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Faithfully Jours
LOS ANGELES FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA
JOHN STEVEN McGROARTY
WITH SELECTED BIOGRAPHY OF ACTORS AND WITNESSES OF THE PERIOD OF GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME 1
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1921
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1131982 PREFACE
It seems that, as a general custom, centuries old, a book must have what is known as a "Preface." In former times, when a book was nothing if not ponderous, the Preface was a thing to dannt the reader at the very start; it was so big and so heavy, and it had such a serious countenance.
For my part, I could never quite see the use of a Preface at all. If a man is to tell a story-and every book, especially a narrative of history, is a story-why not begin at once with it, without any "hems" or "haws," as the saying is?
Still, there are times and instances when a Preface may well serve a good purpose; and it may be that this story of the Wonder City of Los Angeles is a case in point. Anyway, the publishers, eager and anxious that nothing should be left undone, have a serious conviction that there should be a Preface to this book, no matter what argument there might be as to any other.
So, we must have a Preface to the Book of the Wonder City. But it will be a short Preface; it will be brief and with as little waste of words and time as possible, because no matter into whose hands whatever this book falls, he will be keen to get at it, and with as few by-paths as possible to travel.
And what I have to say, therefore, prefatory to the book, is that it is the true story of a great City that was founded "by order of the King," in the old days when the Western World was new. It is the story of a City that, for a century of time after its birth, showed few signs of promise, but which has now come to be the Greatest City of Western America and the metropolis of California-the "Land o' Heart's Desire."
The history of any city that can be named ahnost, is a story of its fortune that came from location or other accident to make it great. But Los Angeles is a City that was made great by the people, who, one day found it sleeping in the
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sun, oblivious to its destiny. They were, for the most part, people who came from far regions of America, seeking a more agreeable climate than that to which they had been accus- tomed. This is the truth of the matter.
They were a vigorous and an ambitious people, notwith- standing their desire for friendlier skies and more sunshine. And they took hold of Los Angeles, and they put life into it. All that they did constitutes one of the most thrilling chron- icles in human history. And the record of it is set forth in the pages of this book.
This, I would think, is enough to say by way of a Preface. The rest that is to be told awaits you here, at the turn of you hand. It is a good book, because it tells a good story that Time composed. And Time is the best author of books.
JOHN S. McGROARTY.
Los Angeles, California, Dec. 15, 1920.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
As IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING 1
CHAPTER II
THE MOTHER OF LOS ANGELES 12
CHAPTER III
THE FOUNDING OF THE PUEBLO
24
CHAPTER IV
33
THE FIRST UNCERTAIN STEPS
CHAPTER V
LIFE IN OLD LOS ANGELES
46
CHAPTER VI
OLD TIMERS AND OLD TIMES
62
CHAPTER VII
KALEIDOSCOPE OF THE YEARS.
93
CHAPTER VIII
FROM THE SPANIARD TO THE AMERICAN 146
CHAPTER IX
WHEN UNCLE SAM STEPPED IN
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CONTENTS CHAPTER X
PIONEERS OF TRADE AND COMMERCE 183
CHAPTER XI
THE PORT O' SHIPS 203
CHAPTER XII
THE AQUEDUCT
226
CHAPTER XIII
THE GLORY OF THE SCHOOLS. 238
CHAPTER XIV
THE MEDICINE MEN
265
CHAPTER XV
RELIGION AND THE CHURCHES. 293
CHAPTER XVI
THE LAWS AND THE COURTS 323
CHAPTER XVII
THE CITY'S BREATHING SPOTS 367
CHAPTER XVIII
MUSIC AND ART
376
CHAPTER XIX
A GREAT ORGANIZATION . 388
CHAPTER XX
MODERN LOS ANGELES 402
INDEX
Abila, Antonio Ignacio, I, 74 Abila, Enrique, I, 165, 189 Abila, Juan, I, 189 .
