Imperial-San Diego County CA Archives Biographies.....Chowning, William Henry 1847 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

WILLIAM HENRY CHOWNING.—Prominent among the leading ranchers of Imperial County
is the name that heads this review. He is a native of Texas and his birth
occurred July 3, 1847. Mr. Chowning recognized the opportunities in Imperial
Valley and came here during the pioneer days in 1904. He was reared in Texas and
left that state in 1870 and came to California and settled in San Diego County.
Here he engaged in the stock business and turned off on an average of about four
hundred head of cattle for a period of about forty years. He had nearly fifteen
hundred acres. Mr. Chowning crossed the plains from Denton County, Texas, to
Prescott, Arizona, with ox teams, and spent twelve months making the trip. He
remained for a few months in Prescott and then walked from that city to San
Diego, California. Mr. Chowning took up one hundred and sixty acres in the
mountain section of San Diego County, and purchased one hundred and eighteen
acres in Imperial Valley, which has been brought up to a high state of
cultivation. This he rents and makes his home on his twenty-acre place, which is
a small, model ranch in every sense of the word. Mr. Chowning married in San
Diego, California, April 17, 1879. His three daughters: Ada, Alice and Cora, are
all married. Mr. Chowning is independent in politics and can always be counted
upon to cast his vote for the right man, irrespective of party. His parents were
natives of Illinois and went to Texas during the pioneer days, when they had to
protect themselves from the outlaw Indians during that period. When Mr. Chowning
first came to Imperial Valley, John Caperon operated the stage line from Tucson
to San Diego twice each week. Mr. Chowning is a self-made man and started out in
life without influential friends. He has increased his scope of operations along
agricultural lines and has met with exceptional success, and he now takes rank
with the representative men of the county. Much credit is due Mr. Chowning for
the success he has made in life, as it was through his own efforts and unaided
by friends or finances.

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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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