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L.a.Ingersoll
INGERSOLL'S
CENTURY HISTORY
SANTA MONICA BAY CITIES
[BEING BOOK NUMBER TWO OF INGERSOLL'S CENTURY SERIES OF CALIFORNIA 1 LOCAL HISTORY ANNALS]
PREFACED WITH
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA A CONDENSED HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
1542 TO 1908
SUPPLEMENTED WITH
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY
AND
EMBELLISHED WITH VIEWS OF HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND PORTRAITS OF REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE
LUTHER A. INGERSOLL 11 LOS ANGELES 1908
To the memory of the late WILLIAMSON D. VAWTER
Foremost pioneer citizen in promoting the civic, industrial and moral welfare of Santa Monica, and whose life was an inspiration to noble deeds, this vol- ume of local history is dedicated by The Author.
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PREFACE
T HE publication of this book is in no degree an accident, but rather the partial fulfillment of a long-cherished plan to sometime put in permanent and fitting form the annals of some of the more historic and romantic cities and towns of Southern California. This ambition dates back to the winter season of 1888-9, when the writer arrived in the " Golden State ", became im- pressed with the transcendent richness of its past history and its abundant promise of future growth and history-making. What might have been regarded, at the - time, a fancy, or inspiration, has, with the rapid passing of two decades, devel- oped into a vivid reality. Obscure hamlets have become prosperous cities ; where then were open stock ranges and broad fields of grain, have sprung up marts of trade and commerce, environed by progressive and prosperous com- munities. Enough time has elapsed for these cities and communities to have acquired a history, still not enough for any considerable portion of that history to be lost. A few years hence, conditions in this latter respect will have entirely changed.
The region of country of which this story treats lies within the original confines of four Spanish-Mexican land grants bordering the bay of Santa Monica and has hitherto received scant attention from historical writers. When the good works of Hubert Howe Bancroft and Judge Theodore H. Hittell were written the wonderful developments of the past twenty years had not transpired and the work of more recent writers has been of so superficial a nature as not to be of special historical value.
The writing of history is not the thought or work of a day, but rather the diligent pursuance of a fixed and determined purpose. The writer of fiction may work from an inspiration based upon fertile imagination ; the newspaper writer is the chronicler of current events : the descriptive writer of travel pictures that which he then and there observes : but the historian makes a truthful record of the past, stating only that which has actually transpired. He indulges in no ideals, must be keen in discrimination, never self-opinionated or self-assertive, must be untiring in research, a faithful, patient, plodding gleaner of facts and an inherent lover of the truth. Lacking these virtues he is without his calling.
The brief history of California and Los Angeles county is herewith given as a preface to the local history in order that the reader may have a connected story from the date of the discovery of the country. The state chapters are. with the exception of some changes and additions, reprinted from my " Century Annals of San Bernardino County, California ( 1904.)" The sketches of each of the twenty-one Franciscan missions of Alta California are adapted from
PREFACE
" Missions and Landmarks ", a meritorious booklet written and in 1903 published by Mrs. Armitage S. C. Forbes, a zealous student and authoritative writer upon California missions and kindred subjects.
The information utilized in the production of the history of Los Angeles county and the Santa Monica Bay Cities has been gleaned from numerous sources, prolific of which have been the works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Theodore H. Hittell, History of Los Angeles County, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1890, Resources of California, by the lamented Charles Nordhoff ; Reminiscences of A. Ranger, by Major Horace Bell ; California Blue Books, old maps and numerous old legal documents. Acknowledgments are due Editor D. G. Holt for the loan of complete files of his Santa Monica Outlook. Old files of the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Herald and the Evening Express have all reflected light upon scenes and events of earlier days. Archives of the city of Santa Monica, of the city and the county of Los Angeles, have been freely drawn upon. Files of old legal documents and old court records have been a great aid in shaping and verifying the histories of land grants.
