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April 13 Express established in 1.04 Angeles
September " Thirty rights " No 1 Fire Company organized in has An. geles Extensive land sales
June 13. Serious fire in Los Angeles. December. Terrilde floods. Mach prop- erty destroyed. San Gabriel river opens a new channel.
January 20. Mayor Marchessault com- mitted suicide.
Third survey of the city made.
Canal and Reservoir Company com meneed work.
Gold discovered at Soledad. First coal discoveries.
July. Los Angeles Water Company incorporated.
September 19. Ground broken for Lo- Angeles & San Pedro Railroad.
December 29. Masandie Hall dedicated. Great demand for houses in Los Angeles ('ity.
1869.
May 19. Los Angeles Chronik estab- lisbed. June. Line uf Los Angeles and Kern counties established.
October 24. Corner-stone of French hospital laid.
Town of Compton laid out.
January 11. Mayor and Council arrested. January 27. A serions fire in Las Al. gues.
Building of a Court Itonse authorized.
Downey City Courir established. First grove of Rucalyptus planted Artificial stone works established. Broom factory established. Santa Sua News established
laly 16. Sale of town lots at Santa Monica.
Main and Aliso Street Railroad incor- porated.
December 1. First train from Los An- geles to Santa Monica. Railroad connection with Salt Lake agi tated.
1×76. tien. Andres Pico died. Don Manuel Requena died. Paper pulp mill created at Soledad
September 1
New town of San Fernando huid ont Beandry's terrace completed.
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Board of public works appointed in Los Angeles.
Asbestine sub-irrigation system intro- dneed
June. Eveniny Republican established. July 4. Celebration.
August. The School-master established. L' Union established.
General Sherman visited Los Angeles. Mano. Modjeska visited Los Angeles. December 28. The Eagle mills again burned.
1877. Southern California Horticulturist (now Semi-Tropic California) established. First silver discoveries at Silverado. Black Star Coal mine located.
Anaheim weekly News established. Anaheim Young Californian established. Santa Ana Times established.
August 1. Hon. Benjamin Hayes died. October 10. Victor Fonck shot by (". M. Waller at Santa Monica. Evergreen cemetery laid out.
1878.
January. Collision between squatters and natives at the Ranchita.
January 29. Odd Fellows' Hall (Los Angeles ('ity ) dedicated.
County Hospital and almshouse erected at Los Angeles.
February. Santa Clara Coal Mine lo- : 1879. cated.
Horticultural Pavilion erected.
Town of Newball started.
June 8. Dona de Guilen died, aged 143 years.
June 11. Severe earthquake shock. June. Grand musical jubilee in Los An- geles.
June. Match factory started in Los Angeles.
June 17. Miguel Sotello killed by Sher- itf' Mitchell.
July 23. Park Hose Company No. 1 organized in Los Angeles.
August 24. Capt. Chas. E. Bean died. Daily and weekly Journal established. July. M. Moerenhaut, French vice-con- sul, died.
Gang of counterfeiters arrested. July 15. Vigilance Hook and Ladder Company organized in Los Angeles. November. Colonel E. J. C. Kewen died.
December 4. City Tax Collector Car. rillo skedadilled.
1×80. Immense wheat crop. Beet sugar mill erected by R. Nadeau. Modest Ben Butler visited Los Angeles. February 18. Murder of A. Peries in Los Angeles, March 26. Arrest of S. R. Hoyle. April 20. Suicide of S. R. Hoyle.
October 6. University of Southern Cal- ifornia opened.
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ADAMS, MI. V., was born in Tennessee in the year 1832. being the eighth child of Peter and Sarah Adams, both natives of North Carolina. In 1839 the family removed to Texas. In 1851 Mr. A. commenced business for himself as a stock-raiser, and from a small beginning, by strict attention to business, increased in wealth, until his herdsof cat- tle were numbered by thousands. His locatinn was on the Rio Grande, and he was subjected to much loss by the frequent thefts of Mexicaus and Indians. In 1873 he was married to Miss Betty Haw. Dur- ing the years 1876-77, the stock business became unprofitable, and in consequence, Mr. Adams dis- posed of his cattle, and came by rail to southern California. He settled on his present place in 1879. His present home consists of ten acres of orchard land at Orange. Los Angeles county, where he has seven hundred orange trees, and a variety of other fruits. A view of his place will be found on another page.
