Imperial-Riverside County CA Archives Biographies.....Estudillo, Joseph A. 1876 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

JOSEPH A. ESTUDILLO.—The life record of Joseph A. Estudillo is interwoven with
the history of Imperial County. His parents indeed are of the true pioneers of
Southern California, and his father, Hon. Francisco Estudillo, was one of the
first men to locate in Southern California. He served as United States Indian
Agent for a period of four years during Grover Cleveland's administration. Mr.
Estudillo's father was the owner of fifty-five hundred acres of land where the
town of Hemet is located. At present the family have a ranch of two hundred and
fifty acres in Riverside County. Joseph A. was born in San Jacinto, July 12,
1876. He acquired his education in St. Vincent's and Santa Clara colleges.
During the early period in Imperial County, C. R. Rockwood and Dr. W. T.
Heffernan purchased of Mr. Estudillo's father thirty-eight head of stock to be
used in the engineering department in Imperial Valley, and Dr. Heffernan went to
San Jacinto and made his selection of horses, and Joseph A., the subject of this
review, accompanied him to the Valley, where he has always remained with the
exception of five and a half years, when he traveled extensively. Mr. Estudillo
acquired one hundred and sixty acres of land near Imperial, and now has eighty
acres under cultivation. He was married November 19, 1916, to Miss Ida Twelves,
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orson Twelves. Mr. Estudillo is a member of the
Native Sons, and both he and his wife are active members of the Catholic church
of Calexico. Mr. Estudillo started the first drug store in Calexico. He also
served as the first postmaster of Calexico for a period of four years under the
Cleveland administration. After he disposed of his drug store in 1910 he looked
after mining interests for a time. Mr. Estudillo has the good-will and
confidence of all who are associated with him.

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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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