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'''William M. Bevins'''
 
 
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'''William M. Bevins''' ran a fruit dryer on the Los Gatos Road (Bascom Ave.) in the 1890's.  Bevins had also owned land in [http://www.stanford.edu/~jonallan/History%2053S/Course%20Readings/Tutorow%20Chap9.pdf Menlo Park] which was later bought to be part of Stanford University.
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Bevins was originally a printer<ref>Listed in 1872 San Francisco directory as [http://archive.org/stream/sanfranciscodire1872langrich/sanfranciscodire1872langrich_djvu.txt Printer with S.F. Cooperative Printing, dwelling at corner of Tyler and Webster.]<ref>.  By 1900, he apparently as a letter carrier<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=c61KAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=william+bevins+san+jose+orchard&source=bl&ots=p3OA_GGdmu&sig=40c-YpQmGET9jBZFt_kOWcb3DpM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7Z24UcKQLaa50QGjuoFg&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=william%20bevins%20san%20jose%20orchard&f=false 1900 San Jose city directory] only shows a William L. Bevins, letter carrier, residence Willow near Orchard.</ref>.
  
 
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Bevins had also owned land in [http://www.stanford.edu/~jonallan/History%2053S/Course%20Readings/Tutorow%20Chap9.pdf Menlo Park] which was later bought to be part of Stanford University.
 
  
Listed in 1872 San Francisco directory as [http://archive.org/stream/sanfranciscodire1872langrich/sanfranciscodire1872langrich_djvu.txt Printer with S.F. Cooperative Printing, dwelling at corner of Tyler and Webster.]
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=c61KAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=william+bevins+san+jose+orchard&source=bl&ots=p3OA_GGdmu&sig=40c-YpQmGET9jBZFt_kOWcb3DpM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7Z24UcKQLaa50QGjuoFg&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=william%20bevins%20san%20jose%20orchard&f=false 1900 San Jose city directory] only shows a William L. Bevins, letter carrier, residence Willow near Orchard.[[Category:San Jose]]
 
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Revision as of 09:47, 13 December 2014

Summary
Business

Fruit dryer
Main Location

San Jose

William M. Bevins ran a fruit dryer on the Los Gatos Road (Bascom Ave.) in the 1890's. Bevins had also owned land in Menlo Park which was later bought to be part of Stanford University.

Bevins was originally a printerCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1893 Los Gatos road

References