. History of Sacramento 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; . opinion formed many years ago that Californiastands without a rival in its resources, its climate and its materialpossibilities. Emplo;^^nent with railroad companies took him through-out the west when he was still a young man and enabled him togain a broad information as to every section of the region west ofthe Rocky Mountains, but no place visited by him has offered in-ducements suffici
. History of Sacramento 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; . opinion formed many years ago that Californiastands without a rival in its resources, its climate and its materialpossibilities. Emplo;^^nent with railroad companies took him through-out the west when he was still a young man and enabled him togain a broad information as to every section of the region west ofthe Rocky Mountains, but no place visited by him has offered in-ducements sufficient to weaken his faith in or lessen his affectionfor the commonwealth of his choice. Born at Zauesville, Ohio, July 20, 1838, Feltou Lowry was theson of John and Elizabeth (France) Lowry of Pennsylvania, whoremoved to and operated a farm in Vinton county, Ohio, and he stillhas living in the Buckeye state one brother and three sisters. Notcontent to remain there but allured to the west by reports concern-ing its opportunities, in the spring of 1860 he bade farewell to homeand relatives and traveled via the Isthmus of Panama to San Fran-cisco and came on to Sacramento. It was not his fortune to possess. ()jIl^ ^2^rMy>^ HISTORY OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY 631 any capital nor to have enjoyed a good education, but he was a youngman of tireless energj and force of will. To such, employmentcomes as an open sesame to their ability. He first tried his luck atmining at Indian Diggings, Eldorado county. Later he helped build,a bridge at Live Oak, of which he was the toll-keeper. Subsequentlybe went to Reese River, Nev., where he engaged in carjientering, andwhile there he helped in the erection of the Reese River court house. During the progress of the Civil War Mr. Lowry enlisted inCompany K, Eighth Regiment of California Volunteers, and at thetime of the riots served in San Francisco, being mustered out atthe close of the war. He then returned to Sacramento and resumedwork on the Central P
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