BAKER'S BLOCK. This elegant structure was erected during the fall of 1878, by Col. R. S. Baker, after whom it was named. It is a fitting monument to the huilder's enterprise, public spirit and faith in southern California's metropolis. The building is one hundred and eighty-six feet front. hy one hundred and seven feet deep; tbe central tower one hundred and ten feet high. and the flanking towers eighty-five feet. The basement. extending under the entire building, is divided into six rooms, one of which would make a grand res. taurant: and the space which can be utilized for this purpose exceeds that of any other similar rooms in the State. the ceiling being uearly thir- teen feet high. The first floor, eighteen feet in height, contains six clegant store-rooms, all occu- pied, with a centra' hall one hundred by twenty- three feet. In this hall the lloor is laid with Eng-
lish tiles, iu an ingenious and variegated pattern, more beautiful and more expensive than ordinary mosaic. The building is supplied with water and gas throughout; everything heing in the most mod- ern and comfortable style. The store-rooms are occupied by prominent business firms.
BITTNER, ANDREW, son of Michael und Christine Bittner, was born in the Province of the Rhine, Bavaria, Germany, February 15. 1816. his mother heing a native of Wirtemburg. He learned and worked at the shoemaker's trade for a number of years, and came to America in 1841. arriving in New York in November with his wife. whom he had married the 5th of the previous Sep- tember. She was Miss Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Casper and Elizabeth Arnold, a native of Bavaria. Ile worked at shoemaking in New York until 1847. and in New Orleans till 1852, when he came to California. Until 1868 he was employed as watchman on the wharves in San Francisco, aud then came to Anaheim. Mr. Bittner has a fine vineyard of twenty-four acres, and makes from eight to ten thousand gallons of excellent wine annually. A view of his place forms one of the illustrations of this work. He is a successful bus- iness man and enjoys the esteem of all his neighbors. Both he and his wife have traveled considerahly. she having been all over France previous to coming to America. In 1856 he made a trip to Peru, Chili, Society Islands, and Sandwich Islands, and in 1864 visited his native land. They are now enjoying a ripe and comfortable old age in their pleasant home. They have had five children, the youngest two now living nn California street, San Francisco. Jacob, horu in New York May 9, 1842; Albert, boru iu New York, January 16. 1845: Elizabeth. born ju New Orleaus, October 8, 1848;
Nicolaus, horu in San Francisco July 18, ISa8; Albert, born in San Francisco July 22. 1862.
BOWERS. PATTERSON, was born in Montgomery county, Virginia, March 10, 1825, June 3, 185t. he was married by Rev. George E. Brown at Tas- well. Virginia, to Miss Maria L. Crockett. of C'aswell county, North Carolina. In 1858 he came overland from Texas, with an ox-team, and settled in Los Angeles county in the same year. He located at his present place in 1873, when there was not even a shrub, save cnetus nud sage-brush, where now stands a beautiful forest of shade and fruit trees. He lias ciglity acres of land, forty of which are in fruit trees-orange, lemon, lime, apple, pear. peach, apricot, fig, etc, all in fine hearing condi- tion. A view nf his beautiful home and orchard cau be seen on another page. Mr. Bower- ha- had eight children, of whom three sons and four daughters are now living, the first child dying in iufancy.