Ada Hancock, great loss of life by ex- plosion of (1863), I, 106
Adair, Joseph A., II, 333
Adams, Charles S., I, 309
Adcock, Robert J., II, 388
Agricultural and horticultural prog- ress: history of, I, 70, 71; in the early 50's, 78
Agricultural Park, I, 87
Agriculture and horticulture: early fruit growers, I, 189; grape and orange cultivation in the early 50's, 190
Aguirre, Martin C., III, 737
Alcalde: I, 34; created and duties de- fined, by the Laws of the Indies, 329; chief judicial officer, 337, 330; functions defined by Spanish Cortes (1812), 331-33-34
Alemany, Jose Sadoc, second Catholic bishop of California, sketch of, I, 304
Alexander and Banning, I, 184
Alexander and Mellus, I, 184
Alexander, David W., I, 64, 154, 184, 365
Alexander, Henry N., I, 365
Alfred, Charles J., II, 269
Allen, Charles H., I, 262
Allen, Gabriel, I, 365
Allen, John C., III, 698
Alvarado, Francisco Maria, I, 301
Alvarado, Juan Bautista, I, 152
Amat, Tadeo (Thaddeus), Bishop of Monterey, I, 305, 318
American-Hawaiian Steamship Com- pany, I, 212
Amestoy, Domingo, II, 342
Amestoy, John B., II, 343
Amestoy, Michael F., II, 343
Amestoy, Peter D, II, 343
Anderson, James A., II, 325
Anderson, William H., II, 326
Andrews, A. V., III, 839
Andrews, Lewis W., III, 825
Andrews, Willedd, II, 414
Angel, Henry, I, 314
Angell, Henry J., III, 914
Antonio, Juan, Indian chief, I, 72 Apollo Club, I, 379 Arcadia Block, I, 101, 193
Argnello, Jose, I, 147
Arnold, Ralph, III, 752
Atherton, Isaac W., I, 312, 320
Austin, John C., III, 747
Averill, Kathleen A., III, 601
Avery, Moses N., III, 712
Babcock, Mrs. George, II, 280
Bachman & Company, I, 187
Bacon, Francis E., II, 106
"Bacon Tract" (Oneonta Park), I, 89
Bagby, E. H., III, 500 Bain, Ferdinand R., II, 92
Baker, Danford M., II, 330
Baker, Fred L., II, 28
Baker, Milo A., II, 29
Baker, Milo S., II, 26
Baker Block, I, 83, 118
Balch, A. C., II, 67
Baldwin, Anita M., II, 140
Baldwin, Elias J. (Lucky), I, 91, 116, 117; II, 139
Baldwin (E. J.), ranch (Santa Anita), I, 89
Balfour, Constauce, III, 746
Ball, William F., II, 332
Ballard, Russell H., III, 505
Bancroft, Hubert H., I, 58
Bandini, Juan, I, 42; sketch of, 67, 151
Bank of California, San Francisco, failure of, I, 91, 117
Banks, Llewellyn A., III, 669
Banks: Iu 1875, I, 80; first opened in 1868, 108 Banning, Anne, II, 15
Banning, Hancock, II, 14
Banning, Phineas, I, 101, 102, 106, 190; II, 13
Banning, William L., I, 365
Barham, Guy B., III, 692
Barker, Charles II., III, 657
Barker, Lillian G., III, 725
Barker, Obadiah T., III, 653
Barker, O. J., III, 658
Barker, William A., III, 657
Barker Brothers, III, 655
Barnard Brothers, I, 113
Barneson, Lionel T., II, 162
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Barrett, Elliott H., II, 291 Barriscale, Bessie, III, 817
Barrows, H. D .: His reminiscences of the '50s, 1, 74, 272 Barry, Patrick H., II, 155
Bartlett, Albert G., III, 451
Bartlett, Alfred L., II, 423
Bartlett, Oswald, III, 647
Barton, James R., I, 365
Baruch, Herman, II, 226
Bashor, Ernest G., III, 725
Bashor, Horace A., III, 725
Bauchet, Louis, I, 37
Baum, L. Frank, III, 553
Baum, Maud G., III, 554
Beall, B., I, 72
Bean, J. H., death of, I, 72
Bear Flag, hoisted at Sonoma (1846), I, 155
Beaudry, Prudent, I, 187
Beaudry's Block, I, 187
Beckett, Wesley W., III, 854
Beebe, George, III, 526
Behn, John I, 183
Behrendt, Sam, II, 421
Behymer, Lynden E. (Bee): Great musical figure of Los Angeles, I, 381; sketch of, 382; II, 359
Belgian Hare craze, I, 137
Bell, Alexander, I, 183, 191
Bell, Charles R., II, 412
Bell, Horace, I, 345
Bell, Mary R., III, 519
Bella Union, I, 82
