Lewis, Edward Gardner, 1869-

Edward Gardner Lewis, businessman, promoter and magazine publisher, was born in Connecticut in 1869. In 1912, Lewis began purchasing land which would become Atascadero, California, a planned utopian colony (he had established an earlier colony in Missouri). Lewis had business and money troubles most of his life, was once investigated by the US Post Office for fraud and declared bankruptcy twice. He died in 1950.

From the description of Circular letters to "Dear Friend", 1921, June-August. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 586072224