His studies were varied ranging from dentistry and medicine to chemistry and mineralogy and even fossil collections.
He used to study birds, but realized that his passion for dentistry is greater, he started practicing it in Wisconsin in 1861.
[3] In Irvington he participated in a search for elephant and horse remains with Charles Allen and Emery Munyan which were discovered by them between 1867 and 1876.
He also discovered some amphibious animals that he called The Marine Monsters of Alameda County since he found them there.
Later on, some of his fossils were moved from those places to the Golden Gate Park Museum and many of them were donated to the Lincoln School District.