Background
Eldredge, Zoeth Skinner was born on October 13, 1846 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Zoeth and Elizabeth (Curry) Eldredge.
banker historian of California
Eldredge, Zoeth Skinner was born on October 13, 1846 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Zoeth and Elizabeth (Curry) Eldredge.
Public school education.
He appears to have self-published at least two books on the local history of San Francisco, California. His two-volume history of San Francisco was reviewed as containing "fairly readable essays" that were "distributed somewhat capriciously between text and notes". The reviewer also notes that "the author has not by any means confined himself to the subject" described by the book"s title.
A map printed without attribution in his book The Beginnings of San Francisco in 1912 has been the center of significant controversy among San Francisco history researchers.
The map, apparently created by Eldredge, shows the "now vanished freshwater lake" upon whose shores the city was supposedly founded. Later research showed that the lake was confused with another early San Francisco location, and probably never existed, except as a tidal lagoon called Mission Creek.
Married Frances Maria Webster, October 18, 1892.