Louis Whitford Bond

Louis Whitford Bond is remembered for having been one of two brothers who were the landlords and among the employers of Jack London during the Klondike Gold Rush. Their dog was the inspiration for his novel The Call of the Wild. Bond was born November 1, 1865, at Rushford, Allegany County, New York, and was the son of Judge Hiram G. Bond and Laura A. (Higgins) Bond. His younger brother was Marshall Latham Bond. After preparation at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, he took the Select course in the Sheffield Scientific School within Yale University.

Upon graduation he spent some time in the coal fields of Alabama, in the service of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.

Louis Whitford Bond then went to the Pacific coast, and for eighteen years he was closely connected with the interests of that section.

Having taken with his brother Marshall a fruit ranch in the Santa Clara Valley, he endeavored to unite the various interests of the fruit industry, and aided in securing the organization of the California Cured Fruit Association, of which he was treasurer and to the management of which he devoted much energy for several years. At the same time he took a course in mining engineering at Stanford University, and thereafter gave his attention chiefly to mines and their development.

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