Background
Edwin Tobias Earl was born on a fruit ranch near Red Bluff, California on May 30, 1858. His father was Joseph Earl and his mother, Adelia Chaffee.
Edwin Tobias Earl was born on a fruit ranch near Red Bluff, California on May 30, 1858. His father was Joseph Earl and his mother, Adelia Chaffee.
He started his career in the shipping of fruits. By 1886, he was President of the Earl Fruit Company. In 1890, he invented the refrigerator car to transport fruits to the East Coast of the United States.
He established the Continental Fruit Express and invested United States$2,000,000 in refrigerator cars.
In 1901, he sold his refrigerator cars to Armour and Company of Chicago and became a millionaire. In 1901, he purchased the Los Angeles Express and became its editors
Ten years later, in 1911, he also purchased the Los Angeles Tribune. He also invested in real estate in Los Los Angeles
Philathropy
In 1901, he made a donation to the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California to start the Earl Lectures.
Foreign more than a hundred years, it has featured distinguished guest speakers like Theodore Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, Harry Emerson Fosdick and Cecil Williams. Personal life
They resided in Los Angeles, California. He died on January 2, 1919 in Los Los Angeles
He was a Freemason, a member of the California Club and the Jonathan Club, two private member"s clubs in Los Angeles, and the Bolsa Chica Gun Club. He was a member of the California Republican Party and served as an advisor to Governor William Stephens (1859-1954).