Uniform courtesy and kindness have been accorded me by many people in my quest for historical data, for which I am under special and lasting obligations to Judge J. J. Carrillo, E. J. Vawter, Hon. John P. Jones, W. S. Vawter, R. R. Tanner, Esq., Judge Geo. H. Hutton, Abbot Kinney, Robert F. Jones, L. T. Fisher, Miss Jennie C. Vawter, Miss Emma Vawter, Dr. John A. Stanwood, Miss Elfie Mosse, Col. G. Wiley Wells, Mrs. E. K. Chapin, Rev. J. D. H. Browne, Mrs. Laura E. Hubbell, W. I. Hull, Mrs. May K. Rindge, J. B. Procter, S. W. Odell, Rev. Stephen H. Taft, Mrs. Sarah L. Shively and W. B. B. Taylor. It affords me pleasure to here make dre acknowledgment of the valuable literary service rendered me almost from the inception of this work by Miss Rose L. Ellerbe. Her mental training and already wide experience in the field of letters have eminently qualified her for historical labors and I deem it fortunate that, in this work, I have been able to command her splendid abilities.
The biographical matter with which the general historical chapters are sup- plemented will prove a valuable feature of this work. It permanently records so much of the personal experience of those who have contributed to the devel- opment of this country and have borne an honorable part in the direction of its public affairs as to constitute a fairly comprehensive encyclopedia of local bio- graphical reference. Much careful labor has been bestowed upon the com- piling of these sketches. The information has been gathered from published books, magazines and newspapers, by personal interviews with the subjects thereof, and relatives of those who have passed away.
A somewhat rigid system of submitting these articles to persons from whom original information was obtained, has been pursued, for the purpose of assuring accuracy. In doing this, use was made of the U. S. mail. In some instances these sketches have not been returned to me corrected and in such cases errors may appear, for which I must disclaim responsibility. The printing of these
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PREFACE
sketches has not in any instance been made contingent upon the payment of money or in any other form, the support of my enterprise. Neither have they been written for the purpose of gratifying a desire of any person to appear con- spicuously in print. I have studiously refrained from writing eulogies upon the lives of living people. Such form of alleged biography invades the field of commercialism to such an extent as to render it worthless as history. The histories of churches and fraternal organizations is by no means as complete as I desire, because the necessary data was not obtainable. It would have been impossible to illustrate this volume so liberally only for the public spirit of people who have in many instances shared with me the burden of expense. The labor and money expended in the production of this book has been a secondary con- sideration, and to place in the hands of a reading public a reliable and dignified historical story has been paramount in the author's mind.
LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Santa Monica, California, Dec. Ist, 1908.
Ingersoll's Century Series of California LOCAL HISTORY ANNALS PREHISTORIC, ABORIGINAL, SPANISH, MEXICAN, AMERICAN
Century Annals of San Bernardino Co., Calif. Century History of Santa Monica Bay Cities, Calif. Century Annals City of Monrovia and its Environs.
L. A. INGERSOLL Los Angeles
"No community can claim to be highly en- lightened which is content to reinain ignorant of it- antecedents, or, in other words, ignorant of the prime causes that have made it what it is."' - H. D. Barrows.
Contents.
BRIEF HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA.
CHAPTER. PAGE.
I. Discovery 3-7
II. Colonization. Presidios and Pueblos. 8-13
III. The Mission Establishments. 14-45
IV. From Monarchy to Republicanism. 46-49
V. Revolutions and Secularization of Missions. 49-54
VI. Free State of Alta California. 54-57
VII. Closing Years of Mexican Era. 58-66
VIII. Conquest of California. 66-77
IX. Transition from Territory to State 77-82
X. Vigilance Committees, Growth and Prosperity 82-90
Governors of California. 91
Land Grants in Los Angeles County. 92-93
CONDENSED HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
I. Organization 95-99
II. Stock Raising and Agriculture. IOI-IO.4
III. Mining and Manufacturing 104-107
IV. Transportation and Commerce . 107-III
V. The Day of the Trolley . 112-114
VI. Cities and Towns . 114-119
HISTORY OF SANTA MONICA BAY CITIES.
I. Santa Monica Bay Region ... 121-135
II. Laying the Foundations. 1870-1880. 141-165
III. From Town to City. 1880-1890 167-183
IV. Growth. 1890-1900. 185-209
V. Expansion. 1900-1908 211-243
VI. South Santa Monica and Ocean Park 244-263
VII. Public Institutions 265-287
VIII. Churches and Societies 288-303
IX. Miscellaneous 305-315
X. The City of Ocean Park. 317-325
XI. Venice of America and Its Founder 327-337
XII. Pacific Branch National Home for Disabled Veterans 338-343
XIII. Sawtelle. Palms. 345-355
General Index.
