Background
Shinn, Charles Howard was born on April 29, 1852 in on farm in Williamson Company, Texas, United States. Son of James and Lucy E. (Clark) Shinn.
Shinn, Charles Howard was born on April 29, 1852 in on farm in Williamson Company, Texas, United States. Son of James and Lucy E. (Clark) Shinn.
Brother of Milicent Washburn South. Moved to California, 1858. Educated University of California, and Johns Hopkins University.
Taught school several years. Engaged in newspaper and magazine work San Francisco, Baltimore, and New York, 1878-1889. Inspector California agricultural experiment stations (University of California), 1890-1901.
Collaborator for California of the United States Division of Forestry, 1899-1900.
Agent and expert United States bureau of Forestry, 1902. Appointed, 1902, head forest ranger Department Interior.
Assigned to Sierra National Forest, California. Supervisor same, 1904.
Forest examiner, district five, 1911-1923.
Author: Pacific Rural Handbook, 1879. Land Laws of Mining Districts, 1884. Mining Camps, 1885; Coöperation on the Pacific Coast, 1888.
Story of a Mine, 1890.
Editor of Fresno Republican book page, and writer of reviews for San Francisco periodicals. Home: Ukiah, California.
Married Julia C. Tyler, 1888.