History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . ^:^->- ci^ y:x ,^ trxct (ff. //^i^ a^i^~r,^ HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 325 Mol^ile. Impelled to leave the South on account of the disastrous effects of the CivilWar, the Travis family came to California via the Isthmus of Panama, arriving in LosAngeles on Washingtons Birthday, 1869. His parents, Amos and Eliza .»n (Cole-man) Travis, were natives of Georgia and Alabama, respectively, a
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . ^:^->- ci^ y:x ,^ trxct (ff. //^i^ a^i^~r,^ HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 325 Mol^ile. Impelled to leave the South on account of the disastrous effects of the CivilWar, the Travis family came to California via the Isthmus of Panama, arriving in LosAngeles on Washingtons Birthday, 1869. His parents, Amos and Eliza .»n (Cole-man) Travis, were natives of Georgia and Alabama, respectively, and came of prominentSouthern families. For a time they resided in Los Angeles and engaged in orangeculture on Eighth Street, between San Pedro and Alameda streets. In 1871. however,the family moved to Santa Ana, and a short distance north of the present site of Orange,Amos Travis laid out the famous tract of about 800 acres. For a number of years. J. Coleman Travis was superintendent of the plant of theSanta Ana Valley Irrigation Company, and in this capacity he played an important partin the building up of the plant and in the construction of its canals and ditches. also became the owner of
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