Academy of the Holy Names
219
Admission of California.
.81, 82
Alarcon, Hernando de. 1
Alfalfa
IO1
Alvarado, Pedro de.
5
Alvarado, Juan B.
53. 55. 56, 57
Anaheim, settled
102
Anzu's route to California
IO, II
Arcadia Hotel
168
Arguello, Luis A., governor 16
Artesian Water Co.
226, 228
Artesian well, firs
103
A. & P. Ry.
89. TIO, 187, 223
Atlantic squadron
213
Annual Assessments Santa Monica.
2.43.
Ballona Junction
310
Ballona Port
168
Ballona Harbor Co.
335. 336
Ballona & S. M. Ry
171
Baker. Robert S
I.12
Bandini, Juan
IOI
Bank, First National of S. M. . 173. 175. 188
Banning. Phineas.
107, 109, 118
Baptist Church
297
Barrett Villa
3-47
Battle, of Plains. 74; of Dominguez rancho, 69; San Juan, 71 ; San Pas- qual, 72; El Paso de Bartola 73
Beach front dispute.
152
Beach Land Co.
336. 337
Bean culture
233
"Bear Flag'
64, 66
Board of Trade.
175. 202. 283
Boca de Santa Monica, grant ..
.136, 170
Boom ..
IIO, III, 169, 246
Bouchard, privateer
I 3
Brentwood Park
210
Bulletin, S. F
83
Cable line
I12
Cabrillo, Juan Roderiguez.
.5. 6. 7, 122
Cahuenga, treaty of.
61. 75
California, name
-1
Capitals, state
86, 87
Carrillo. A. Carlos
55. 56, 18:
Carrillo, José A.
54. 61. 62
Carrillo, Juan J
174. 180, 185, 191
Carrillo, Pedro
181
Carriage. first in California.
106
Casino
306
Castro, General. . 54. 56. 59. 61. 62. 65. 67. 68
Catalina Island
5. 7
Catholic Church
292
Cattle Raising, in California, 88; in
Los Angeles County.
IOI
Chamber of Commerce, Palms, 355;
Santa Monica, 283; Venice ..
334
Census, Los Angeles County, 98, 99 ;
Santa Monica
287
Chapman, Joseph
13. 47
Charter, Santa Monica. ... 216, 220, 238, 239
Chico, Mariano, governor.
.52, 53
Chinese massacre
99
City hall. Santa Monica. . 215. 217, 219, 225
City Officials
286, 287
City Water Co.
251
Civil War, in California.
87
Clay products, Los Angeles County . 105, 106
Colton Hall
79
Constitutional Convention .
79. 80
Coronado
4. 5
Coronel, Antonio
96, 98
Cortes
3, 4
Court house, Los Angeles
98
Crespi, Father Juan ..
18
Cricket Club
307
Discovery
and
Exploration,
Santa
Monica region
122
Division of town, Santa Monica ..
Dolgeville
213. 227, 255
107
Downey, John G.
.96, IOI,
118
Downey, settled
IOI
Drake, Sir Francis
6
Drought. '57, IO1 ;
'62-3
IOI
Dudley, T. H.
253, 257
Earthquake. 1812
29, 33
Echandia, J. M., governor
49. 50, 132
Eckert, (Bob.)
216
Education, in California, 89; in Los
Angeles County
08
Election, first state, 80; first county .. 96
Electric lines
II3.
II.4
El Monte, settled.
IOI
Episcopal Church, Santa Monica
295
Expedition, first to California
8. 9
Ferrelo. Bartolome.
6.7
Filibustering
85
Figueroa, José, 50; death.
52
First Baptist Church. Sawtelle.
352
First N. Y. Infantry
76
Fisher, L. T
160, 201, 281, 315
GENERAL INDEX.
Floral Festival
291
Flour mills
105
Foreigners, arrival, 47, 48; fighting,
54: exiled, 56; residents.
62
Freighting
109
Fremont, John C .. entry into Califor- nia. 62, 63; dispatches, 63: at So- noma, 64, 65; raises flag, 66; major. 67; lieutenant-colonel, 71 ; in south, 74, 75; governor. 76
Galvez. José
8
Garey. T. A
103, 116
Gillispie, Captain.