Bench and Bar: Courts of Southern California district (early 50's), I, 77; the old courthouse, 85; Spanish projection of the Roman law over America, 323; Spanish laws fixing high grade of colonial officials, 327; chain of Spanish and Mexican laws replaced by common law of England (1850), 328; military officers and governors as judges, 330; courts at time of American occupation, 333; courts under Mexican Republic, 334- 38; litigation over land grants, 338; great lawyers identified with Cali- fornia land-grant cases, 342; early days of (in California statehood), 343; lawyers of 1875, 344; interest- ing cases, 346-357; lawyers of the 40's and 50's, 361; lawyers arriving in the '50s and '60s, 362; judges and court officers since 1850, 364-66 Benjamin, Judah P., I, 342 Bennett, James S., III, 509 Benton, city of (?), I, 202 Benton, Frank W., III, 735 Benton, F. Weber, III, 735 Beteller, Dionision, I, 365 Bicknell, John D., I, 245
Bicksler, W. Scott, II, 286 Bigler, John, I, 181
Bilicke, Albert C., II, 104
Billings, F., I, 362
Binkley, Robah J., II, 296
Birdsall, Elias, I, 311; death of, 319
Bishop, Frank C., III, 638
Bissell, E. C., I, 312
Bixby, Jotham W., III, 624
Bixby, Lewellyn, II, 192 Black, Jeremiah S., I, 342, 366
Blackstone, Nathaniel B., III, 706
Blair, Cassius D., II, 245
Blake George R., I, 72
Blakeslee, Raymond I., II, 295
Bland, Adam, I, 318
Blankenhorn, David, II, 367
Bledsoe, Benjamin F., III, 590
Blodget, Lewis W., II, 85
Blodget, Rush M., II, 85
Blodget, Spencer L. II, 84
Blodget & Blodget, II, 85
Bluett, Alice, II, 31 Bluett, William C., II, 30 Board of Education, changes in selec- tion of members, 1853-1903, 1, 245
Board of Health, created (1873), I, 290 Board of Land Commissioners work in Los Angeles (1855), I, 99
Board of Public Works takes charge of aqueduct project, I, 233
Board of Trade organized (1873), I, 113
Board of Water Commissioners, I, 230 Boardman, William E., I, 310, 311, 319 Bonynge, W. A., II, 96
Book, Charles K., III, 673
Book, Ida L., III, 673
Bordwell, Walter, III, 594
Bouchet, Louis, I, 70 Bovard, M. M., I, 320
Bowen, John M., III, 855
Bowen, William M., III, 496
Bowman, Joaquin, I, 37, 65
Boyle, Robert L., III, 482
Brainerd, E. R., I, 373 Branciforte (pueblo) founded, I, 11
Brent, J. Lancaster, I, 242, 362, 364
Bresee, Mrs. Phineas W., III, 573
Bridge, Norman, II, 425 Brier, J. W., I, 307, 319
Brigham, Harry B., III, 725
Brigham, W. Curtis, III, 725 Brinckerhoff, John, I, 281
Broadway, I, 134 Broadwell, Elizabeth, III, 712
Broadwell, Harold B., III, 711
Brooks, Helen A., III, 440
Brown, Eltinge T., III, 556
Brown, Harrington, II, 357
Brown, Herbert C., III, 527
Brown, Luther G., III, 476
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Brown, Seth R., III, 469 Brown, Thomas B., III, 555 Brown, Walter E., III, 868
Brunson, Anson, I, 349 Brunswig, Lucien N., III, 704 Brunton, Robert, III, 780
Brush Electric Lighting Company, I, 120
Bryson, John, I, 122
Buelna, Maria del Pilar, I, 337
Buffum, Asa M., II, 56
Buffum, Rebecca, II, 56
Buffum, William M., II, 54
Bull, Ingall W., II, 285
Bulla, Robert N., III, 512
Bullock, Georgia P., III, 489
Bullock, John G., III, 911
Bundy, Charles L., II, 115
Bureau of Aqueduct Power, I, 235
Burke, Carleton F., II, 206
Burke, Samuel E., II, 136
Burke, Wellington C., II, 132
Burke, William R., II, 205
Burnell, Charles S., II, 287
Burnett, Peter H., I, 180
Burnham, Rufus W., III, 521
Burns, James F., I, 365 Burr, Ebenezer, III, 489
Burrill, George T., I, 360, 364 Burton, G. W., I, 320
Burton, H. S., sketch of, I, 164
Bushnell, John B., II, 126
Bustamente, Francisco, I, 241
Butler, John L., III, 527
Butron, Manuel, I, 339 Butte, William P., II, 69
Cable, Bertha L., III, 803 Cabrillo, Carlos Antonio, I, 152
