When Mead Clark transplanted his lumber business from Iowa to Santa Rosa in 1912, having tested the California prospects first in Dinuba, near Fresno, he found himself in a lumber dealer's wonderland of redwood and fir. He built a Mission-style building at Third Street and the railroad tracks, a design he once described as "the Taj Mahal of lumber yards."
Clark was an old-school businessman. He had two rules that were not to be broken. The "inside" staff was to turn out in three-piece suits and ties with "no garlic on your breath."
Clark and his wife, Dora, built themselves a fine home on Melita Road just east of the intersection we still call Lawson's Corners. An Iowa cousin, Duane Bennett, came to join the company. By the 1930s, Clark had shown considerable business acumen and achieved success. But he and Dora had no children.
When Mead Clark transplanted his lumber business from Iowa to Santa Rosa in 1912, having tested the California prospects first in Dinuba, near Fresno, he found himself in a lumber dealer's wonderland of redwood and fir. He built a Mission-style building at Third Street and the railroad tracks, a design he once described as "the Taj Mahal of lumber yards."
Clark was an old-school businessman. He had two rules that were not to be broken. The "inside" staff was to turn out in three-piece suits and ties with "no garlic on your breath."
Clark and his wife, Dora, built themselves a fine home on Melita Road just east of the intersection we still call Lawson's Corners. An Iowa cousin, Duane Bennett, came to join the company. By the 1930s, Clark had shown considerable business acumen and achieved success. But he and Dora had no children.
Family Members
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Sarah Ann Clark Pierce
1839–1898
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Elizabeth J "Lizzie" Clark Organ
1840–1893
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John C. Clark
1842–1915
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William Clark
1843–1843
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Milton Blair Clark
1844–1929
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Winfield Scott Clark
1847–1919
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Josephine Clark
1850–1856
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Eugene Hamilton Clark
1852–1926
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Emma Clark
1854–1856
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Zadie Clark Hale
1859–1925
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Ralph M Clark
1861–1934
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