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Frank Xaphier "X" Walker, my second great-grandfather, was born in Switzerland between 1860 and 1870. He owned one of the largest ranches in the El Dorado County-Lake Tahoe, California, area. The home ranch of 2,800 acres was in the Clarksville district of El Dorado County. Another ranch of 3,000 acres was in Blackwood Canyon near Lake Tahoe. Frank raised sheep and cattle, which he branded with a lone X for the "X" in his middle name. On the left he is with grandaughters Pat and Mazie, probably shortly before his death in about 1935. In the center photo, he's with his wife, Louisa "Lou" Marie Wallace, the first child of Thomas and Sarah Wallace.
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