Cabrillo, Jose Antonio, I, 150, 151
Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez: His log book, 1542, I, 4; death of, 8; real discoverers of California, 38, 204 Cain, S. F., III, 591
California: division of, attempted (1881), I, 120; conflict of author- ity between General Kearny and Commodore Stockton, 177; conflict of authority between Fremont and Kearny, 178; conflict of authority between Fremont and Governor Mason, 180; harbors made famous by Richard Henry Dana's "Two Years before the Mast," 205; first doctor in, 266; grand and light opera in, 379
California Family Medical Instructor, I, 282 California Fruit Growers Exchange, III, 463
California horses of the early days, I, 48 California Mission of Latter Day Saints, II, 345
California Pacific Steamship Company, I, 212 Cambon, Benitos, I, 14 Camero, Manuel, I, 30
Camp Grounds (for automobilists), I, 373
Campbell, Patrick C., III, 729
Campbell, S. R., sketch of, I, 363
Campbell, Thompson, I, 366
Campbell, Thornton P., I, 363
Campbell, Walter M., II, 424
Canfield, Charles A., III, 880. Cannell, S. Bartley, III, 935
Canning Industry, I, 396
Cantwell, John J., II, 208
Carduno, Emanuel Posada y, Arch- bishop of the Metropolitan Mexican Church, I, 298 Cardwell, H. C., I, 71, 78, 317
Carey, John G., II, 299
Carhart, Henry S., III, 858
Carmel Mission, I, 383
Carpenter, Lemuel, I, 65
Carrier pigeon service, I, 112
Carrillo, Jose Antonio, I, 38, 361 Carrillo, Jose Maria: runs lively Con- gressional campaign, I, 41; success- ful campaign and revolution, 42
Carrillo, Pedro C., I, 353, 365
Carson, Moses, I, 65
Carter, Marshall L., 1I, 178
Carter, Mathew, I, 311
Case, Fred H., III, 578
Casper, Christian J., III, 608
Cass, Bruce H., II, 237
Castles, Alfred G. R., II, 275
Cates, Alton M., III, 492
Cates, Horace G., III, 492
Cathedral of Santa Vibiana, I, 117
Cawston, Edwin, I, 123
Cawston Ostrich Farm, I, 123 Central Baptist Church, I, 312
Central Ice house established, I, 108 Central Pacific Railroad completed (1869), I, 109
Central Presbyterian Church, I, 310, 311
Central Southern Pacific (Arcade) Station, I, 129
Cerro Gordo lead and silver mines, I, 109
Ceruti, E. Burton, II, 265
Chamber of Commerce: Genesis of (1888), I, 398; great public works initiated and fostered by, 400; its four homes, I, 401 Chamberlain, E. Kirby, I, 181 -
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Chance, Frank, III, 766
Chandler, Charles L., III, 580
Chandler, Harry, III, 844
Chandler, Louis C., III, 725
Chapman, A. B., I, 89, 345, 365
Chapman, John S., I, 356, 358
Chapman, Joseph, I, 37; first Los An- geles American, 152 Chard, William, I, 65
Chase, Lucius K., II, 262
Chase, Mildred, II, 328
Chavez, Estanislao V., II, 405
Chaves, Julian, I, 64, 165, 288
Cheney, William A., III, 646
Chesebro, Ray L., III, 485
Chichester, W. J., I, 320
Chico, Mariano, worst governor of
California, I, 151
Childs, Emeline H., II, 19
Childs, Ozro W., I, 71, 78; secures valuable city property, 101; II, 19 Christie, Alfred E., III, 460
Christie, Charles H., III, 460
Christie Brothers, III, 460
Christie Film Company, II, 460 Churches: First Protestant chapel (1852), I, 96; Episcopalians estab- lished in Los Angeles (1865), 107; Cathedral of Santa Vibiana opened (April 9, 1876), 117; the Chapel and old Plaza Church (1784-1815), 293; cornerstone laid of St. Vibiana Ca- thedral, Los Angeles (1869), 305; first Protestant service held in Los An- geles (1850), 307; First Protestant Society of Los Angeles, 308; Pres- byterian, 310; Protestant Episcopal and Congregational, 311; Baptist, 314; Christian (Disciples of Christ) and Unitarian, 315; Congregation of B'nai B'rith, 316; early Protestant ministers, 318.
