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A biographical sketch of William Arthur Welborn. Mr. Welborn was the proprietor of the "The Brick Shop" in Clovis, CA, a blacksmith shop.
He was married to Loretta M. McCandess of Monterey, CA. They had two children, Gladys and Arthur.

Boone, William Clarence

A biographical sketch and photo of William Claudius Frahm. Mr. Frahm was the vice president of the Fisher-Glassford Hardware Company. It was located at 1932 Tulare Street, Fresno, California. On September 16, 1905 he married Georgine Wulff.

William E. Drury (1869-1944) founded Bakersfield Garage and Auto Supply Company and was director of the Kern County Automobile Club of Southern California.

William E. Youle (1847-1926) came to California in 1877 and helped drill the first commercial oil well in the state, in Bakersfield. He was active in the Maricopa and McKittrick oil fields, and he drilled the first oil well in the Midway field.

William M. Smith, age 16

William Nagata standing beside his Harley Davidson motorcycle in 1956.

William Nagata is pulling a harrow behind his Samson tractor in 1923.

William P. Hartley, of Orosi South precinct (See #230 in for halftone duplicate)

William Pitt Bartlett (1855-1929), at the Bartlett summer home Tumbling waters above California Hot Springs.