68, 69
Gilroy, John
47
Gold, discovery
.77. 78. 97
Good Government League.
216. 220
Government, territorial
78. 79
Governors, list of, 94: from Southern
California
97
Grand Army of Republic
302
Gulf of California. .
4. 5. 8
Gwin, Wm. M.
79, 80
Harbor question
190, 20T
Hartnell, W. E. P
, 79
Hawe, Father Patrick.
292
Herald. S. F
83
Hijar and Padres party
50, 51
Holt, D. G.
282
"Hook" franchise
.223, 224
Horse Racing
134, 135
Horticultural production. Los Angeles
County
10.4
Hotchkiss, A. B
245
Hull, W. I
225
Incorporated towns
115. 119
Incorporation, Ocean Park, 318: Santa
Monica, 169: Sawtelle.
350
Indians
122, 123, 125
Irrigation systems, Los Angeles County 102
Investment Co., Santa Monica.
232
Jayme, Father Luis 16
Jimenez Fortuna
3. 4
Jesuits
8
Jones. J. P ..
.144. 152, 157, 173. 175
Juez de Campo.
96
Kearney, Stephen W.
72, 73. 75, 76
Keller, Mathew
102, 128
Kinney, A.
. . . . 170, 173. 197, 248. 257. 259, 273. 327
King, James
83
La Ballona, grant.
137, 139
Land grants, list of ..
92. 93
Land grants, Los Angeles County
96
Larkin, Thomas O ..
71
Lasuen, Father Francisco
IQ
Lawn Tennis Club.
305
Library
186, 27I
Library Site Fund, Contributors to ... 270
Long Beach
I16
Los
Angeles County, created.
96;
Franciscan order
7
boundaries 96
Los Angeles. pueblo, 11, 12; the cap- ital, 61 ; capture. 68
L. A. Co. Ry. .174. 175, 187. 307 Los Angeles & Independence Ry., or- ganized, 144; built, 151; sold, 153; history 308
L. A .- P. Ry
. 113. 114, 192, 193, 194, 197, 221, 255 Lucas, Nancy A. .244, 248
Machado, Augustin, 137; Ygnacio, 137,
138; Antonio
138, 139
Mails, in Los Angeles County.
IOS
Malibu rancho.
124, 129. 130
Manufactured products, Los
Angeles
County
107
Marquez, Francisco.
132. 136, 137
Martinez, Father Luis
27
Mason, Gov.
-8
Mendocino, Cape
6
Methodist Church. Santa Monica. 288
Militia Company. Santa Monica ..
196
Military camps, Ballona, 139; Wilming-
ton
II8
Mining, in California. 88; in Los An-
geles County
IO.1
Mission establishments, description. . 14, 61
Moncada. Rivera y.
9, IO
Monrovia
117
Monterey Bay
5, 6,7,9
Monterey, capture of.
57
Mormon Battalion
70
Mooney Mansion
21.1
Neve, Felipe de
10, 11, 12
Newspapers
279
North Beach Bath house.
190, 210
Ocean Park
254
Ocean Park District, 1898, 252; 1899.
253: 1900, 254: 1901, 255: 1902. 257;
1903
259
Ocean Park. . . . . 227, 236. 249. 250, 252, 317
Ocean Park, incorporation. 318; census, 318; election, 319; Improvement Co., 319; growth, 321; sewage. 321; li- censes, 322; values, 323: bonds, 324; postoffice. 324: City hall. 325 Oiled Streets 2.10
Orange County
96
Orange growing
103
Ostrich Farm, Santa Monica.
216
Outdoor pastimes
305
Outlook, Santa Monica.
1.47. 285
Pacific Branch National Home
for
Disabled Veterans
338
Pacific Electric
113. IT4
GENERAL INDEX.
Pacific Land Co
347
Palisades tract 231
Palms
171, 352
Pasadena
115
Pentecostal Church of Nazarene.
200
Peyri, Father
42. 43
Petroleum, in Los Angeles County
104-5
Petroleum production 105
Philippines, trade with
5.7
Pico. Andrés.
.72. 75. 135
Pico, Pio, governor
.60. 61. 67, 68. 117
Pious Fund
5!
Playa del Rey.
