Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Brooks, Philip W. 1883 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

PHILIP W. BROOKS.—In reviewing the careers of those men prominently identified
in the agricultural life of the Imperial Valley, and who are honored for their
integrity and ability, mention should be made of Philip W. Brooks, whose
excellent ranching property is located at Meloland. He was born and reared at
Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 15, 1883, son of Eugene D. and Sarah M. Brooks.
Mr. Brooks acquired his education in the public and private schools. He attended
the Massachusetts State College at Amherst, and graduated from that institution
in 1903. Immediately following his graduation from college, Mr. Brooks came to
Imperial Valley and located at Meloland, where he became identified with
agricultural pursuits. He was appointed receiver of the U. S. Land Office at El
Centro and held this position from September 1, 1916, to February 15, 1917, when
he resigned to take the management of the Britten-Cook Land and Live-Stock
Company. This corporation has recently purchased several hundred acres of the
choicest land in the Valley, located between El Centro and Holtville, and are
engaged exclusively in the raising of hogs. Their farms are in separate units of
160 acres each, and improvements of a high order have been made on each ranch.
Mr. Brooks has demonstrated that he is possessed of the ability to carry on
operations of an extensive nature. The manner in which he is conducting his
business of hog raising gives him a prominent place among the men who follow
this line of enterprise. Mr. Brooks also has one hundred acres set out to grapes
on his home place at Meloland. He is a man of energy, industry and perseverance,
and has progressive ideas. He now has a prominent position among the leading men
of the Valley and has met with success. Mr. Brooks was united in marriage with
Miss Gladys M. Cuthbertson, a native of Charlestown, Massachusetts, November 8,
1911.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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