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SKINNERS ON LOCATIONPlaces honored with the SKINNER name Skinner Butte Skinner Hill Road Skinner Lake
Skinner State Forest Skinner State Park Skinner Street
Lake Skinner The lake was created in 1971 and is owned by Metropolitan Water District. This 1200 surface acre reservoir with 6000 acres of surrounding land has been leased to the Riverside County Parks Department for recreational development. Available activities include fishing, sailing, equestrian riding trails, picnicking, camping, and wildlife viewing. It has become one of Riverside County’s premier recreational facilities. Nestled amid the scenic hills of the Temecula Valley lies one of southern California’s finest recreation areas – Lake Skinner. This 6,000-acre Riverside County Regional Park offers a wide variety of activities including camping, fishing, boating, picnicking, swimming, equestrian and hiking trails and special events. A reel delight: Fishing is the most popular pastime at Lake Skinner. It’s not uncommon to see trophy-size bass and trout reeled in, as well as catfish, crappie and bluegill. The record striped bass is 39.8 pounds! While the largest catfish on record in 33.4 pounds. Fish are stocked weekly November through May. A special area for the physically disabled rounds out the Lake’s fishing opportunities. The Fishing Derbies: Every August, anglers vie for thousands of dollars in prizes during the Catfish Derby, while trout enthusiasts are lured to the Trout Derby each November. No wonder Lake Skinner is known as one of the best fishing holes in southern California! Boating/Marina: All registered vessels of standard class design, at least ten feet in length, are welcome at Lake Skinner. Two boat ramps are available for power and sailboat launching. (Please note that Kayaks and canoes are not permitted on the lake.) The full service marina offers boat rentals, fishing licenses, bait, tackle, snacks and more. A speed limit of 10 m.p.h. is in effect for all motor-driven vessels. This speed limit, plus consistent midday breezes make for ideal sailing conditions. Camping/Groups: Camping is another popular activity, with 300 developed campsites for both tent and RV campers. Full hookups and showers are available, along with a convenient camp store. Groups can choose from several settings, including two new mini-group areas in Campground C and a separate, reservable site over looking the lake. Space is also available for group events, such as company picnics, reunions and club functions. Lake Skinner offers shade structures, barbecues, rest rooms, an on-site caterer, and some of the best views around. Summer Fun: Swimming, picnicking, hiking ad equestrian trails are among the activities to be enjoyed at Lake Skinner during the warm months. There are lots of barbecue grills and tables for picnickers. Or visitors can grab a quick, tasty bite to eat at the Grillmasters Café. While Lake Skinner is a non-swimming lake, the 1/2-acre swimming lagoon, open Memorial Day through Labor Day, provides a refreshing respite from warm summer days for kids f all ages. There’s even a sandy beach! Local Attractions: There’s also lots to do around Lake Skinner. The picturesque Temecula Valley features more than a dozen wineries, historic Old Town, restaurants, shopping and movie theaters–all just 15 minutes away. And, the nearby Santa Rosa Plateau Reserve is a wonderful experience for nature lovers. Mark your calendar for the area’s largest annual event–the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival, held each spring at Lake Skinner. Conveniently located. Affordable. The perfect setting for a day trip, weekend getaway or family vacation. Lake Skinner is the beginning of many a great fish story and family memory. Plan your visit soon! Darius Calvin Skinner (TM 997) and Thomas Skinner (TM 999) traveled to California in search of gold in about 1850. They went down the "River" to New Orleans where they caught a freighter for the isthmus of Panama. They crossed the isthmus on foot and took another ship to California. This trip, though great fun, did not make them rich. They were home again by 1856 when Tom Skinner and Mary Bing were married. By the birth of their first son Bing John Skinner 3 Jun 1857 Mary was with the J. O. Skinners in Des Moines and Tom and DC has taken off again for the "West." This time it was CO. They were there when the war between the states began and both enlisted in the Colorado First Infantry. It wasn't long until their unit was renamed the Colorado First Cavalry. They served with this unit until the end of the war and during a period when they were stationed in Salina KS made the first of their trips into Lincoln County and the Saline Valley. In 1865, six of these men known as the "Colorado Boys" claimed the land in Lincoln co. that was to be their homesteads. D.C. Skinner, Isaac DeGraff, R. B. Clark, J. Adams, E. Johnson and W. Thompson. (Doc: History of Lincoln co, KS by Elizabeth N Barr and Beverly, Our Home Town by Rachel Ruggels.) Tom had gone to Des Moines to get his family and didn't arrive in Lincoln County until 1867. There is a monument in Lincoln KS to these early settlers. Skinner, Maine There is no longer a town of Skinner in Maine. It is gone and never was a town. It was a lumbering settlement with a mill, boarding house, etc. on the CP Railroad. It was located west of Jackman not far from the Canadian border. I have reason to believe that the Skinner that it was named for was a Canadian. Silk manufacturer Joseph Allen Skinner deeded the first parcel (375 acres) to the Commonwealth in 1940. Skinner, Missouri Skinner Street, Sandwich, New Hampshire
