Trona on the Web: Trona in 1920
The following information is from Dr. Jim Kennedy,Dover, NJ:
In the 1919 and 1920 my father worked for the American Borax and Potash Company. He and two other young men, each independently, took pack horses and armed with Winchester '94 carbines and for months at a time on horseback rode the perimeter and internal areas of the company's land. My father's name was James Davis Kennedy (1902 - 1996). He worked for about two years. He was originally from San Francisco.
I have pictures of him in Trona (on the company railroad) and in Balarat. Also a place I believe was called "Indian Joe's Wells.
I would very much like to find out more about that time in Trona or to find anyone who might have knowledge of my dad. Perhaps employee records or other co-workers.
In the 1919 and 1920 my father worked for the American Borax and Potash Company. He and two other young men, each independently, took pack horses and armed with Winchester '94 carbines and for months at a time on horseback rode the perimeter and internal areas of the company's land. My father's name was James Davis Kennedy (1902 - 1996). He worked for about two years. He was originally from San Francisco.
I have pictures of him in Trona (on the company railroad) and in Balarat. Also a place I believe was called "Indian Joe's Wells.
I would very much like to find out more about that time in Trona or to find anyone who might have knowledge of my dad. Perhaps employee records or other co-workers.
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