Swift Berry

Jack Swift Berry (January 9, 1887 – June 27, 1967) was a forestry expert and lumberman and then two-term member of the California State Legislature from the Republican Party.

Background

Jack Swift Berry was born on January 9, 1887, in Tecumseh, Nebraska. His 1921 study in forestry received recognition from the California State Board of Forestry in 1923.

Lumber

In 1924, Berry served as general manager of the Michigan-California Lumber Company ("Michigan Cal" (The Michigan-California Lumber Company owned the Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad (CPLT) railroad. The CPLT railroad was dismantled beginning in October 1949, with lumber hauled by trucks over a route almost twice as long as the railroad and cable system. ) Berry applied the Biltmore method of sustainable forestry for 90,000 acres of timber. and the Marshall Hospital in Placerville. On November 6, 1956, he won again. On November 8, 1960, he lost and did not run again.

Banking

In 1953, Berry became the first president of the newly formed Mother Lode Bank of Placerville (1953-1975), whose co-founders included Lloyd Raffetto. He remained president through 1962 when, due to a stroke, he retired. Lumbering in the Sugar and Yellow Pine Region of California (1917) "Michigan-California Lumber Company" (1957)