Nevada Genealogy Trails Elko County G. S. Garcia Biography

G. S. GARCIA, who is the proprietor of one of the most important of the industries at Elko, Nevada, and who by his skill and business ability has built up an enterprise which is an honor to the town and the state, has been a resident of the city for only about ten years and has made almost his entire success in that time. His principal business is the manufacture of saddles and leather goods, in which he employs constantly fifteen to twenty men. He has taken up a special branch of this industry and de-veloped it to a high state of perfection. He turns out some of the finest examples of leather carving to be found anywhere in the world, especially in the Mexican carving of pocketbooks and purses. The large product of his factory is now sent to all parts of the United States, and the trade is growing rapidly. He is now making for exhibition at the 5t. Louis Exposition a superb saddle and bridle, at a cost of one thousand dollars The carved work on this is magnificent, and it is to be mounted with pure gold and silver, and everything in connection with the saddle is of the most artistic workmanship and of his own exclusive design. He confidently expects it to take first prize in competition with all the world. Mr. Garcia has wonderful talent in this direction, and few artists are more devoted and successful in their work than he has been.

Mr. Garcia was born in San Luis Obispo, California, in 1864, and is of Mexican ancestry. His father, G. G. Garcia, was born in Mexico, where he married Miss Marie Silva and they were early settlers in the state of California. Mr. Garcia was reared and educated in San Luis Obispo, and learned his trade there. He was thirty years old and a thorough artist in his trade when he came to Elko, on June 1, 1894. He brought with him his entire capital, about three hundred dollars, and from that as a beginning has built up his present prosperous business in the short time that has since elapsed. Mr. Garcia is all energy and business, and these qualities, combined with his remarkable skill, have placed him to the front with the business men of Elko. In addition to his other interests he has a ranch of two thousand acres, and in partnership with J. S. Jones, is engaged in raising cattle and sheep on an extensive scale.

In 1889 Mr. Garcia was married to Miss Satumina Floris, who is a native of his own town. They are the parents of three children, Margaretta, Guadalope and Lazaro. Mr. Garcia is a Republican, and he and his family are members of the Roman Catholic church. They have a nice home in Elko, and they are all a most happy and highly esteemed family.

Source:
A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People
By Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company
Published by The Lewis publishing company, 1904