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Strentzel, John
Physician and army veteran. Arrived in the U.S. in 1840 and became a pioneer settler on the present site of the city of Dallas, Tex., which was wild Comanche country. Lived later in Lamar County, Texas, and in 1849, with his wife and a small daughter left for California as a surgeon to a group of pioneers. Settled in the Alhambra Valley which he named after Irving's glowing description of the "Moorish paradise." Was a very successful pioneer horticulturist of California. He died in 1890.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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