Warner, J. J. (Juan José), 1807-1895

Warner was an early settler of San Diego County, owning a ranch now known as Warner Springs.

From the description of ALS, 1860 March 24 : Sacramento, to E.P. Reed, San Jose. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 17021478

Rancher and pioneer; settled in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1834, operated the Warner Ranch, a popular stop for travelers, from 1844 in San Diego County. Warner accompanied Jedediah Strong Smith in 1831 on a trapping expedition to New Mexico, later continuing with the David E. Jackson expedition to Los Angeles. He continued to trap beaver in the California Valley in 1832 and 1833.

From the description of Warner papers, 1853-1888. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 37152043

Juan José Warner (also known as J.J. Warner and Don Juan Largo) was born Jonathan Trumbull Warner in Connecticut in 1807. He accompanied Jedediah S. Smith's 1831 fur trapping expedition to New Mexico, and continued on to California with David E. Jackson's party. He was also acquainted with William Wolfskill and traveled from the Colorado River to Elizabeth Lake with Ewing Young. In California Warner worked as a beaver trapper and store clerk until 1841. He became a naturalized Mexican citizen and changed his name to Juan José before moving to San Diego in 1843. Warner received 45,000 acres of land from an 1844 Mexican land grant, and established Warner's Ranch near Warner Springs, California. Here he set up a trading post in 1849, and the ranch was also used as a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line. Warner died in Los Angeles in 1890.

Photostat of a history of fur trappers in the American west during the 1820s and 1830s by J.J. Warner, who traveled with several of the companies during the 1830s. Trappers and explorers whose experiences are recounted include Jedediah S. Smith, focusing on the Rocky Mountain Fur Company's travels to California in 1825 and Smith's travls from Missouri to California in 1831, and including refernces to the Hudson Bay Fur Company and Smith's death at the hands of Comanche Indians; Ewing Young, who led fur trapping parties from Taos, New Mexico, along with William Wolfskill (includes references to their experiences with the Russian Fur Company and their arrival in Los Angeles in 1834); and George C. Yount and his 1827 expedition. References are also included to Thomas L. "Pegleg" Smith and the American Fur Company.

From the description of Early trapping parties in California, 1888, March 14. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 635577727