Imperial-Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Meier, Chris H. 1867 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

CHRIS H. MEIER.—Ambition, energy and progressive spirit have brought Chris H.
Meier to be regarded as a representative business man of Imperial County. He
needs no introduction to the people of the Valley, as he has become favorably
known as the proprietor of the King Cotton Bakery and Restaurant of Calexico. He
is probably the first baker to come to the county. He took up his residence in
1906 and located in Calexico. He was born at sea, his father being a sailor for
many years. Mr. Meier enlisted as a private in Company K, Twenty-first Regular
Infantry, on the 4th of August, 1884. He saw service for five years and received
an honorable discharge on the 3rd day of August, 1889. He fought in the Indian
wars in Colorado, and during one battle, which took place thirty miles from Fort
Lewis, he was cut across the throat and injured in the leg. While in the service
he attended school and by the aid of friends in New York, he learned the bakery
trade in Williamsburg, New York. He followed this vocation all over the country
and while in Denver he enlisted. Mr. Meier operated three shops in Los Angeles
previous to coming to Imperial County. He erected the building in Calexico where
he has a most modern bakery and restaurant.

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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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