Williams, A. Bascom (Alfred Bascom), 1839-1937
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1839-10-11 - 1937-02-15
Biography
Civil War veteran. Arrived in Santa Barbara in 1866. Postmaster, deputy sheriff, constable, and justice of the peace in Las Cruces (Santa Barbara County, Calif.). Later county clerk, auditor, recorder, school trustee, and manager of the first gas and electric plant in Santa Barbara.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Memories of a pioneer of 1866, 1982-08-08
Item
Content Description
From the Collection:
Six scrapbooks contain all thirty years of the weekly local history columns written by Mrs. Rouse for the Santa Barbara News-Press newspaper. Numbering approximately 1,500, the articles are cataloged by keywords in the Gledhill Library Subject Index. See Arrangement note for date range of articles within each scrapbook.
Dates:
Publication: 1982-08-08