WYMAN, BETH — Hiram Morgan Hill

Morgan Hill, CA: (Lake Tahoe Historical Society), 1983. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription, on the title page. This is a square paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover of the book has two small spots of discoloration, and another spot of paper loss where a price tag has been removed. The text pages are clean and bright. "Morgan Hill – Along Monterey Road north of Morgan Hill’s downtown stands a prominent Victorian-era house. It sets the scene of a bittersweet love story that helped inspire the birth of our city. Once upon a time, Villa Miramonte was the country estate belonging to Hiram Morgan Hill, the man for whom our town was named. Born on March 4, 1848, Hill grew up on a modest southern plantation in Cape Girardeau, Mo, on the banks of the Mississippi River. His parents died when he was still a young boy, and he and his sister Sarah Althea Hill were raised by their guardian grandmother. At age 22, Hill fell in love with his first cousin. To prevent a family scandal, the grandmother ordered him to leave the estate. So in 1870, Hill and his sister moved to San Francisco. There he found work as a bank clerk and part-time clothes model at the Palace Hotel for the esteemed haberdashery Bullocks and Jones, according to historian Beth Wyman’s biography “Hiram Morgan Hill. ”" (from the Morgan Hill Times) ; Signed by Author. Very Good .