Charles Edwin Anson Edwin Markham (1852–1940) was born in the Oregon Territory and later in his childhood moved with his mother and sister to California. It was in California that he decided become a teacher, receiving his teaching certification from California College. He soon moved to El Dorado County to teach literature, and there began writing and publishing his own poems. In 1899, his poem “The Man With the Hoe,” published in the San Francisco Examiner, brought him significant attention, leading him to publish The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems the same year. In 1922, he read his poem “Lincoln, the Man of the People” at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial.