Haraszthy Agoston

Agoston Haraszthy de Mokesa (1812-1869), a nobleman from Austria-Hungary, is considered a Californian winegrowing pioneer. At the time of the Habsburg monarchy, he joined the imperial guard in the capital Vienna at the age of 18 and rose to the rank of colonel. On his estate in Hungary he was engaged in viticulture and silkworm breeding. In 1840 he emigrated to America and later brought his family with him. In Wisconsin he planted the first vineyard in this US state and founded a town named after him, today's Sauk City. He also operated a steamboat on the Mississippi. The news of the gold discoveries attracted him, as so many did at that time, to San Diego in California in 1849. Here he engaged in land speculation and a year later became the city's first sheriff. He also engaged in fruit, vegetable and grain farming, and ran a livery stable and a butcher shop.

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