Frank A. Kimball

Kimball was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, on January 26, 1832. His parents were Asa Kimball{{efn|Asa served in the New Hampshire Militia with the 40th regiment.}} and Hanna Little.{{cite web | title=Kimball Family in American: From 1634 to 1898 and its ancestors The Kemballs or Kemboldes of England | url=https://ia800901.us.archive.org/28/items/historyofkimball00morr/historyofkimball00morr.pdf | access-date=September 9, 2024 |publisher=Damrell & Upham |location=Boston |year=1897 |first1=Leonard Allison |last1=Morrison |first2=Stephen Paschall |last2=Sharples }} He began his career as a businessman when he opened a merchandise store. However, with the Panic of 1857, he fell into debt, which drove him to take out a loan and travel westward.{{cite news |author=Joey Ham |date=April 25, 1976 |title=Frank Kimball: little man with big ideas |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CVSN19760425.1.38 |access-date=August 27, 2024 |work=Chula Vista Star-News |location=Chula Vista, California |volume=58 |issue=34}}

In 1861, Kimball moved to San Francisco.{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalcityca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/145/636090627169130000 |title=A Guide to the Kimball Family Collection |last1=Abramo |first1=Marisa |last2=Allely |first2=Mary |date=1997 |website=City of National City |publisher=National City Public Library |access-date=August 27, 2024 }} In December 1862, Kimball's wife came to San Francisco aboard the Orizaba.{{cite news |last=Coons |first=Alana |date=December 4, 1986 |title=Voyage of the Kimballs remembered |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NCSN19861204.2.27 |work=Star News |location=National City |access-date=September 9, 2024}} In San Francisco, Kimball and his brothers began carpentry work, and were able to send money back to New Hampshire to pay off his debts there. Operating in Oakland as Kimball Brothers, they later moved to southern California, to the area that would become National City. Frank's brother, Levi Kimball, became a partner of Kimball Brothers briefly in National City, then returned to Oakland with his wife. In 1867, Frank Kimball was diagnosed with a lung disease and told to relocate to a place with a warmer and drier climate.

