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Cabinet Card of NB Hunnewill, Prominent Bodie & Bridgeport Rancher & Lumberman (113164)

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Cabinet Card of NB Hunnewill, Prominent Bodie & Bridgeport Rancher & Lumberman  (113164)
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Cabinet card by Rieman & Pray, San Francisco, of NB Hunnewill (identified on reverse). A few stains. Hunnewill came to California during the Gold Rush and successfully mined in Yuba County before starting lumber business in SF. From there, he went to Aurora in the early 1860s, and bought land at Big Meadows (Bridgeport). He supplied lumber to Bodie until he could not compete with the Mono Mills, and then transitioned to livestock. He was a prominent citizen in Bodie, owning two lumberyards and a slaughterhouse/meat market there, as well as being one of the first investors in the Bodie Bank. He was also one of the founding members of the Bodie Masons. His family continued the ranching business in Nevada (Carson and Hope Valley). (For a nice bio, see: http://monocomuseum.org/newsletter_folder/MCHS_Newsletter_2006.PDF)

Provenance:
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City/County: Bodie
Date: c1880s