BUTLER. L. G., is a native of Wisconsin, in which State he was born February 28, 1851. The family soon went to Iowa, where Mr. Butler's father died. and his mother moved to Cherry Valley, Illinois, taking the subject of this sketch with her. From Cherry Valley they moved to near Sycamore. Illi- nois, where MIr. Butler remained until eighteen years of age, when he again went to Iowa, and lived in Benton county till 1871. He then went to Lin- coln. Nebraska, and farmed until 1874, when he came to California and located at Orange, in this county, where he now resides. Ile is quite exten- sively engaged in the nursery business, and raise+ and deals in fruit, especially oranges and lemon -. He has twenty acres of orange and lemon orchard. also other fruits, including four acres of apricots. He has heen a successful farmer and has accu- mulated enough to surround himself with the
comforts of life. A view of his pleasant home forms one of the illustration, of this work. Ile was married October 2, 1875, to Miss M. E. Felby. a native of Ohio.
BUTTOLPHI, FRANK D., M. D., of the firm of Wilson & Buttolph, horticulturists at Duarte, was born in Trenton, New Jersey. June 27, 1855. Ile was the son of Dr. 11. A. Buttolph twho has been for thirty- five years the Superintendent ofthe New Jersey Asylmin for Insane). He was a student nt Stevens School of Technology, Brooklyn, New York: studied medicine at the l'niversity of l'enn- sylvania: also at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. tle graduated in June. 1878. at the Long Hland Hoyatal College at Brook. lyn. New York, and came to ('alifornia the following December, where he has since resided: post-oflive address, El Monte. A view of the orange grove and residence of which he is a part owuer, will be found in this work.
CAPITOL MILLS, Los Angeles, located near the junction of Main aud Alameda streets, were built in Jannary, 1880. These mills comprise one of the finest water privileges in the State; have three run of flour buhrs and one of feed, with engine and boiler attached. The present owners and proprictors are .I. G. Deming. E. O. Deming and Jacob Palmer, who are also owners und proprietors of the ('apitol Mills, of San Francisco ; and have been for many years associated iu business on the coast under the firm name of Deming. Pahner & Co. They are engaged extensively in the man- ufacture of all kinds of meals, grits, feeds, and flour. A view of their mill appears in this work.
CAREY, THOMAS, resiles three and a half miles from Los Angetes. Ile was born in Tipperary county, Ircland. in 1823. Emigrated to the
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[Tnited States in 1852; hved a few months in New York and came to California by way of the Isthmus. Mr. Carey's first year in California was spent in the mining districts on the San Joaquin river; after which he located in Benicia, Solano conuty, and lived there for ten years, during which time he was employed by the Government. Hc was married on the 9th day of November, 1867, to Miss Mary Hinds, also a native of Tipperary county, Ireland. In 1868 Mr. Carey, wishing to engage in agricultural pursuits, moved to Los Angeles county and located on a Government truet of one hundred and sixty acres, where he has sinee resided. From a wild aud barren tract of land he has made the beautiful home and grounds, of which a view may be found on auother page.
CHILDS, OYRO W., of Los Angeles, was born iu Sutton, Caledonia county, Vermont; came to Cali- fornia in Angnet, 1850, and to Los Angeles the following November. lle was engaged for many years in the mercantile and manufacturing business. In 1858 he purchased the magnificent property which he now owns, and with marked success Jus continned to cultivate, adding in no small degree to the attractiveness of Los Angeles, which will be willingly nttested by the thousands of people that have visited his well-ordered grounds. It would require a lengthy catalogne to enumerate the almost endless variety of fruits and plants to he found in n state of perfection in his skillfully- managed fifty aercs. The grounds have been arranged in sneh an artistic manner that a new surprise greets one at every turn; the well.kept lawns, the rare and beautiful trees, brought from the most distant and opposite corners of the earth, flourishing here side by side, and thriving equally well, forming a happy family, hitherto strangers to each other. Mr. Childs has been the direet means of introducing into southern California many of the varieties of semi-tropical fruits that thrive so well in that portion of the State, he heing the pioneer nurseryman of Los Angeles county. A view of his residence will be found on another page.