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Kimball arrived in San Diego, California, on June 1, 1868.{{Cite book |title=Excerpts From the Diaries of Frank A. Kimball Founder of National City - California Years 1868 - to - 1912 |year=1956 |editor-last=Mizony |editor-first=Paul T. |type=San Diego Public Library California Archive. Bound diary excerpt collection}} He had purchased the Rancho de la Nación on June 15 for $30,000, but due to an error on the deed the sale from François Louis Pioche was only finalized on June 18.{{cite journal |last1=Trook |first1=Leslie |date=Fall 1993 |title=National City: Kimball's Dream |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1993/october/kimball/ |journal=San Diego Historical Society Quarterly |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages= |doi= |access-date=September 8, 2024 }}{{cite news |author=Susan Forest |date=June 8, 1958 |title=Frank Kimball Diaries Reveal founding of National City |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SNNC19580608.2.22 |work=Star News |location=National City, California |access-date=September 8, 2024 }}{{cite journal |last1=Schoenherr |first1=Steven |date=Summer 2008 |title=National City in Pictures |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/v54-3/pdf/v54-3schoenherr.pdf |journal=The Journal of San Diego History |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=162–183 |doi= |access-date=September 8, 2024}} At the time of purchase, no one resided on the lands of the rancho.{{cite news |last=Coons |first=Alana |date=April 5, 1987 |title=Local historian's response |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NCSN19870405.2.31 |work=Star News |location=National City |access-date=September 8, 2024 }}{{efn|Prior to Spanish colonization of California in the late 1700s, the Kumeyaay people lived in the area.{{cite book | last=Ueda | first=R. | title=America's Changing Neighborhoods: An Exploration of Diversity through Places [3 volumes] | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-4408-2865-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOPNEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA906 | access-date=October 16, 2024 | page=906}}
{{cite book | author=National Archives (U.S.) | title=Federal Register | publisher=Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration | issue=v. 65, nos. 202-206 | year=2000 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rr8G9Ba9YvcC&pg=PA63623 | language=en | access-date=October 16, 2024 | page=63623 |quote=In 1975, human remains representing one individual were recovered from the Handyman site (SDSU-0366, SDI-4643, CAL:E:8:15, 1975-11) located at the Sweetwater River in the vicinity of National City, CA during excavations conducted by Dr. Larry Leach of San Diego State University. No known individual was identified. No associated funeral objects are present. Based on site location, ethnographic information, continuity of occupation, and consultation evidence, this individual has been identified as Kumeyaay. }}
{{cite book | author=United States. Congress | title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress | publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office | year=2012 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tsOvTcUa6bQC&pg=PA14447 | access-date=October 17, 2024 | page=14447}}
{{cite book | title=National City Center City Project: Environmental Impact Statement | year=1976 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KKg4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA41 | access-date=October 17, 2024 | pages=41–42}}
{{cite journal |last1=Phillips |first1=Irene |date=July 1962 |title=National City in Review |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1962/july/national/ |journal=The Journal of San Diego History |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages= |doi= |access-date=October 16, 2024 |quote=The land on which it stands was an Indian Rancheria, the home of Apusquele of the Hamacha Tribe}}
{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Irene |date=August 7, 1958 |title=In Old National City |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NCSN19580807.2.151 |work=Star-News |location=National City |access-date=October 16, 2024 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection, University of California Riverside}} In the 18th century it had previously been used as cattle grazing land by the Spanish, then the Mexicans. After the Mexican-American War, it changed hands several times before eventually being sold to the Kimball Brothers.{{Cite web |last=San Diego Historical Society |title=Guide to the Rancho de la Nacion Collection MS 280 |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/findaid/ms280.html |access-date=September 23, 2024 |website=San Diego History Center Document Collection}}}} The Kimball House was built in August-September 1868 and became the first house in National City.{{cite web |url=http://sunnycv.com/history/exhibits/nationalcity.html |title=National City Heritage Square and Brick Row |author=Steve Schoenherr |date=October 8, 2014 |website=SunnyCV.com |publisher=South Bay Historical Society |access-date=September 8, 2024 }}
{{cite web |url=http://www.sunnycv.com/steve/local/nc/3.html |title=Kimball House |author=Steve Schoenherr |date=April 20, 2008 |publisher=South Bay Historical Society |access-date=September 8, 2024 }} That same year Kimball had a hand in the founding of the San Diego Union newspaper.

Kimball promoted fruit cultivation in National City, which led others to plant fruit elsewhere in San Diego County.{{cite book |last=Schmid |first=Dorothy Clark |author-link= |date=1963 |title=Pioneering in Dulzura |url= |location=San Diego |publisher=Robert R. Knapp |lccn=63-17392 |page=33 }} In 1869, Kimball received Mission olive tree cuttings from Mission San Diego de Alcalá in the San Diego River valley. By 1872, his cuttings had begun to bloom.{{rp|4}} He would later get Mission olive tree cuttings from Mission San Luis Rey de Francia and Las Flores Estancia.{{rp|5,6}} In 1873, Kimball began to raise sheep.{{rp|5}} In 1876, he planted the first eucalyptus in San Diego County.{{rp|1}} In 1879, Kimball received French olive trees from the government, and planted them.{{rp|7}} He also grew grapes and citrus crops, including a variety of lemon which he developed, known as the Agnes.{{cite book |author=B. M. Lelong |year=1888 |title=A Treatise on Citrus Culture in California |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Books_from_the_Biodiversity_Heritage_Library_%28IA_treatiseoncitrus00lelouoft%29.pdf |location=Sacramento |publisher=State Board of Horticulture of the State of California |page= |chapter=XIII. Best Varieties of California Origin}}
{{cite news |last=Walter |first=Susan |date=November 26, 2011 |title=South Bay's juicy history |url=https://www.thestarnews.com/south-bays-juicy-history/ |work=The Star News |location=Chula Vista |access-date=October 12, 2024}}
{{cite book | author=California. State Board of Horticulture | title=Biennial Report | publisher=Superintendent State Printing. | year=1888 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBZJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA240 | language=fr | access-date=October 12, 2024 | page=240}}
{{cite news |author= |date=January 16, 1892 |title=The Lemons in California |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=PRP18920116.2.5.1 |work=Pacific Rural Press |location=San Francisco |access-date=October 12, 2024}} Another orchard which Kimball grew was White Pearmain, an apple cultivar, which originated from a sapling from New Hampshire.{{cite news |author=Wes Keat |date=September 4, 1958 |title=In Old National City |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NCSN19580904.2.19&srpos=5&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-frank+kimball------- |work=Star News |location=National City, California |access-date=September 8, 2024}} In addition to the White Pearmain orchard, Kimball grew Ben Davis apples.{{cite book | title=The Great Southwest: A Monthly Journal of Horticulture | issue=v. 1-5 | year=1889 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kChIAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA7 | access-date=October 12, 2024 | page=3-PA7}}

