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Biography of Ferdinand Hurst of Redding

Ferdinand Hurst, born on February 18, 1862, in Renchen, Baden, Germany, is a prominent mining entrepreneur in Redding, Shasta County, California. Arriving in America at seventeen, he moved to Redding in 1880. After years of perseverance, he achieved success with the development of several mining properties, including the Midas mine. Retiring in 1897, Hurst manages his properties, including the Golden Eagle Hotel. Elected as a trustee of Redding in 1902, he is active in public affairs and affiliated with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Hurst married Marie Fent in 1898, with whom he has visited Germany twice.

Biography of Frank Hellam of Monterey California

History of Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, California Volume 2 Title Page

Frank Hellam is a wholesale and retail dealer in candies and tobacco, enjoying a substantial and growing business at 404 Alvarado Street, Monterey. He is a native of Michigan, born at Pontiac, September 13, 1869, the son of John and Fannie (Woodhull) Hellam, the former a brick-mason who came to California in 1881 with his son Frank and settled at Monterey. Later the family removed to Shasta county but after twenty years returned to Monterey, where Mrs. Hellam passed away in 1922. Mr. Hellam, having built many of the fine residences here, at last retired, and is now enjoying a … Read more

Biography of Richard E. Collins

Richard E. Collins, present assessor of Shasta county, has given one of the most efficient and business-like administrations of his office that the county has ever enjoyed, and his own ability is reflected in the work of the office. His entry into the position was most auspicious and indicative of his great popularity as a citizen of the county, for his election was by a great majority in a county of the opposite political complexion to his own. Mr. Collins is a true son of the west, possessed of the grit and progressive characteristics of a Californian, and his career … Read more