History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present . rder of birth of the ten children, received his edu-cation in a subscription school held in a log schoolhouse with slab the war he entered Friendsville College for a session. In the springof 1867, he engaged in business in his home town where he operated a gristmill. This he disposed of before starting for California in 1869, with his wifeand one child. The trip overland was made b
History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present . rder of birth of the ten children, received his edu-cation in a subscription school held in a log schoolhouse with slab the war he entered Friendsville College for a session. In the springof 1867, he engaged in business in his home town where he operated a gristmill. This he disposed of before starting for California in 1869, with his wifeand one child. The trip overland was made by rail. Stanislaus being the objective in October, 1869, Mr. Heiskell tried his hand at farming, but onlyremained there two seasons and in the fall of 1871 decided to make FresnoCounty his home, locating at Fresno Copper Mine in the Mississippi up land, he engaged in cultivating grain on Big Dry Creek, beinglocated on the old Stockton-Millerton and Visalia Road. Starting on a smallscale, then branching out, he purchased more land and experimented in dryfarming. Obtaining his seed from Kings River, he was among the first tosow grain on the plains in this ^^..^cC^J.^^ HISTORY OF FRESNO COUNTY 1205 In the year 1877, Mr. Heiskell had the misfortune to experience a dryyear. Several thousand acres of land were under cultivation, but not evena hay crop matured. However, this did not deter him from acquiring moreland, and at Scaggs Bridge he leased from four to six thousand acres, whichhe operated and also ran horses, cattle and hogs. He made his home aboutseven miles northeast of Clovis, but carried on extensive farming operations,until he ran from eight to ten big teams to put in his crops and used a com-bined harvester. Some years he had 4,000 acres in grain. In 1900 he sold outand in the fall of the year went to Inyo County and near Bishop bought landand engaged in stock-raising, which was the principal industry at that remained th
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