In 1880, Kimball was among those who helped organize the first San Diego County Fair.{{cite news |last=Finn |first=Pat |date=June 21, 2006 |title=Remembering the history of San Diego's county fair |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/2006/06/21/remembering-the-history-of-san-diegos-county-fair |work=KPBS |location=San Diego |access-date=August 26, 2024}} He would eventually grow more foreign olive cultivars, including the Cornicabra.{{rp|8,9}} By 1883, Kimball's olive grove was 5,000 trees strong.{{rp|10}} In 1884, he traveled to Philadelphia, and in 1885 to New Orleans, to advertise his productive horticulture business. At the end of 1886, an olive oil mill was constructed; oil from Kimball's mill competed with the olive oil produced by Elwood Cooper of Santa Barbara, who had previously been the only domestic olive oil producer in the nation.{{rp|9, 10}}

Building National City

As the new owner of the Rancho de la Nación parcel, Kimball's home was the first house in National City. Frank Kimball's sister Mary was married to Fred Copeland, who was a civil engineer. Mary and Fred moved to National City in 1869 and Fred eventually served the county as City Engineer, Surveyor, Deputy Surveyor, and Deputy Assessor. He had the final say for the layout of the city streets. In 1870, shortly after their arrival, one of the first settlers, Mrs. Wincapaw passed away. Kimball established La Vista Memorial Park as a community cemetery. A later aerial view of the park found that the foliage had been planted in what appears to be the shape of a harp.

