
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| San Jose ||  || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Willow%20St.,San%20Jose Willow St.] || Near Guadalupe River
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| San Jose || 1896 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Willow%20near%20Minnesota%20Avenue,San%20Jose Willow near Minnesota Avenue] ||  
 
| San Jose || 1896 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Willow%20near%20Minnesota%20Avenue,San%20Jose Willow near Minnesota Avenue] ||  
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==Details==
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Luther E. Penniman,
 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/p/penniman-arthur.txt Arthur Conley Penniman] , Geo. A. Penniman.
 
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Invented the "Ferris Wheel" style prune dryer, used in Watsonville for apples by [[Castle Brothers]] acc to
 
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=hKMnAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA502&ots=ZBvY0ArUrE&dq=Penniman%20fruit%20co.&pg=PA502#v=onepage&q=Penniman%20fruit%20co.&f=false California Dept of Agriculture circular]  and Sunsweet book
 
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Also did his own design dryer which he used for apples. 
 
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Fruit dryer in 1896, fruit packer in 1893.  Arthur Conley Penniman had 20 acre orchard in Willow Glen where he built a dryer.  Penniman had driven a light wagon from the Missouri River to Placerville in 51 days.
 
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Starting cannery acc. to
 
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[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=penniman%20fruit%20co.&source=web&cd=13&ved=0CGAQFjACOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdnc.ucr.edu%2Fcdnc%2Fcgi-bin%2Fimageserver%2Fimageserver.pl%3Foid%3DPRP18930722.1.4%26key%3D%26getpdf%3Dtrue&ei=OiO1T9ByyqSJAti-yJwC&usg=AFQjCNGhIoqemKtMP-10ZhjhpV-RMRV9qg&sig2=3T3HGfOUAFreWbHh1GdzrA July 22 1893 Pacific Rural Press]
 
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.  "It takes more than hard times to scare the Penniman people."
 
 
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[[Category:San Jose]]
 
[[Category:Santa Maria]]
 
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[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

Latest revision as of 08:25, 13 December 2014

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

San Jose
Active

1893-

The Penniman Fruit Company was a dried fruit packer in San Jose. The company founder was Luther E. Penniman, Arthur Conley Penniman[1], and Geo. A. Penniman. Arthur Conley Penniman had 20 acre orchard in Willow Glen where he built a dryer. The company was listed as a fruit packer in 1893, and fruit dryer in 1896

The elder Penniman had been an immigrant from the east, driving a light wagon from the Missouri River to Placerville in 51 days. He also invented the "Ferris Wheel" style prune dryer, used in Watsonville for apples by Castle Brothers[2][3].

The company was starting a cannery in 1893[4].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose Willow St. Near Guadalupe River
San Jose 1896 Willow near Minnesota Avenue
Santa Maria 1893

References

  1. ↑ Arthur Conley Penniman
  2. ↑ California Dept of Agriculture circular
  3. ↑ Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story
  4. ↑ July 22 1893 Pacific Rural Press. "It takes more than hard times to scare the Penniman people."
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