08/29/2025
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Chapter 2: Santa Margarita to Elko
Circa 1891 - 1900
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(Picking up from our August 7 post on )
The social life of the young Garcia family grew and included many events reported in the newspaper. That their lives were newsworthy suggests the stature they had achieved in their new hometown. There were masquerade balls (G.S. went as a girl) and Fourth of July barbeques hosted by Saturnina and G.S on the banks of the Humboldt River. And there were trips back to California for the wedding of Garcia's younger brother, Jesus.
Before the end of 1898, G.S. produced a six inch by nine inch, 32-page catalogue. The publication was all graphic plate engravings that gave a fully accurate picture of what each product looked like. Ads referred to this publication as his second catalogue, counting the bulletin he issued previously as his first. He realized the importance of accurate pictures in marketing what his saddle shop could produce, and he began to use the same graphic plate engravings in his newspaper advertisements and business stationery.
The end of the decade and the century was looking both prosperous and fulfilling for the young family. In keeping with what his father had taught him about the value of owning property, G.S. and Saturnina bought some land. They were also able to add several employees to the rolls at the saddlery. Garcia used some of their additional profits to enter into a partnership with H.J. Jones, Elko's postmaster, to purchase a band of sheep.
On September 6, 1899, Saturnina gave birth to a baby girl named Irene.
Margarita was then three years old and Walter was one and a half. They were a family of five, and it appeared that their early Santa Margarita dreams were beginning to be fulfilled.
๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐: ๐.๐. ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐.๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐, ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐๐ณ, ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ๐จ, ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ // ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐: ๐๐๐๐
Source: Legacy of Silver and Saddles | https://capriolas.com/shop/legacy-of-silver-and-saddles-2/