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In 1870, Kimball attempted to lure the Texas and Pacific Railway into building a Pacific terminus (final stop) for their transcontinental railroad in National City, without success;{{cite journal |last1=McClain |first1=Molly |date=Summer 2008 |title=A National City Investor: Theron Parsons (1805-1893) |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/v54-3/pdf/v54-3.pdf |journal=The Journal of San Diego History |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=184–201 |doi= |access-date=August 26, 2024}} this failure was partly due to the efforts of the Central Pacific Railroad.{{cite journal |last1=Lowell |first1=Douglas L. |date=Fall 1985 |title=The California Southern Railroad and the Growth of San Diego Part 1 |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1985/october/railroad-8/ |journal=The Journal of San Diego History |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages= |doi= |access-date=September 14, 2024}} A decade later, in 1880, Kimball traveled to Boston and was able to secure a deal with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to build a transcontinental rail terminus in National City in exchange for him giving the railroad {{convert|16000|acre|km2}}.{{rp|p=191}} To accomplish this goal, the railway established the California Southern Railroad as a subsidiary.{{cite journal |last1=Lesley |first1=Lewis B. |date=March 1939 |title=The Entrance of the Santa Fe Railroad into California |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Journals/PacHR/8/1/The_Entrance_of_the_Santa_Fe_Railroad_into_California*.html#ref6 |journal=Pacific Historical Review |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=89–96 |doi= 10.2307/3633614|jstor=3633614 |access-date=September 8, 2024 |via=University of Chicago}} In 1887, Kimball funded the building of the Brick Row to house individuals connected to the Santa Fe Railway.{{rp|3}} As a result of this, the railroad funded the construction of Sweetwater Dam in 1888, which secured Kimball and the rest of National City a reliable water source.{{cite book | last1=Roseman | first1=F.M. | last2=Watry | first2=P.J. | title=Chula Vista | publisher=Arcadia Pub. | series=Images of America | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7385-5616-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lIN3H5yxrnMC&pg=PA17 | page=17 | access-date=September 9, 2024}}
{{cite journal |last1=Hansen |first1=Brett |date=June 2007 |title=Stemming the Flow: The Sweetwater Dam |url=https://ascelibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1061/ciegag.0000799 |journal=Civil Engineering |volume=77 |issue=6 |pages=36–37 |doi= 10.1061/ciegag.0000799|access-date=September 8, 2024}}
{{cite journal |last1=Lowell |first1=Douglas L. |date=Fall 1985 |title=The California Southern Railroad and the Growth of San Diego Part 1 |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1985/october/railroad-8/ |journal=The Journal of San Diego History |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages= |doi= |access-date=September 8, 2024}}
{{cite news |last=Trook |first=Leslie |date=April 14, 1988 |title=Sweetwater Dam: Foresight of Frank Kimball prominent in centennial |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CVSN19880414.1.21 |work=Star News |location=Chula Vista |access-date=September 8, 2024}}

The Sweetwater Dam Played a significant role in the early development of National City. The Sweetwater Dam is a dam across the Sweetwater River in San Diego County, California. The dam was a part of a larger resource system designed to provide water for growing crops along the coast to supply San Diego and its surrounding communities.  Frank A. Kimball, one of the area's early settlers, first proposed building a dam on the stretch of Sweetwater River in 1869.  Later, the importance of the dam became even more evident. During the winter of 1915 Southern California faced a severe drought that had drained local reservoirs to record lows after more than three years of little to no rain. This crisis cost significant losses for both agriculture and ranching, highlighting the critical need for reliable water and fractures like the Sweetwater Dam. As the Sweetwater Dam became a lifeline for the community during challenging times like the 1915 drought. The damn ability to provide water for crops and livestock showed its importance and obtaining both economy and daily life.

In 1880, the Kimball brothers purchased half of Rancho Janal. In 1887, Kimball purchased the portion of Rancho Janal owned by his brother Warren. His Rancho Janal holdings were lost along with his other property.{{cite news |author= |date=July 28, 1960 |title=Kimball Brothers Once Owned Proctor Valley |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NCSN19600728.2.63 |work=National City Star-News |issue=48 |volume=77 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}

