Arcadia Public Library & Arcadia Historical Society Present The SGV in 1877, through the Lens of Carleton Watkins
Arcadia Public Library & Arcadia Historical Society Present The SGV in 1877, through the Lens of Carleton Watkins Carleton E. Watkins was born in NY and came west in 1849 with his friend Collis P. Huntington, hoping to make a fortune in California gold. Instead of mining, Watkins chose photography and later became widely regarded…