CHILSON, D. G., was born in Burleson county, Texas, in 1850, and soon after his father moved to the western part of the State, where he was elected Judge, and held the office until 1868. With his wife and children the Judge then started across the plains, and near Fort Cummings, New Mexico, the Indians made a raid upon them, and stole all their horses and cattle. Alone in the wilderness, and a thousand miles from their destination ou the one hand, and as far from civilization on the other, their situation was a desperate oue. The Judge, seconded by his heroie wife, resolved to push on, and after innumerable trials and hardships, finally renched California in 1860. The subject of our sketch then took his blankets and prospeeting out- fit and holdly entered Arizona, braviug the dangers of Indians and reptiles in that then scarcely known region. Over mountains and across deserts he went, the hot suu blistering him by day, and the quiet sky his covering by night, the carth his couch. His excellent constitution and plenty of pluck carried him through many exposures and dangers, and led him to success. He coutinued prospecting five years, opening and marking a number of mines with good success. 1Tis efforts were finally rewarded by the discovery of the famous Silver Nugget ledge, iu Maricopa county, which his years of experience taught him was what
he had been searching for. Ile at once employed miners to open the ledge, and in six months had shipped to San Francisco over forty tons of ore, which yielded him over eighty thousand dollars, besides placing on the dump sixty-five thousand dollars' worth of low grade ore, averaging sixty-five dollars to the tou. Remembering the trials and hardships his parents had endured, he purchased a bome for them at Orangethorpe, in one of the beau- tiful valleys of Los Angeles county, three miles from Anaheim, where they can pass their days amid the ever-blooming flowers, and listen to the song of birds, all the year long. A fine litho- graphic view of Mr. Chilson's residence is given in this work.
CORONEL, ANTONIO F., was horn in the city of Mexico the 21st of October, 1817. Came to Cali- fornia in the year 1834. In 1838 he was appointed assistant sceretary of the tribunals in the city of Los Angeles; he was occupied in judicial affairs in that epoch and law questions. His father, Ignacio F. Coronel, and himself established the first school in form. under Laneaster's system. In 1843 he was named Judge of the First Instance, and he was the first one that established publie works, and the order of police in form. In 1844 General Michel- torena appointed him Captain of the auxiliary companies and visitor of the southern missions. In 1845 he was named by the Legislative hody parlia- mentary commissioner, in the question which it had with General Micheltorena. In March of 1846, he was clected by the district of Los Angeles representative to the general congress of the towns. In the same year, in consequence of the American invasion, was put in actual serviee as Captain. After the battle of October 8, 1846, of the Dominguez Ranch, or San Pedro, he was put in charge of a special commission before the gen- eral government to take the American flag that was taken in said battle. After he came back to this place he was named aid-de-camp of the Gen- eral Commander, and he was present in the battles of the 8th and 9th, of the Bartolo Pass and the Mesa. In 1847-48 he was elected member of the body of magistrates, and charged with the regula- tions and order of irrigation. In 1850 he was
elected County Assessor, and lastly re-elected. In 1853 he was elected Mayor of the city of Los Augeles. In 1854 he was clected wemher of the Common Council of said city. and re-elected successively until the year 1867 (excepting two years), when he was elected State Treasurer for the term of four years. His principles have always been Democratie, which party he has served many times, and twiee he has been nominated Presiden- lial Elector. 1le is now living on his residence property, the orchard and vineyard which he commeneed to improve in the year 1838, and he calls it Recreation. The property contains fitty- three acres within the city limits. He has an orange orehard containing one thousand trees, a vineyard of forty thousand vines, and many other varieties of fruits upou the property.
CUDDEBACK, GRANT PRICE, was horn iu Skane- ateles, 'Onondaga county, New York, July 1, 1820, sou of Peter and Clarissa Cuddeback. At the age of twelve years he moved to Illinois with his parents, ahout twenty-five miles north-west of Chicago, and when about eighteen went to Lee county, Iowa. Here he lived seven or eight years, and having accumulated some money, purehased a farm of one hundred acres in that county. The California gold
excitement brought him across the plains with an ox-team. He came by the way of Salt Lake City and the southern route, arriving in 1849. In the spring of 1850 he had lost most of his cattle, and packing his goods upon the back of a little Cali- fornia horse he started for the headwaters of the San Joaquin river. He mined tbere hut # few months when the Indian war made it a danger- ous locality, a uumher of horrible outrages being committed near Bakersfield. He then came to Los Angeles county and engaged in farming. sowing eighty acres of barley, which he ent with a common scythe alone. This was on the La l'uenta traet. He made the first settlement at El Monte, on Que hundred and sixty acres of Government land. He was married at El Monte February 14, 1852, to Elmira Hale. Hle then began stock-raising and farming, keeping his cat- tle in the Tebachape Pass, in the Sierra Nevadas. This business was continued until he removed to his present home in Orange in 1873, and embarked in vineyard and orange culture. He owns one hundred and eighty acres of land in Santa Ana township, having ten acres of vine- vard and fifteen of orange aud other fruit trees. From his vines when they were six years old he picked three tons of grapes to the acre. One of the illustrations in this work is of Mr. Cudde- hack's home.
