A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . Cathcart one immediately recognizes the at-tributes that individualized his character, namely,faithfulness to every duty and his purpose of was in 1853, wlien a youth of seventeen years,that he accompanied his parents to California,and from the year 1876 until his death, Novem-ber 9, 1904, he was a continuous resident of thePomona valley, and as a pioneer of this com-munity he took a prominent part in all measuresof an upbuilding a
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . Cathcart one immediately recognizes the at-tributes that individualized his character, namely,faithfulness to every duty and his purpose of was in 1853, wlien a youth of seventeen years,that he accompanied his parents to California,and from the year 1876 until his death, Novem-ber 9, 1904, he was a continuous resident of thePomona valley, and as a pioneer of this com-munity he took a prominent part in all measuresof an upbuilding and progressive nature; in fact,no one labored more zealously to bring this sec-tion of Los Angeles county into public noticethan did Mr. Cathcart. His efforts along this linewere of a practical nature, and any prospective? settler viewing his thrifty ranch was almost in-variably counted as a newcomer. As a result ofhis untiring efforts, an interest in horticulturewas established which transformed the barrenvallev into a garden spot, and during his moreactive vears his ranch and nursery were countedamong the show places in this part of the HTSTORTCAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 551 A native of Missouri, Robert Cathcart wasborn in St. Louis in 1837, a son of Robert andHannah (LeeJ Cathcart, both of whom were na-tives of Scotland. Coming to the United Statesduring his youth, the father located in St. Louis,Mo., where as an engineer his services were ingreat demand. To him was given the credit ofbuilding the first steam flouring mill ever erectedin that now flourishing city, and in many othersubstantial ways was he identified with its earlyupbuilding efliorts. He keenly appreciated thecitys advantageous position on the river, and waslargely interested in steamboating between and New Orleans, owning the packet linewhich he ran between these two points. Lntil in his seventeenth year of age RobertCathcart remained in his native city, and in themeantime received an excel
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