Los Angeles from the mountains to the sea : with selected biography of actors and witnesses to the period of growth and achievement, Volume I, Part 1

Author: McGroarty, John Steven, 1862-
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Chicago : American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 462


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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


159


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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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