In 1889, Kimball wrote a family history of José Antonio Estudillo.{{cite archive |first=Paul T. |last=Mizony |item = Jose Antonio Estudillo: Family History, From a Letter Written by Frank A. Kimball, National City, Calif., January 14, 1889 |item-url= |type= book |item-id= |date=October 15, 1959 |page= |pages= |fonds= |series= |file= |box= |collection=California |collection-url= |repository=Marilyn & Gene Marx Special Collections Center |institution=San Diego Public Library |location = San Diego Central Library |oclc= |accession= }} That same year Kimball was appointed commissioner of the State Board of Horticulture; in that role he lobbied for the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act.{{rp|15}} {{Cite journal |date=September 1989 |editor-last=Tompkins |editor-first=Virginia |title=Historic Olive Grove Saved |journal=Adelante: News of the Congress of History of San Diego |location=San Diego Public Library California Collection: Kimball Ephemera, Box1 Folder 3 |pages=2}} Also in 1889, Kimball invested in the creation of the Otay Watch Company; when its factory was completed in Otay (now in Chula Vista) it was the only watch manufacturer in the United States west of the Mississippi River.{{cite web |url=http://sunnycv.com/history/exhibits/otaywatch.html |title=Otay Watch Factory |last1=Schoenherr |first1=Steve |date=May 10, 2017 |website=sunnycv.com |publisher=South Bay Historical Society |access-date=September 8, 2024 }}
{{cite book | title=NAWCC Bulletin | publisher=National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Incorporated | issue=36 | year=1994 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ujweAQAAMAAJ | access-date=September 9, 2024 | page=507 }}
{{cite book | last1=Carnes | first1=M. | last2=Nye | first2=M. | title=Early National City | publisher=Arcadia Pub. | series=Images of America | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7385-5910-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UlFrQtMMBOAC&pg=PA66 | access-date=September 9, 2024 | page=66}} In April 1891, at their Victorian-style home, Kimball and his wife hosted the presidential party of President Benjamin Harrison, which included Secretary Jeremiah M. Rusk and Ulysses S. Grant Jr.{{cite book |author= |date=1982 |title=Victorian National City |url=https://www.sohosandiego.org/tourbooklets/1982victoriannationalcity.pdf |location=San Diego, California |publisher=Save Our Heritage Organization |page= |isbn=}}{{rp|4}}{{cite news |author=Irene Phillips |date=June 24, 1957 |title=In Old National City |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SNNC19570624.2.59 |work=Star News |location=National City, California |access-date=September 8, 2024}} In 1893, Kimball received a bronze medal for his olive oil exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago;{{cite journal |last1=Carter |first1=Nancy Carol |date=Summer 2008 |title=San Diego Olives: Origins of a California Industry |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/v54-3/pdf/v54-3.pdf |journal=The Journal of San Diego History |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=137–161 |doi= |access-date=August 26, 2024}} at the exposition he also displayed pickled and dried olives.{{cite book |last= |first= |author-link= |date=1893 |title=A History of the World's Columbian Exposition Held in Chicago in 1893 |url=http://livinghistoryofillinois.com/pdf_files/History%20of%20the%20Worlds%20Columbian%20Exposition%20Held%20in%20Chicago%20in%201893%20vol-3.pdf |location= |publisher= |page=123 |isbn=}}

At one point, Kimball was considered the wealthiest man in all of San Diego County.{{rp|2}} In 1893, he fell into debt again.{{rp|1}} In 1894 all his property, and remaining debt, were purchased by Ralph Granger.{{rp|2}} Still civically minded, Kimball and his brother Warren helped found the public library of National City, through their donation of 750 books from their personal collections.{{cite journal |last1=Nye |first1=Matthew |date=Summer 2008 |title=National City Public Library: An Early History |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/v54-3/pdf/v54-3.pdf |journal=The Journal of San Diego History |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=202–2014 |doi= |access-date=October 16, 2024}} In 1901, Kimball's holdings in the Otay Watch Company were sold, and the watch company's equipment was shipped to Japan.{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Irene |date=February 9, 1961 |title=Kimball was Interested in a Huge Mexican Ranch |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NCSN19610209.2.156 |work=Star News |location=National City |access-date=September 8, 2024 }} In 1904, he was paid to travel to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, where he hosted an exhibit on the agriculture of San Diego. By 1905, he had financially recovered and returned to selling olive oil and pickled olives.{{rp|2}} He also shipped the first oranges from National City.{{Cite news |date=1934 |title=Daughter of Family Which Once Owned Big Land Tracts, Laura Kimball Today Earns Living Weaving Palm Fibre |work=The San Diego Sun |location=San Diego Public Library California Collection: Kimball Ephemera, Box 1, Folder 2}}