334
Police department
193
Point Dumé
121
Polo Club
307
Pomona
.101. 103, 116
Population, state, 82, 83; Los Angeles County, 112, II4; city, 115: Santa Monica, 167, 185, 220. 287; Ocean Park 318
Port Los Angeles.
198
Port, of San Pedro
107. IOS
Portala, Gaspar de. first governor of
California.
.9, 10, 123
Postoffice. 185; Ocean Park ..
263, 282
Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica ... 200
Presidio, description
10
Prudhomme, Leon V
126, 127
Pueblo, Spanish
IO, 11
Purisima Concepcion, mission.
3-
Quivera
5
Railroads, in California
171. 176, 185, 194, 197. 309
Rate war ..
IIO, 168, 169, 170
Raymond Hotel
115
Santa Monica, townsite, 145; first sale.
145. 146; first building, 146; first
train
I 19
Reminiscences
312
Redondo
IIQ
Reyes. Ysidro
.132, 136, 137
Rindge. F. Il.
128. 211, 216, 231
Rowland. Col. J. G.
341
Rose, L. J
102, 103. 115
Russians, in California.
47
Ryan, Francis G
248, 253
Salt Lake line
Saloon question.
.195, 211, 216
San Antonio de Padua ..
San
Bernardino County,
96;
settle-
ment
110
San Buenaventura, mission
31
San Carlos, mission ..
9, 17
Sanchez, Padre José B 2.1
San Diego Bay
5.7.9
San Diego, Mission.
9. 15
San Fernando Rey de Espana. of
San Francisco Bay.
9
San Francisco de Asis.
27
San Francisco de Solano.
45
San Francisco, presidio.
I1
San José, mission
36
San José, pueblo.
=
San Juan Bautista .
San Juan Capistrano 28
San Miguel Arcangel.
39
San Luis Obispo de Toloso 26 San Luis Rey de Francia. 42
San Pedro, hay. 5, 7; port. 107, 108; town 118
San Rafael, mission. 45 San Vicente y Santa Monica, grant, I32; sale I.12
Santa Barbara, presidio and mission. . II. 12. 32
Santa Clara, mission.
20
Santa Cruz. mission, 34; town
35
Santa Fe Ry. . . . 110. 168, 187. 223, 248, 309
Santa Monica Bay
121
Santa Monica Canyon.
.141, 143
Santa Monica Fire Dept .. 278
Santa Monica, History, 1885. 167; 1886, 168: 1887, 169; 1888. 173: 1889. 175: 1890, 185; 1891, 187: 1892, 187; 1893, 188: 1894. 189: 1895, 190: 1896, 193: 1897. 194: 1828. 195: 1899, 197; 1900, 211 ; 1901, 216; 1902, 230; 1903, 224; 1904. 226; 1905. 229; 1906. 240; 1907 211
Santa Monica Hotel.
175
Santa Monica Incorporation. 169
Santa Monica Lodge No. 906, B. P.
O. E.
303
Santa Monica, name, 123; legend, 123;
settlement
124
Santa Monica, street cars.
Santa Monica Water Co. 194
Santa Monica Wharf & Ry. Terminal
Co.
179, 185
Santa Ynez. Virgin y Martyr
44
Sawtelle, history
345
Sawtelle, W. E
349
School, first in state, 90; in Los Ange-
les County
98
Schools, Ocean Park, 322; Sawtelle.
346, 348; South Santa Monica ......
2.47
Schools, Santa Monica, bonds, 237 ;
enrollment. 270; history, 265; prin-
cipals, 270; trustees
20)
Seal, state
Sewer bonds.
. 189, 192. 195, 196, 221, 235, 236. 241 Secularization, decrec, 51; plan, 51, 52; result 61
Sepulveda, Francisco, 132; José, 133:
Fernando
135
Serra, Junipero.
8, 15
Serra Vista
231
Serria, Father Vicente de.
47
San Gabriel Arcangel.
20)
Sisters of Holy Name.
.198, 219
Slavery, in California.
81. 79. 80
INDEX TO VIEWS.
Sloat. John D., raises flag
65, 66
Smuggling
I27
Sola, Governor
46
Soldiers in Los Angeles County.
Soldiers' Home
171
Sutton, Florence
306
Soledad, mission
36
South Santa Monica
245
South Santa Monica, history, 1874,
244: 1875. 245: 1876, 245; 1887-8, 246; 1889. 247; 1890. 248; 1892, 248; 1893, 249; 1895, 250; 1896. 250: 1897. 251; 1904-7 261
So.
