YUBA COUNTY Biographies
ISAAC ERICKSON
A thoroughly progressive, up-to-date and successful rancher is Isaac Erickson, who was born at Maple Ridge, Isanti County, Minn., August 27, 1882, a son of August and Augusta Erickson. August Erickson went to Idaho about 1890, where he took up a homestead, living there until 1901, when he came to California. He settled in Turlock and bought 400 acres of land for $20 an acre, being one of the first Swedish settlers there. He helped to develop the Turlock Colony, and in 1912 he sold the property and came to Arboga, where he purchased forty acres for himself and forty acres for each of his three sons: Alvin, Paul, and Isaac, the subject of this sketch. In 1921, at the age of seventy-six, August Erickson was laid to rest; his wife had died one year previously.
Isaac Erickson attended the public schools near Idaho Falls, Idaho. In 1912, with his father and brothers, he came to Arboga. They became colonists in the Arboga Colony, and by their energetic industry started the developments that have made such rapid growth and have resulted in such success for that region. Mr. Erickson improved forty acres to alfalfa and established a dairy of forty milk cows, high-grade Holsteins. However, this was only a secondary interest, for he has been principally engaged in contracting and building, having built all the houses and farm buildings in the colony, including the large Arboga Hotel. In 1921 he sold his dairy farm and moved to his “Bear River Gardens,” three miles west of Wheatland. He still continues in the contracting and building business in Yuba and Sutter Counties, having some of the finest houses in these counties to his credit. His home ranch comprises thirty acres of rich soil in the Bear River bottoms, where he has built a modern home. He had a crop of beans that yielded thirty-three sacks to the acre; and in May, 1922, he planted a patch of alfalfa, which he cut five times without irrigating. He also has ten acres of young peach trees, and a dairy of twenty cows. He is an active member of the Wheatland Center of the Yuba County Farm Bureau.
On March 3, 1906, at Sacramento, Isaac Erickson was united in marriage with Miss Ruphina Snygg, who was born in Nebraska. Her parents are mentioned elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Erickson were blessed with three children: Viola, Gladys, and Everett. Mr. Erickson endorses the platforms of the Republican party. From 1913 to 1916 he served as justice of the peace of West Bear River Township. He is greatly interested in the advancement of his community.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 1161
ALBERT HERZOG
Prominent among the energetic, successful and influential ranchers of Yuba County is Albert Herzog, who was born in Ravensburg, Wurttemberg, Germany, April 27, 1876, the son of Ernest and Mary Herzog. Ernest Herzog was a laborer, and resided in the old country all his life. Albert Herzog emigrated to the United States when he was seventeen years old. He worked in New York on boats for three years, and in St. Louis for six months. In 1896 he went to Bakersfield, Kern County, Cal., and for three years was employed by Miller & Lux, on the Button Willow Ranch. He came to Wheatland in 1899 and obtained employment on the hop ranch of Durst Brothers, and served this company for twenty-three years, in time becoming a foreman. In the spring of 1917, Albert Herzog purchased twenty acres of land, one and one-quarter miles west of Wheatland on the Bear River; one year later he purchased thirteen and one-half acres and two years after that bought another twenty acres, all in the Oakley tract. In 1914, Mr. Herzog bought fourteen acres of orchard and some open land, and now has seventy acres of well-improved land. He has installed a four-inch irrigation pump and has completed a fine residence on his ranch.
On December 31, 1906, at Wheatland, Albert Herzog was united in marriage to Judith M. Harrison, who was born at Santa Rosa, Cal., the daughter of Robert and Sarah Jane Harrison. Her father, who was a laborer in the mines, was born in El Dorado County; her mother was born near Santa Rosa. Judith M. Harrison attended the public school at Santa Rosa. Mr. and Mrs. Herzog are the parents of two children: Marjorie May and Ruby Adelle. Mr. Herzog is a stanch supporter of the Republican party. Fraternally he is a member of the Odd Fellows, the Independent Order of Foresters, and the Modern Woodmen of America, of Wheatland. Mrs. Herzog is a member of the Rebekahs, and Camp Far West Parlor, N.D.G.W., of Wheatland.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 1326
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