Английская Википедия:Byington Ford

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Multiple issues Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Lewis Byington Ford (November 1, 1890 – January 19, 1985) was a Monterey Peninsula real estate developer who developed Pebble Beach and Carmel Woods. Ford established the Carmel Valley Airport, the first airpark of its kind in the United States, and developed a nearby business district. He created the Carmel Realty Company, was a cartoonist, poloist, baseball player, coach in the Carmel Abalone League, and acted in and directed over 45 plays. Ford was involved in the social circle and society of Monterey Peninsula.

Early life

Byington Ford was born on November 1, 1890, in Downieville, Sierra County, California to Tirey L. Ford and Mary Emma Byington. His family moved to San Francisco in 1895.

Ford graduated from Santa Clara College in 1910 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Ford studied law at St. Ignatius Jesuit College, now the University of San Francisco, but gave up the idea and instead went into real estate.

On November 17, 1920, Ford married Marion Boisot in Pebble Beach, California.

On February 22, 1937, Ford married his second wife, Ruth Austin Mattimore, in Reno, Nevada.

Career

In 1916, Ford was director of the Animated Film Corporation in San Francisco, of which his father, Tirey L. Ford, was president. The endeavor ended with the entry of the U.S. into World War I.

Military

In 1917, Ford enlisted in the California National Guard and went to Officers Training Camp at the Presidio of San Francisco where he was commissioned and then sent to France during World War I. He was captain in the 26th "Yankee" Division. In France, he trained at the Saint-Cyr cavalry school. He was in the engagements of Château-Thierry, Saint-Mihiel and the Toul sector. On March 10, 1919, Ford returned home after recuperating from a poison gas attack suffered during an advance in Troyon, France. He brought a detachment of soldiers to New York from France.

In 1941, Ford enlisted in the U.S. Army air force during World War II and became a lieutenant colonel.

Post-war

While living in Carmel, Ford became involved in local politics. On August 25, 1934, speakers of the Carmel citizens' committee accused the John Reed Clubs of being a communistic organization. Ford, chairman of the committee, read reports from the national committees and showed charts seized in recently raided communist headquarters. Ford headed the citizens' committee to oppose the JRC and their activities.

In 1919, working with Samuel Finley Brown Morse, Ford became manager at the Del Monte Properties in Pebble Beach, California, heading their real estate department for twelve years. He rode horseback through the undeveloped parts of Del Monte Forest to survey the land for development. In 1931 he formed the Carmel Realty Company.

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Carmel Valley Airport

Ford developed the first airpark in Carmel Valley. According to the Carmel Valley Historic Airport Society, "Convinced that mass production of small aircraft would put a plane within the reach of anyone who could afford a car, in the late 1930s Byington bought the northeast corner of Rancho Los Laureles for an airpark." He and his brother Tirey Ford developed the Carmel Valley Airport for pilot-owners. A nearby road was named after him called Ford Road. Ford constructed the first two "hangar homes" when he opened the air park to the public on December 7, 1941. In 1954, Ford retired and Peter Delfino purchased the Carmel Valley Airport property for $35,000.

In 1946, Byington and his brother developed the Carmel Valley Village and Airway Market, first known as the General Store, which included a barber shop, drug store, soda fountain, beauty shop and liquor store; all were in walking distance of the Airpark. Artist Bruce Ariss painted murals on each store to resemble a Spanish village.

Death

On January 19, 1985, Ford died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Ventura, California.

External links

• Carmel Valley Vintage Airfield website