"Owners of Morgans in California" (1940s-early 1950s)

 

Sun Down Morgan, foaled 1933, bred by Fred Fickert, owned by Merle H. Little

(Partial list of) “Owners of Morgans in California”

From the estate of Merle H. Little

The Special Collections Unit at the Cal Poly Pomona Library holds some papers from the estate of Southern California horse rancher Merle H. Little (1906-1975).  In the collection is a single page of 8 ½ x 11” onionskin paper; it appears to be a carbon copy of a typewritten document called "Owners of Morgans in California." The right and bottom edges of the paper are frayed. No date is listed on the document, although it must have been compiled after Morgan breeder Fred Fickert’s death in 1938 (since his sister Nellie is listed, but he is not) and before Roland Hill’s death in September 1955.

Here are the names on the partial list. To the best of my knowledge, the location of any additional pages is unknown.

Tom J. Andre, 9075 Cedros Ave., Van Nuyes [sic], Cal.

F. J. Appleby, R. 1, Box 198, Exeter, Cal.

V. B. Barker, Bakersfield

B.B. Company, Fontana

A. K. Beckley, Cutter Laboratories, Berkeley, Cal.

Elizabeth Bixby, Long Beach

Bixby-Huffman Cattle Co., Alturas

Streeter Blair, Box 314, El Cajon

Mrs. Jean Borelli, Gustine

H. C. Bradford, Box 285, Susanville

Brichetto Bros., Box 117, Oakdale

Chas. D. Brown, R-1, Box 248, Visalia

Myrtle Brown, Visalia

Mrs. Wm. Bryce, 1941 Ardmore Ave., Oakland

Don I. Carroll, 443 W. 3d St., Downey; Grand Oaks Ranch, Tehachapi

W. T. Carter, Sanger

J. B. Chaffey, Jr., Whittier

E. B. Coffin, Susanville

S. J. Coull, Box 356, San Luis Obispo

Crawford & Bell, Weldon

T. P. Dalzell, P.O. Box 1199, Santa Barbara

Mrs. Kathleen Daley, 1839 Duarte Road, San Gabriel

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Davis, 2428 Camino Real, Arcadia

Miss Leila M. Davis, RFD Box 1110, Richmond

Mrs. L. W. Dennen, Route 3, Box 670-B, Bakersfield

S. R. Doty, Sloughhouse

Adolph Eddelman, Route 41, Box 93, Acampo

Joe B. Erkenbrecher, 1014 So. Madison, Pasadena

Donald E. Etter, Rockport

Inez P. Ettleson, Box 487, Sonoma

Nellie Fickert, Tehachapi

Miss Sid Forsyth, Star Route, Arroyo Grande

O. C. Foster, 1330 So. Grand Ave., Los Angeles

C. E. Frame, Route 1, Coalinga

W. E. Frann, Box 56, Canoga Park

C. M. Fryer, Box 356, Route 1, Concord

Truman FunderBurgh & Irene FunderBurgh, Pasadena

Theo Kurtz, Pasadena

A.J. Gallagher, Route #1, Box 65, Calistoga

J.W. Garrett, Jr., 121 W. Washington, Montebello

(scratched out) Glendale Horse & Mule Market, 9419 Van Nuys Blvd., Pacoima

James Gobbs, Petaluma

Grant Company, 114 Sansome St., San Francisco

Warren J. Halliday, Bishop

Lester J. Hamel, Davis, Cal.

Mike Hamilton, Visalia

J. L. Hanna, 235 Bush Street, San Francisco

W. Harrington, San Diego

C.W. Hartman, Box 1632, Bakersfield

Hearst Sunical Land & Parking Corp., San Simeon

P. B. Harrington, Arcadia

Roland G. Hill, Horseshoe Cattle Co., Gustine

Russell L. Hill, Keene

James F. Hoey, Martinez

Robert P. Holliday, San Francisco

(handwritten at the bottom of the page) Howard L. Biggers (the bottom of the page is torn so his location is not legible)