Cienega ranch, famous duck grounds, I, 90
"Cinema art" (motion picture indus- try), I, 386
Citrus industry, I, 122
City Hall commenced, I, 132
City School Library, I, 259
City of Paris (dry goods store), I, 82 Civic center planned, I, 142
Civil War: First year's effect on Los Angeles, I, 104 Clampitt, Edward A., III, 716
Clampitt, Margaret M. W., III, 717 Clark, A. J., III, 914 Clark, Eli P., I, 138; II, 189
Clark, W. A., I, 134 Clark, W. A. Jr., I, 381
Clarke, Robert M., II, 67 Clayton vineyard, I, 190
Clifford, John J., II, 149 Cline, John C., II, 38 Coate, Henry R., II, 234 Cochran, George I., II, 59 Code, William H., II, 36 Code of Spanish Laws, I, 325 Coffey, Titian J., I, 342 Coffin, John E., II, 240 Cohen, Gertrude, III, 853 Cohn, Kaspare, III, 777 Coit, Edward W., III, 536
Coit, Henry A., III, 537
Cole, Cornelius, III, 718
Cole, Elmer E., III, 699 Cole, Mrs. Girah D., I, 379
Cole, John D., II, 428 Collier, Frank C., II, 96
Collings, Lewis D., II, 364 Colony from Mexico City (1834), I, 360
Colton, Walter, I, 54
Commerce and trade: Early American traders to Los Angeles (1826-1831), I, 63; Los Angeles center of early New Mexican trade, 64; shipment of oranges and lemons by the all-water route, 219; cotton trade with Japan, 221; imports from the orient and Mexico, 222
Commercial Bank, I, 116
Comstock mines, effect on Los An- geles, I, 116
Conaty, Francis J., II, 157
Conaty, Thomas J., II, 156
Condon, Mabel, III, 758
Congregational churches, I, 311
Conklin, Leon R., III, 727
Conlee, Monroe H., III, 545
Conrad, Albert B., II, 201
Conroy, Charles C., II, 223 Constantian, Samuel M., III, 865
Conway, J. R., I, 360 Cook, Philip S., I, 163
Cooney, Wright M., III, 775
Cooper, Milton G., II, 219
Coplen, John D., III, 764
Copp, Andrew J., Jr., III, 593
Coronado, Francisco Vasquez, I, 7
Coronel, Antonio Franco, I, 95, 360, 365
Coronel, Ignacio, I, 241, 360; sketch of, I, 361
Coronel, Manuel, I, 360
Coronel, Rosa, I, 73 Coronel, Soledad, I, 241
Coronel, Ygnacio, I, 165
Costa, Guillermo, I, 151
Cota, Antonio, I, 183
Cota, Francisco, I, 160
Cota, Leonardo, I, 189 Coulter, B. F., I, 315
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County clerks, I, 364-66
County courthouse commeneed, I, 132 County hospital, I, 289 County judges, I, 364-66
Court of First Instance (Mexican sys- tem), I, 335
Court of Second Instance (Mexican system), I, 335
Court of Third Instanee (Mexican system), I, 335
Couts, Cave J., I, 67; III, 894
Couts, William B., III, 896
Cowan, H. R., III, 847
Cox, S. Bolivar, I, 72
Coyne, D. Joseph, III, 470 Coyne, John P., II, 295
Crabb, Henry A., I, 100
Craig, Mrs. Nancy T., III, 837
Craig, William T., III, 445
Crane, George C., III, 826
Cravens, John S., II, 128 Creciat Family, III, 563 Creciat, Louisa A., III, 563
Crisler, Lewis A., Sr., III, 545
Criswell, Ralph L., III, 735 Crittenden, John J., I, 342 Cross, Henson H., III, 687 Cross, Kearnie, III, 686 Crump, Gny R., III, 514 Cullen, Charles B., I, 360
Cullen, Charles R., sketch of, I, 275 Culloden, Henry A., II, 430 Cnmnoek School, III, 440 Cunningham, Frank L., III, 725
Cunningham, F. M., I, 310
Curtis, William D., III, 660
Cushing, Caleb, I, 342 Cushing, Charles P., I, 405
Daggett, Frank S., III, 820 Daggett, Lela A., III, 821
Daley, J. A., III, 864
Dalton, Henry, I, 202
Daly, Patrick, II, 115 Damon, William H., III, 579 Dana, Richard H., 1, 49 Dana, Viola, III, 860
Danziger, Mrs. J. M., III, 883
Danm, William H., III, 642
