Frederick "San Diego" Rawson
From Kook Science
| Frederick "San Diego" Rawson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Frederick Seward Rawson 2 December 1858 Perry, Wyoming County, New York |
| Died | 26 November 1951 (92) Prescott, Arizona |
| Burial | Arizona Pioneers Home Cemetery, Prescott, AZ |
| Nationality | American |
Frederick Seward "San Diego" Rawson (December 2, 1858 - November 26, 1951) was an American pioneer who spent time as a marshal in Berkeley County, California, a circus and sideshow hand (through which he was connected with the San Diego Giant), taxidermist, gold prospector in Alaska, teamster from Canada through Mexico, and trading post proprietor ("San Diego's Old Frontier") in Arizona.
Selected Bibliography
- Rawson, Fred San Diego (1945), Arizona Speaks: In a Language 100 Per Cent Western; Verses and Prose
Reading
- Arnold, Oren (11 June 1937), "Fred San Diego Rawson, Pioneer And Humorist, Has His Own Philosophy On How To Be Eighty!", Calexico Chronicle 33 (251), https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CC19370611.2.72&srpos=2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Fred+Rawson%22+Alaska-------1
- Arnold, Oren (March 1941), "'The West Wasn't so Wild,' Says San Diego Rawson", Desert Magazine 4 (5), https://archive.org/details/Desert-Magazine-1941-03/
Resources
- Frederick Rawson, archives.sharlot.org, https://archives.sharlot.org/photos/product-details/8592