A biographical sketch and photo of John Schuyler Bates. John Bates was a civil engineer, his business located at the 625 Rowell Building, Fresno, California. Mr. Bates also held the position of chief engineer for Fresno, Coalinga & Tidewater…
John R. Reed poses in front of the family home in Orosi, CA, ca 1913. This original house on the property burned in shortly after the time of the photo.
John R. Reed, the grandfather of Munn Reed, farmed east of Orosi, CA. He leased 5,000 acres from the Glide family of San Francisco, raising primarily wheat. The town of Reedley, CA, was named for his brother, T. L. Reed. (Photo courtesy of Munn…
John R Reed and family members pose in front of the family home in Orosi, CA, in the early 1900s. Left to right are his wife Mary Ann, his sister Mame Reed in the wheelchair, and sister Adelaide Reed, mother of Munn Reed. This home burned down in…
John R. Reed and his wife, Mary Ann Reed, pose in a horse-drawn buggy in front of their home in Orosi, CA, in 1910, Reed was a wheat farmer. (Photo courtesy of Munn Reed)