Davis, Charles C., I, 245
Davis, Ferman E., III, 561
Davis, John, I, 37
Davis, LeCompte, II, 49 Davis, Thomas, III, 440 Davis, T. N., I, 310 Dead Man's Island, I, 209 De Celis, Eulogio, I, 74
De Echeandia, Jose Maria, I, 40
De Garza, Lazaro, Bishop of Sonora (1840), I, 296 Dehail, Ildevert I., II, 351
De la Guerra, Pablo, I, 77, 364; sketch of, 365, 366
De Laguna, Frederica, II, 198 Del Valle, Ignacio, I, 60, 66, 189, 360, 365
Del Valle, Reginaldo F., III, 745 Deming, Wilford E., I, 260
Den, Richard S., I, 277; sketch of, 279, 281
De Neve, Felipe: Founder of Los Angeles, I, 24, 27; sketch of, 25; death of, 26, 75, 330, 404
Dennen, Jeanne W., III, 454
De Ponti, Ernestine, III, 857
De Portola, Don Gaspar, California's first governor, I, 13, 25, 265
De Roulet, Marie Louise, I1, 290 Desmond, C. C., I, 350
Desmond, Daniel, I, 350
Desmond, Joe, I, 350
De Tononi Giacomo, II, 331
De Tononi, Isabel R., II, 331 Diekinson, William R., III, 712
Dickson, Edward A., III, 623
Diego, Francisco Garcia, named bishop of diocese of California by Gregory XVI (1840), I, 300; arrives at San Diego (December, 1841), and takes charge of diocese, 301; death of, 303
Dillon & Keneally, I, 87
Dimmiek, Kimball H., 362, 364, 365
Diocese of California, as ereated by Pope Gregory XVI in 1840, sepa- rated from the diocese of Sonora, I, 295-300
District Judges, I, 364-66
Dockweiler, Isidore B., II, 29
Doheny, Edward L., I, 135, II, 10
Doheny, Edward L., Jr., II, 12
Doherty, Frank P., III, 494
Domestic Science introduced into pub-
lie schools (1889), I, 248 Dominican Sisters, II, 416
Domingo, Juan, I, 70, 183, 184
Dominguez, Don M., III, 699
Domingnez, Juan Jose, I, 148
Domingnez, Nasario, I, 189
Donahoe, George, II, 205 Donavan, James G., II, 316
Dorn, Fred R., III, 874 Dorsey, H. P., I, 71 Dorsey, P. W., I, 314
Dorsey, Snsan M., III, 621
Double, Edward, III, 768 Downey, John G., I, 86, 89, 102, 108, 111, 281, 356 Drake, Charles R., III, 786 Drake, James C., II, 128 Drown, Ezra, I, 362, 365
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Drum Camp: established at Wilming- ton (1861), I, 104; abandonment of, 108
Dryden, W. G., I, 77, 364; sketch of, 366
Dulin, Edgar S., II, 102
Dulin, Garrettson, II, 353
Dunlap, Frank E., II, 86
Dupuy, Joseph, I, 379, 381
Dustin, George F., II, 306
Dyas, B. H., III, 773
Earl, Edwin T., III, 906 Earl, Jacob W., II, 206
Eastman, James G., I, 352
Eaton, B. S., I, 72
Eaton, Fred, suggests Owens river as source of water supply, I, 229, 231 Eekstrom, Albert A., III, 535 Eckstrom, Daisy W., III, 535
Edgar, William F., II, 186
Edison Company, I, 396
Education: Los Angeles schools in 1904, I, 75; first public school of Los Angeles (1855), 96; Los Ange- les Board organized (1869), 109; pioneer schools and teaching in pueblo, 238; Mexican governor advo- cates girls' school (1844), 240; first American school (1851), 241; first organized school system and public school (1854-55), 242; progress in 1855-70, 243; Los Angeles's first high school (1872), 244; first high school graduating class. 245; modern expansion of system, 246; industrial and technical high schools, 247; "ungraded" classes for backward and defective children, 248; classes for the deaf and blind, and the health and development department, established, 1905-07, 249; physical and manual training introduced, 1909-10, 250; work of the "neigh- borhood schools,'' 251; specialties of city high schools, 253; intermediate schools, 252; World War work of public schools, 255; school libraries, 258; vocational training, 259; part- time school attendance, 261; pro- vision for, at missions, 360 Edwards, Albert E., III, 683 Edwards, Hazel L. W., III, 684 Eichelberger, Elizabeth J., III, 807 Eichelberger, Harry, III, 808 Eisner, Fred E., III, 580
