Kings-Tulare-Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Crane, Henry Alden September 2, 1872 - 
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Author: History of Tulare and Kings Counties

The career of Henry Alden Crane of the Paddock district, southwest of Hanford, 
Kings county, Cal., has been that of a self-made man, who, by his sterling 
qualities, has profited by his opportunities and done, directly and indirectly, 
a good deal for the benefit of his community. Formerly one of the leading 
apiarists of Central California, he is now making a success in the production 
of fruit and stock. Mr. Crane is a native of Kansas and was born September 2, 
1872, son of O. Crane, who came from the Sunflower State to California in 1874, 
when Henry A. was about two years old, and lived in Yolo county until 1877. 
Then the Crane family moved to Tulare county, locating eight miles southwest of 
Hanford, in what is now Kings county, and the elder Crane took up railroad land 
which he later lost through litigation. While he occupied the property he 
farmed it successfully and took an active interest in the development of the 
district. He was a factor in securing the construction of a ditch through his 
part of the county and in bringing about the utilization of Mussel slough as a 
source of irrigation. He passed away May 7, 1909, after a life of industry and 
usefulness.

In the neighborhood of his present home Henry Alden Crane was reared and 
educated, and to the public schools he gives credit for his literary start in 
life. His business beginning was as an apiarist in the district between Hanford 
and Cross creek, and he soon extended his operations until he had at one time 
four hundred colonies of bees. In 1900 he bought eighty acres in the heart of 
the Paddock district, eight miles southwest of Hanford, on which there was then 
twelve acres of old vineyard, but no other improvements. He has developed the 
place into a modern home ranch, with good and ample buildings and up-to-date 
appliances and appointments. He now has twenty-nine acres of his land in 
vineyard, six acres in peaches and the balance in alfalfa. He gives 
considerable attention to the breeding of horses, cattle and hogs, which bring 
a high price in the market. In 1911 he bought forty acres of the Jacobs tract, 
about twelve miles southwest of Hanford, which he is improving and ex¬pects 
soon to devote almost entirely to alfalfa.

In April, 1902, Mr. Crane married Winifred Battenfeld, of Kings county, and 
they have a son, William Dale Crane. Mr. Crane takes a public-spirited interest 
in the economic and political affairs of his county, state and nation, and his 
solicitude for the improvement of the public schools in his vicinity caused him 
to accept the office of trustee of the Paddock school district, which he is 
filling with much ability and credit.


Additional Comments:
History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - 
Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913
pp. 589-590
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler








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