Manufacturer and merchant.
A. F. Blood, in the Summer of 1870, started the first ice and soda establishment in Chico, Butte County, California.
"General John Bidwell, in 1877, invested $13,000 in a two-story fruit dryer at Rancho Chico with a combined drying surface of 3,700 square feet, but closed it down after just four seasons. The building sat idle for several years until Bidwell decided to enter the canning business. In 1882, he leased the vacant structure to local merchant Amos F. Blood, who converted it into a factory for the manufacture of tin cans and the canning of fruit. Blood managed the operation for two years before turning it over entirely to Bidwell in time for the 1884 season."
Source: "John Bidwell and California. The Life and Writings of a Pioneer 1841-1900" by Michael J. Gillis and Michael Magliari, p. 139.
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** Date of newspaper is not always the date of the incident - this was a weekly, and stories were written, set, and the printing was done after the facts were typeset, often days later.
Chico Chronicle-Record, Saturday, January 28, 1893, pg 5 col 2: Death of A.F. Blood. On Saturday morning Amos F. Blood, an old resident of Chico, breathed his last at the family residence in this city. He was aged 59 years, 9 months and 22 days. Mr. Blood came to this State in 1850 and has resided in Chico for nearly 24 years.
Mr. Blood was badly injured at a mill in Placer county in '58 and has been obliged to use a couple of canes to assist him in getting around ever since. He served the Town of Chico three years as Trustee some years ago and has been one of our active business men.
He leaves a wife; son and daughter to mourn his death.
The funeral services were held at the family residence yesterday afternoon and the remains were shipped to Oakland on this morning's Portland express. All that was mortal of Amos F. Blood will be laid to rest in the Oakland cemetery.
Manufacturer and merchant.
A. F. Blood, in the Summer of 1870, started the first ice and soda establishment in Chico, Butte County, California.
"General John Bidwell, in 1877, invested $13,000 in a two-story fruit dryer at Rancho Chico with a combined drying surface of 3,700 square feet, but closed it down after just four seasons. The building sat idle for several years until Bidwell decided to enter the canning business. In 1882, he leased the vacant structure to local merchant Amos F. Blood, who converted it into a factory for the manufacture of tin cans and the canning of fruit. Blood managed the operation for two years before turning it over entirely to Bidwell in time for the 1884 season."
Source: "John Bidwell and California. The Life and Writings of a Pioneer 1841-1900" by Michael J. Gillis and Michael Magliari, p. 139.
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** Date of newspaper is not always the date of the incident - this was a weekly, and stories were written, set, and the printing was done after the facts were typeset, often days later.
Chico Chronicle-Record, Saturday, January 28, 1893, pg 5 col 2: Death of A.F. Blood. On Saturday morning Amos F. Blood, an old resident of Chico, breathed his last at the family residence in this city. He was aged 59 years, 9 months and 22 days. Mr. Blood came to this State in 1850 and has resided in Chico for nearly 24 years.
Mr. Blood was badly injured at a mill in Placer county in '58 and has been obliged to use a couple of canes to assist him in getting around ever since. He served the Town of Chico three years as Trustee some years ago and has been one of our active business men.
He leaves a wife; son and daughter to mourn his death.
The funeral services were held at the family residence yesterday afternoon and the remains were shipped to Oakland on this morning's Portland express. All that was mortal of Amos F. Blood will be laid to rest in the Oakland cemetery.
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