Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Wooster, Daniel Miller 1870 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

DANIEL MILLER WOOSTER

   As indicating the possession of a logical mind and clear reasoning powers it
may be said that Mr. Wooster very early in life took an inventory of his assets
as represented in opportunities and advantages. He was not dismayed in the
realization that the outlook in these respects was limited, but with
characteristic energy began the battle of life with the determination to win
success in spite of adverse circumstances, and it was this determination that
stands as the keynote to his high position as a citizen and horticulturist of
Woodland.

   A native of the east, "Dan" Wooster, as he is familiarly known in Woodland,
was born in Green county, N. Y., in 1870, and received such education as the
district school of his home locality afforded. Tie also acquired some knowledge
of farming as conducted in the east, but having heard many optimistic tales of
the Golden West the outlook in the east paled in comparison, and it was
therefore a natural consequence that he should seek the land of larger
opportunity. April of 1890 found him traveling toward the west and in due time
he reached his destination, California. Coming directly to Capay valley, Yolo
county, he was fortunate in securing employment with E. H. Miller, Jr., and by
his capability and devoted attention to business was soon advanced to the
position of superintendent and manager. Later he purchased a one-third interest
in the property, which included thirty acres of prunes, a like amount in
almonds, and also a tract in pears. This ranch he conducted with considerable
profit for eleven years, when, in 1903, he disposed of it and removed to
Woodland, where he established the City Stables. At the end of five years he
disposed of the stables and returned to the tilling of the soil, having in the
meantime purchased forty acres of exceptionally fertile and therefore valuable
land a short distance west of Woodland. In addition to raising alfalfa he also
carried on general farming, all of which he managed with the ability of one long
trained in the work, and also maintained a modern dairy supplied by eighteen
cows. After improving the property along all lines he disposed of it to good
advantage and in 1912, in partnership with L. J. Holton, of San Francisco, he
purchased the Watkins' ranch of three hundred and thirty-eight acres adjoining
Woodland on the north. Mr. Wooster immediately took up the management of the
ranch, which is devoted to stock-raising as well as to raising grain and
alfalfa. As an indication of the quality of the soil it may be said that five
crops of alfalfa a year are grown without irrigation and during the season of
1912 the yield of barley was thirty-six sacks to the acre. The breeding and
raising of heavy draft horses of the English shire breed forms an important
feature of the ranch enterprise, and taken as a whole the ranch is one of the
most thriving in this part of Yolo county. Much of the land is still covered
with beautiful native oak trees, and in the midst of this beautiful setting Mr.
Wooster has erected a new residence designed in mission style of architecture.

    In 1896 Mr. Wooster married Miss Viva Collins, a native of Nebraska, and
they have two children, Elizabeth and Leonard. Mr. Wooster is an active and
efficient member of Woodland Lodge No. 111, I. O. O. F., and as a loyal and
stanch defender of Democratic principles has done much to forward the success of
that party in Yolo county. Personally he is a man of large sympathies and may
always be counted upon to aid all enterprises that have for their object the
upbuilding of the county. As Mr. Wooster looks back to the time when he came to
the west without means or influence he takes a commendable pride in what he has
accomplished in the years that have intervened.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
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
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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