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 . t be mentioned Anton Larsen, who, now seventy-threeyears old, owns a well-improved ten-acre home ranch on the south side ofMt. Whitney Avenue, a short distance west of Laton, where he now lives incomfort. He also owns another tract of fifty acres, which is partly coveredwith timber, but will in time with clearing and cultivation make fine alfalfaland. He persists in his habits of industry acquir
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 . t be mentioned Anton Larsen, who, now seventy-threeyears old, owns a well-improved ten-acre home ranch on the south side ofMt. Whitney Avenue, a short distance west of Laton, where he now lives incomfort. He also owns another tract of fifty acres, which is partly coveredwith timber, but will in time with clearing and cultivation make fine alfalfaland. He persists in his habits of industry acquired in early life and he maybe found any day busy at work. Any time that can be spared after attend-ing to the necessary work on his own holdings, is gladly given to helpingout his neighbors, one of whom recently said: Andy is more dependableand can do more hard work today, than the majority of young men. AntonLarsen comes by his unusual strength of body and mind honestly. His an-cestors were Danes, that industrious and hardy race, which has had so muchto do with the establishment of political and economical freedom. He wasborn in Jutland, Denmark, November 11, 1846, was brought up in his native. ^^ ;^ ^ k ^ HISTORY OF FRESNO COUNTY 1103 country where he was schooled and where by apprenticeship he learned thecoopers trade, after which he performed military service for one and one-half years in the Danish army. But his hopes for the future were in America,of which he had read and studied, and arriving at New York, he went up toAmsterdam. New York state, and became a farm laborer. From there hewent out to the state of Iowa, where he worked on farms near Cedar Rapidsand Iowa City. He then went to Milwaukee, ^^ and there found work asa cooper for three years, after which he went to New York City, engagingat his trade on Staten Island. He then made a three-month visit back toDenmark after which he again returned to New York City, engaging at histrade for another year. He then res
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