Kimball became a Mason when he joined a lodge in New Hampshire.{{cite news |last=Linzey |first=Garnet "Lee" |date=June 28, 1987 |title=Kimball: A Mason with pioneering spirit |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NCSN19870628.2.211 |access-date=September 8, 2024 |work=Star News |location=National City}}

On April 19, 1857, he married Sarah Currier. They had no children. He had three brothers, George Little Kimball, Levi Woodbury Kimball, and Warren Carlton Kimball.{{Cite web |author= |date=1891 |title=George Kimball Children |url=https://californiarevealed.org/do/3017eaf1-8825-4e36-93dc-d02973890758#page/1 |access-date=August 26, 2024 |website=California Revealed}}

In 1882, Kimball joined the congregation of [[St. Matthew's Episcopal Church (National City, California)|

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church]] in National City;{{cite archive |first=Paul T. |last=Mizony |item = Reference Data on Early Churches of National City |item-url= |type= book |item-id= |date=March 18, 1957 |page=4 |pages= |fonds= |series= |file= |box= |collection=California |collection-url= |repository=Marilyn & Gene Marx Special Collections Center |institution=San Diego Public Library |location = San Diego Central Library |oclc= |accession= }} he donated the land the church was built upon.{{rp|5}} Kimball was also a founding member of the South West Masonic Lodge No. 283 in National City. He was elected chairman at its first meeting on September 15, 1886. His nephew, Augustus B. Kimball, son of Frank's brother George, was also involved in the lodge.{{Cite book |last=Mizony |first=Paul T. |title=The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of South West Lodge No. 283 F.& A.M. National City California |date=1962 |location=San Diego Public Library California Collection |publication-date=October 1962 |pages=1}} On August 11, 1913, Frank A. Kimball died and on August 13, was buried at La Vista Memorial Park on the outskirts of National City, alongside many other members of the Kimball family.{{cite news |author= |date=August 16, 1913 |title=City's Founder Passes Away |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-city-star-news-obituary-frank/116448490/ |work=Star News |location=National City |access-date=September 14, 2024}}

Frank Kimball has been described as "the founder of National City".{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/ca0574/ |title=Frank Kimball House, 21 West Plaza Boulevard, National City, San Diego County, CA |author= |date=1933 |website=Historic American Building Survey |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=October 16, 2024 |quote=he house was the residence of the founder of National City, Frank Kimball. }} The city's continued existence is in large part a result of his efforts. The central park for National City is named for Kimball.{{cite news |last=Little |first=Joe |date=September 26, 2023 |title=National City's history traces its roots back to one man: Frank Kimball |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/inyourneighborhood/national-city-history-traces-its-roots-back-to-one-man-frank-kimball/3314179/ |work=KNSD |location=San Diego |access-date=July 29, 2024}} In addition his importation of flora from outside of the United States has had a lasting impact on horticulture.{{cite web |url=https://sdarchitecture.org/programs/open-house/2022-tour/national-city/ |title=About National City |author= |date=2022 |website=Open House |publisher=San Diego Architectural Foundation |access-date=October 16, 2024 |quote=Through a partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, they imported and planted trees from Europe and Asia, providing a legacy that lasts to this day. }}

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• {{cite archive |first= |last= |item =National City Kimball House Ephemera |item-url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8hh6sc2/ |type= |item-id=MS.019 |date=1893, 1903 |page= |pages= |fonds= |series= |file= |box=1 |collection=Marilyn & Gene Marx Special Collections Center |collection-url=https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/central-library/special-collections |repository=San Diego Central Library |institution=San Diego Public Library |location = San Diego |oclc= |accession= }}
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• {{Find a Grave | 29463179 | Francis Augustus “Frank” Kimball }}
• {{Internet Archive author|sname=Frank Augustus Kimball |birth=1832|death=1913}}
• [http://www.aflunky.com/frank-kimball.html Aflunky.com]

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