Merced County CA Archives Biographies.....Erreca, Martin 1880 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

MARTIN ERRECA

   The Province of Basque, in the south of France, has given us a number of our
most substantial citizens. One of the most prominent in wealth and influence at
Los Banos is Martin Erreca, farmer and banker. Born May 31, 1880, he was
eighteen years old when he left for the United States in 1898. In his native
land he had been by occupation a sheep-herder, and he naturally followed the
same business in this country, beginning in Arizona, at thirty dollars per
month. But it was hard and trying times which he had in the Williams and Ashfork
districts; at one time in the mountains, he was obliged to cut boughs and vines
from the trees for eight days and nights to keep the sheep from starving.

   In 1902 Mr. Erreca came to Los Banos and with his two brothers herded sheep
on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. Later he went into partnership with
his brother, J. B. Erreca, and engaged in the sheep business on a large scale.
At one time they had 6000 head. Later he went into sheep-raising on his own
account. Then he sold out and turned his attention to grain farming, being one
of the largest grain farmers on the West Side. He had from 2700 to 3000 acres in
wheat and barley south of Dos Palos on Panoche Creek, and was quite successful.

   Mr. Erreca married Miss Marie Louise Laxague, a native of France, and they
have three children, John, Peter and Norine. Mr. Erreca became a citizen of the
United States in Merced in 1923. He is a director in the Bank of Los Banos, and
formerly was a director in the Portuguese-American Bank. He bought his first
automobile in 1917 and now is the owner of a Cadillac, his second car. Mr.
Erreca is a loyal and enterprising citizen and believes in progress along all
lines.


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HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925

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