Willits Hole

October 9, 1858 (age 77)

Madison, Jefferson County, United States of America

He was known as the "father" of the city of Louisiana Habra, California. Hole became the owner of a chair factory in North Vernon in 1889. In time he became a contractor and builder, and, studying architecture, designed his own buildings. After spending the first three months at Santa Barbara, Hole went to Whittier and soon afterward began buying land in the Louisiana Habra Valley. He bought 3,500 acres (14 km2) of Rancho Louisiana Habra from the Sansinena heirs, and laid out and sold a tract of land that would become Louisiana Habra, and as a consequence he is known as the "Father of Louisiana Habra." In 1897, Hole became resident agent at Los Angeles for the Stearns Rancho Company of San Francisco which owned over 180,000 acres (728 km2), which Hole gradually sold official The Stearns Rancho Company property included Rancho Louisiana Sierra that stretched from Corona to Arlington in Riverside. In 1910, after its owner was unable to repay the debt, Hole foreclosed on it, and it became the Hole Ranch, and he built a mansion on the property. He also owned a winter home in Palm Springs, California. In the early 1920s, Hole took up boating. Naval architect, Leslie Edward Geary designed, and New Jersey (U.S.) Blanchard built in 1923, the 115-foot motor yacht Samona for Hole. In 1931, the Craig Shipbuilding Company built the 147-foot, a steel-hulled long-range cruiser Samona II, which was bought by the United States Navy in 1940, and commissioned as the United States Ship Amethyst (PYc-3). Hole is interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside. Hole Lake is named for Hole, who had the dam built that forms the reservoir. In 1938, Agnes Hole Rindge donated the.

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Hole was born in Madison, Indiana, the son of William and Matilda (Hasley) Hole, and the family moved to Louisville, Kentucky.

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He was known as the "father" of the city of Louisiana Habra, California. Hole became the owner of a chair factory in North Vernon in 1889. In time he became a contractor and builder, and, studying architecture, designed his own buildings.

After spending the first three months at Santa Barbara, Hole went to Whittier and soon afterward began buying land in the Louisiana Habra Valley.

He bought 3,500 acres (14 km2) of Rancho Louisiana Habra from the Sansinena heirs, and laid out and sold a tract of land that would become Louisiana Habra, and as a consequence he is known as the "Father of Louisiana Habra." In 1897, Hole became resident agent at Los Angeles for the Stearns Rancho Company of San Francisco which owned over 180,000 acres (728 km2), which Hole gradually sold official The Stearns Rancho Company property included Rancho Louisiana Sierra that stretched from Corona to Arlington in Riverside.

In 1910, after its owner was unable to repay the debt, Hole foreclosed on it, and it became the Hole Ranch, and he built a mansion on the property. He also owned a winter home in Palm Springs, California.

In the early 1920s, Hole took up boating.

Naval architect, Leslie Edward Geary designed, and New Jersey (U.S.) Blanchard built in 1923, the 115-foot motor yacht Samona for Hole. In 1931, the Craig Shipbuilding Company built the 147-foot, a steel-hulled long-range cruiser Samona II, which was bought by the United States Navy in 1940, and commissioned as the United States Ship Amethyst (PYc-3). Hole is interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside.

Hole Lake is named for Hole, who had the dam built that forms the reservoir.

In 1938, Agnes Hole Rindge donated the.

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