Electric Interurban car system, I, 138 Electric Power introduced (1892), I, 394
Elliott, J. M., I, 116 Ellis, J. W., I, 310, 320 Ellis, T. J., I, 365
Ellis Club, I, 379, 381 El Monte, I. 89
Elmendorf, Charles H., II, 239
Elwell, James F., III, 583
Elysian Park, I, 122, 370
Emerson, Bonnie O., III, 762 Emerson, Willis G., III, 761
Emory, W. H., diary describes cam- paign against Flores, I, 168
Encina ranch, I, 149
Enderly, Mae S., III, 720
Engelhardt, Zephyrin, I, 301
Estudillo, Jose Antonio, I, 301
Etchemendy, Jean, II, 111
Etchmendy. Madeleine, II, 112
Evarts, William M., I, 342
Evy, Edward, I, 365
Exposition Park, I, 143, 372
Fairbanks, Douglas, III, 821
Falls, M. M., I, 257
Fargo, Duane W., II, 379
Faris, William A., II, 69
Farmers and Merchants Bank, I, 80, 95, 111
Farnham, Lewis M., HI, 317
Fay, Eli, I, 315; good minister and judge of real estate, 320
Fay, John J., Jr., III, 776
Fazenda, Louise M., III, 811
Feast of Corpus Christi (1858), I, 368
Federal Building site perfected (1905- 7), I, 140
Fee, William R., II, 175 Feitshans, Frederick R., III, 904
Felix, Vincenti, I, 34, 35; acting com- isionado, 148 Ferguson, Jessie, I, 37
Ferrel, William C., I, 365
Figueroa, Jose, best of all governors, I, 151 Filson, Al W., II, 369
First Baptist Church, I, 314
First book printed in Los Angeles (William Money, author), I, 283
First bricks made, I, 192
First California Code of Laws (1779), I, 26
First cement pavement, I, 118
First Chinese riot in Los Angeles (1871), I, 112
First city directory, I, 110 First commercial wireless system, I, 140
First conveyance of crown land to Californian, I, 339
First election under State govern- ment (1850), I, 360 First electrical lighting, I, 122 First four wheel vehicles, I, 184
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First Grand Opera in California (1847), I, 378
First Harbor Board, I, 143
First Judicial Distriet (Mexican sys- tem), I, 337
First justiee of the peace, I, 361
First known American ship at San Pedro (1805), I, 149
First National Bank, Los Angeles, I, 116
First organized immigration party (1841), I, 154
First ostrich farm, I, 123
First Protestant sermon preached in Los Angeles, I, 319
First Protestant Society of the City of Los Angeles, its Constitution (1859), I, 309, 319
First Presbyterian Church, I, 310
First public structures, I, 147
First real piano recital in San Fran- cisco, I, 378
First school in Los Angeles, I, 238
First street pavement laid, I, 132
First substantial bridge, I, 110
First successful water power grist mill, I, 152
First teachers' institute, I, 243
First telephones in Los Angeles, I, 120
First vicar general of the diocese, I, 317
First white child born in Los Angeles of American parents, I, 95
First Wilmington railway ear, I, 184 First woolen mill, I, 113
Fish, Charles W., III, 908
Fish harbor created on Terminal Island, I, 212 Fisher, William, I, 37
Fitzgerald, E. H., death of, I, 72, 364
Fitzgerald, George, I, 72 Flagg, Edwin II., III, 833
Fleekles, M., III, 791 Fleming, Edward J., III, 685 Fleming, Thomas J., III, 834
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