Mills, James W. (James Willard), 1937-

James Mills, Sr., traveled to California in 1883 and lived in Elsinore until the mid-1880s, when he moved to Riverside. In Riverside Mills served as Justice of the Peace and spent his free time developing a citrus nursery, which grew into a large citrus property and several joint business ventures in the citrus industry. In 1895 Mills worked with the original organization of the California Fruit Growers Exchange, and he oversaw the citrus developments of the Kuhn and William Guilford citrus industries.The James Mills Orchards Corporation was formed in the early 1920s, and purchased by James Mills, Jr., Fred L. Shanks, and Alfred Tisch in 1945.

From the description of Letter to H.W. Nixon, 1958, May 1. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 658899113