San Benito County History

This section is excerpted from A Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California by Henry D. Barrows and Luther A. Ingersoll, and published by The Lewis Publishing Company in 1893.

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The Hollister Volunteer Fire Department

was organized in December, 1875, with eighty charter members. The original officers were: R. M. Shackleford, chief; J. M. Black, first assistant; William Eastman, second assistant. At first, the company had two hose carts and a hook and ladder truck. At present they have three hose carts and a hook and ladder truck, 1,500 feet of first-class hose, and 900 feet of second class hose, with nine ladders (150 feet) and eighteen buckets. There are now four companies. Officers: No. 1, Alert, Robert Shaw, foreman; W. W. McDonald, first assistant; Albert Williams, second assistant. Company No. 2, Wide Awake: A. J. Santos, foreman; W. T. Daizell, first assistant; Joseph Lynn, second assistant. Company No. 3, Excelsior: W. W. Black, foreman; Charles Shaw, first assistant; Henry Agnew, second assistant. Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company: Joseph Boucher, foreman; Leonard Hutz, first assistant; William Wells, second assistant.

Department officers: A. Eaton, chief; H. M. Campbell, first assistant; J. B. Hawkins, second assistant; J. H. Archibald, secretary; B. E. Shaw, treasurer.

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This section is excerpted from A Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California by Henry D. Barrows and Luther A. Ingersoll, and published by The Lewis Publishing Company in 1893.