Pac. Ry.
.88, 89, 109, 144, 154, 187, 197, 203. 309
Stage routes
108, 109
State division 97
State Forestry Station
3II
Steamer, first
I07
Stearns, Abel
95
Street car line, first in Los Angeles ... 112 Stockton, R. F .. arrives, 67 ; at San Pe- dro, 70; San Diego, 70: Battle of Plains, 74; superseded. 75
Sugar beets
IO.1
Sutter, John A
.60, 61
Taft, Rev. S. H.
345
Tapia, José B., 126; Tiburcio.
128
Tell's Lookout
33 :
Tennis Tournaments
305
Territorial government
78, 79
Terry, David S
84. 85
Topanga Malibu
125
Topography. Santa Monica region. 121
Trade, with Boston, 48; Philippines. .. 5, 7
Traction Co.
223
Transportation
308
Treaty. Cahuenga. 61, 75; Guadalupe
Treichel, Col. Charles
339
Truxton "scheme"
I43
Ulloa. Francisco de.
4
U. S. Senators.
07
Upham, Major F. K.
342
Vallejo, M. G ..
58
Values. Santa Monica, 1880, 167: 1890,
185, 228, 234. 239, 258
Vawter family
.146, 159, 245
Vawter, Edwin James.
164, 250, 254
Vawter. Williamson Dunn. . . 159, 188, 292
Vawter, William S.
162, 188, 221, 250
Venice
220
Venice of America, 330; plans, 331; growth, 332; Assembly, 332; break-
water. 332; Chamber of Commerce .. 334
Victoria, Manuel, governor.
-19
Viglantes, Los Angeles, 53; San Fran-
CISCO.
82, 83, 84, 85
Viscaino, Sebastian
7, 123
Warner, J. J ..
96, 97
Water Co., Sawtelle.
349
Wells Fargo
108
Westgate
229
Wharf, first. 145: abandoned, 155:
Bernard, 156; fight ...
.177, 196, 248
Wheat raising, Los Angeles County. . . 10.2
Whittier
II7
Wilson. B. D. . . . . 96, 102, 103, 115, 118, 119
Wilmington
107, 118
Wine making
102. 128
Wolfskill, William
103
W. C. T. U ...
.186. 243, 272, 299
Woman's Club, Santa Monica. .
30I
Y. M. C. A. of Southern California .. 249
Zalvidea, Father José M.
21
Hidalgo
INDEX TO VIEWS.
Admission of California into Union. 82
Arch Rock I22
Brentwood 232
Brentwood Park 240
Brice, J. L., Residence. 320
Church of Our Lady of the Angels 95
City Hall, Ocean Park 323
City Hall, Santa Monica 217
Creating Venice
3.30
Colton Hall, Monterey, First State
Capitol 79
Court House, Los Angeles Co
First Methodist Church 288 Fire House, Dept. No. I 278
Hotel, Santa Monica
176
La Purisima Concepcion, Mission of. .. 34
La Soledad. Mission of.
,36
Library, Carnegie Public 27I
Mexican Custom House. 5.3
North Third Street. Santa Monica. . . 98 "Old" Court House, Los Angeles County Port Los Angeles. . 207
Saddle, military, Don Andres Pico.
108
San Antonio de Padua. Mission of. .
San Buenaventura, Mission of ..
3I
San Carlos Borromeo de Monterey, Mission 18
San Diego de Alcala, Mission of. . I6
San Fernando Rey de Espana. Mis-
sion of
41
San Francisco de Asis, Mission of . ... 28
San Francisco de Solano. Mission of . . 45
INDEX TO PORTRAITS.
San Gabriel Arcangel, Mission of. 21
San Jose, Mission of. 36
Santa Monica. First Church 151
San Juan Bautista, Mission of. 37
Santa Monica, First House. 136
San Juan Capistrano, Mission of. 20
Santa Ynez, Mission of.
44
Sawtelle. First House. . 3-16
Sawtelle Public School. 348
Sixth Street School. 268
San Miguel Arcangel, Mission of. 40
San Rafael. Mission of .