Skinner Street begins at Upper Square (few call it that nowadays) at the five corners in the center of the Center and goes up Burleigh Hill to Chick’s Corners. The Skinner family must have been prominent residents of Sandwich to have this street named after them...and that is exactly the case. Along about 1790 Jedediah (1765-1844) and Sarah (1765-1840) Skinner came from Connecticut and settled in North Sandwich. Two of their sons, Elijah (1786-1861) and Clark (1806-1830) set up separate stores in North Sandwich. Within a few years Elijah moved his store to the Centre (as it was then spelled). Clark continued to keep store in North Sandwich until he was drowned fording the Mad River in Thornton in 1830. At about this time the community began calling North Sandwich Skinner’s Corner. Tradition says this name caught on as a spontaneous show of sympathy for Clark’s grieving wife. As late as 1926 The Seventh Annual Excursion of the Sandwich Historical Society mentions that people in the neighborhood continued to refer to North Sandwich as Skinner’s Corners, often shortened to The Corners. Elijah “was above medium height, quick and lively, with fiery red hair that stood straight from his head.” (A History of Carroll County). He was a leader in the community for many years and “the most remarkable man who ever lived in Sandwich” according to the 1963 bicentennial history. In 1824 he retired from retailing. At that time the Methodists were sharing the Baptist Meeting House, and Elijah, sometimes referred to as the father of Methodism in Sandwich, proposed they have their own church. Gen’l Daniel Holt joined and with the help of a carpenter, Isaac Webster, they began construction in April 1825 and completed the building before the end of the year. Twenty-three years later it was badly smoke-damaged with almost all of its windows cracked by a fire that burned itself out before it was discovered. The congregation decided to abandon the building and in 1848 built the present Methodist Church. Elijah bought the property and rebuilt the building into a large two story house. The front part of the first floor was the dwelling with a tin shop in back; the second floor was an apartment which he rented. William Skinner lived here for a while when he returned from the Civil War. About 1880 this house was completely destroyed by fire. Later Elijah’s granddaughter and her husband moved the Nelson Hart house, five places westward, to its present location. This house is now the residence of Robert N. Burrows. Elijah continued in the construction business but his inventive powers were his driving interest. He talked of sending news over wires by electricity and the possibility of talking over wires. His fourteen patents included an endless screw, a forerunner of the screw propeller for boats. He invented a lock to open or close a series of locks simultaneously, the system now used in prisons. He introduced stoves into Sandwich and developed improvements in flues and stoves, one of which was an elevated oven. Also active in civic affairs her represented Sandwich in the General Court in 1844 and 1845. Three houses west of Elijah’s was the home of his son Daniel (1825-1898). When Daniel married Sarah Stratton in 1845, his father set him up in a tin shop in a building next to the Skinner home From one of his employees, Daniel learned the shoe business and by the time he was 32 he had fifteen people manufacturing shoes in the shop next door to his father’s place. This business failed in the devastating Panic of 1857. Daniel went to Manchester to work in a tin shop. A few years later he was back in Sandwich and had another shoe business in Skinner Hall - also known at the Grand Army Hall - across the street from the Methodist Church. Daniel inherited his father’s inventive imagination. While he was in Manchester he saw a pie lifter, devised a better one, patented it, and sold thousands of them. He designed a mowing machine and, long before the cog railroad, he conceived a plan for a mountain railroad, but he did not develop either because of limited capital. In 1883 he patented a parcel transmitter, the precursor of the Skinner cash transmitter. This was a metal basket where the salesclerk placed a sales slip and the customer’s money. The clerk pulled a cord that shot the basket up a track to a cable near the ceiling where a strong spring catapulted it along the cable to the cashier’s office, usually on a balcony. The cashier reversed the process to return the change and a receipt. These transmitters were around into the 1920s, even after pneumatic tubes had also come into use, until the cash register became universal. In 1887 he sold his interest to the Lamar Storeservice Company for enough to live comfortably the rest of his life. Other Skinners lived along the street. Benjamin Skinner lived in a house by Burleigh Brook and in the house next door several other Skinners lived at various times. Skinner Street was the street of the Skinners; the name is fitting. Just outside the town of Sherburne, Chenango, NY, where Stephen Skinner had moved in 1801, and lived until his death. Just outside the town of Sherburne, Chenango, NY, where Stephen Skinner had moved in 1801, and lived until his death. Skinner Butte, Medford, Oregon Will G. Steel was the authority for the statement that this well-known feature in the Rogue River Valley near Medford was at one time known as Skinner Butte. This was probably for A.A. Skinner, an early resident who was an Indian Agent in 1851-1853. He said that the present name was bestowed in 1854 in honor of Roxana Baker, but this in not correct. Research by Jeff LaLande for the city of Medford indicated that the name is in compliment to Roxy Ann Bowen, wife of John Bowen. The Bowens settled near the base of the peak in the 1850s. long before the advent of Roxana Baker |
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