Frank Walker (lumberman)

Frank Walker (March 29, 1843 – August 26, 1916) was a lumberman, a contractor, a builder, a city official and an inventor in the Pacific Coast of the United States and British Columbia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

[1][2] Walker was married twice: His first wife, Delia, died at their home, 129 South Olive Street, on September 28, 1891.

[2] At age 21 Walker moved to Eureka, California, where was in lumbering, and later he was a miner in British Columbia, Idaho and Nevada.

He began building and contracting in San Francisco about 1870, specializing in mills for mining companies in both the United States and Mexico.

"[2] Walker declined to run for reelection to the council but instead announced himself as a Democratic candidate for mayor in 1902;[6] he withdrew from that race in favor of Le Grand Parker.