45
State Capitol, Benicia 86
San Vicente Ranch House. 133
State Capitol, Sacramento
87
Santa Barbara, Mission of. 32
Timm's Landing 118
Santa Clara, Mission of. . 30
Topanga Canyon 120
Santa Cruz, Mission of. 35
Venice Lake
333
INDEX TO PORTRAITS.
Armstrong. R. W. 210
Johnston, A. F ... 2.12
Archer. A. N. 399
Jones, Hon. John P 120
Bane, Ralph 238
Keller, Don Mateo 128
Banning, Gen. Phineas
IO7
Kimball, Myron H. 371
Barrows. Henry D.
39I
Kinney. Abbot
326
Blanchard, J. D.
261
Larkin, Thomas O.
71
Browne, J. D. H. 296
Lawton. Frank D.
304
Burnett. Peter H. 81
Machado, J. D.
494
Carpenter, Stephen 477
Mackinnon. J. D.
316
Carrillo, José Antonio
54
Mayer, H. C.
316
Carrillo, J. J. . 166
Miles. J. Euclid
210
Chapman, W. R. 472
Miller, R. M. 264
488
Coffman. l
210
210
Corey. G. W., M.D
465
Coronel. Antonio F
99
Odell, S. W.
381
Council. City S. M.
210
Palmer, W. M.
447
Crum, Rev. J. D.
118
Petsch. Adolph
457
Dales. E. V.
26.4
Davis, Orin
395
Dike, E. W.
3.56
Pierce, Grace Adele.
439
Dobbings, J. F.
452
Dollard, Robert 302
Quinn, Bernard 407
Dow, Roscoe H.
210
Downey. John G.
97
Eakins, Il. B. 316
Engelbrecht, Il. J
264
Foster, G. W. 316
Fremont, John C. 2 and
62
Serra. Junipero
15
Gillis, W. T.
234
Gird. E. C.
420
Goetz, H. X ..
423
Griffith, F.
316
Gwin, Wmn. M ..
82
Hamilton, N. H., M.D.
218
llawe, Rev. Patrick.
294
Hemingway, J. C. 222
Holt, D. G
264 and 280
Hull, W. I.
172
Taft, Stephen Il. 344
Hutton, Geo. H.
214
Tanner, R. R. 230
Ingersoll, 14. A.
Frontispiece
Taylor, Rev. and Mrs. George 41I
Taylor, W. B. B .. 40.4
75
Pico, Pio
100
Putnam, R. G. 482
Rebok. H. M. 204
Reel, Abe S. 210
Rile, H. F. 443
Rindge, Frederick H. I29
Sepulveda, José Dolores 132
Shively, Daniel
414
Shively, Sarah L 415
Sloat, John D. .. 65
Smith, N. R., D.D.S 433
Smith, P. H. 495
Snyder. Geo. D. 210
Snyder, W. P .. 26.4
Stearns, Don Abel 106
Stockton. Robert F 67
Taft, Fred H. 376
Jewett. O. W. 354
Mitchell, H. L.
Clark. J. H.
274
Morris, Alf.
Nellis, Clarence J. 431
Pico, Andrés
Griffith. Hester T 225
Santa Monica Beach, 1878. 1.43
San Luis Obispo de Toloso, Mission of 27
San Luis Rey de Francia, Mission of .. 43
Soldiers' Home 342
INDEX TO BIOGRAPHIES.
Towner, Charles E. 154
Vawter. E. J., Jr. 262
Trustees, City of Ocean Park. 316
Vawter, W. D. of 1
Tullis, O. G ... 385
Vawter. W. S. 181
Turner, Daniel 492
Vallejo. Gen. M. G. 58
Vawter. E. J.
160
Wyant. A. H.
351
INDEX TO BIOGRAPHIES.
Alton, Daniel
397
Finch, F. J .. 492
Archer. A. N.
399
Foster, G. W.
448
Armstrong. R. W
481
French, J. G.
509
Badillo, P. M.
509
Gillis, W. T. 381
Baida, N. G ..
462
Baker. Robert S.
142
Baker, E. H.
481
Griffith, Hester T. 123
475
Bandini, Juan
463
Grimes, R. R ..
413
Bane, Ralph
441
Goodrich, L. B. 493
Barrows, H. D.
391
Goetz, H. X .. 401
Berkley, S. L.
408
Guidinger. A. M. 47 1
455
Blanchard, J. D.
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