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Born 2 September 1825 in Virginia, Samuel Bishop became a prominent citizen of Santa Clara County. Learning the industrial trades of wagon-making, engine-building and blacksmithing Bishop moved to California upon hearing the news of gold in California. After abandoning a mining enterprise Bishop joined a battalion of Indian hunters who sought to oust The natives from Yosemite Valley. Bishop was appointed to the position of Office of Indian Affairs in California by President Milliard Fillmore and he engaged in numerous expeditions throughout the Western U.S. He worked in public office for many years before establishing his residence in San Jose in April of 1867. He constructed the Santa Clara and San Jose Horse Railroad and was also Vice President of San Jose Savings Bank as well as the President of San Jose Homestead Association and Director in the Sierra Lumber Company. Illustration from "Pen Pictures From the 'Garden of the World'"
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