James A. Forbes
...that James A. Forbes planned to build the first flour mill in California, but delays in construction allowed competitors to flourish, driving down prices and forcing him into bankruptcy?
...that <b id="mwBNY"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./James_Alexander_Forbes_(1805-1881)" id="mwBNc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James Alexander Forbes (1805-1881)">James A. Forbes</a></b> planned to build the first <a href="./Gristmill" id="mwBNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gristmill">flour mill</a> in <a href="./California" id="mwBNk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California">California</a>, but delays in construction allowed competitors to flourish, driving down prices and forcing him into <a href="./Bankruptcy" id="mwBNo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a>?