DALTON, GEORGE, resides in Los Angeles. His property consists of forty-six acres within the city limits of Los Angeles. His orchard contaius a fine orange grove of three hundred and fifty trees, from nine to twenty years old. all of whichi are hearing: two hundred apple trees, and many other varieties of fruit: also a vineyard of twenty thousand vines. Mr. Dalton has always manufac- tured his wine on the premises, but will hereaf. ter sell his grapes, thus saving lahor. When Mr. Dalton reached Los Angeles in 1851, there was not a briek or frame house in the city. There were not over half a dozen American women in Los Angeles, and bnt few American men. A view of Mr. Dalton's place appears on another page. Mr. Dalton's three sons are settled around him. having been started in life hy him upon portions of his estate set off to them. Mr. W. T. Dalton has fifty acres under a yonug orange orchard and viuevard. The latter contains twen- ty-six thousand vines, principally of the Mission variety. He has also a variety of other fruits, all young. Mr. Edwin H. Dalton has nineteen acres, principally under fruit. He conducts a general nursery business of semi-tropical trees and plants. Mr. George J. Dalton has thirty acres under a young orchard, which is not yet hearing.
DE CELIS, MRS. J. A., was born in Monterey, Cal- iforuia. Her grandfather, Don Jose Maria Argu ello, was Governor of California uuder Spanish rule, 1814-1815; her father, Hon Luis Arguello, was Governor thereof under Mexican rule, 1823- 1825. In the year 1844 she was married to Don Eulogio de Celis, a native of Spain, who bad set. tled in California as a merchant in 1836. There were horn of this nnion five sons and two daugh- ters. Two of the former and both the latter now reside in Spain, while the three remaining sons are residents of Los Angeles county. In 1853 Don Eulogio de Celis returned to his native country. taking with him his wife and family, and there resided until his death in 1868, revisiting Califor- nia only once during the interval, and then only
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for five months. In 1875 Mrs. de Celis retnrued to Los Angeles and has siuce resided on her hand- souje property lying between Twelfth and Washı- ington, on Main street. Here she has seventy- two acres of laud planted with one thousand orange trees, oue thousand walnut trees, six thon- sand grape vines, together with a large variety of apples, pears, peaches, olives, figs, etc. Ditch No. 5 runs through the property, giving water facilities for irrigation, equal to any in the county. The residence of Mrs. de Celis is a comfortable cottage home, a view of which will be found on another page. The Main street borse-cars pass the door. Being desirous of joining her daughters in Spain, Mrs. de l'elis offers the eutire property for sale.
DOMINGUEZ, DON MANUEL, was born in San Diego, January 26, 1803. ro received only the education of those primitive days, learning to read and write under the tutorship of Sargeant Mer- cado, of the Spanish artillery. lle afterwards supplemented this, however, by an extensive course of reading. In 1825 (after the death of his father, Don Christobal Dominguez, an officer under the Spanish Government) he took charge of his ranebo San l'edro, in Los Angeles county, and he has since resided thereon. In 1827 he married Maria Gracia Cota, daughter of Don -- Cata, Commissioner under the Mexican Government. Ten children have been born to them - eight daughters and two sons. There are now living six daughter+. Three are married and three still single. Hle is a firm believer and follower of the Catholic Church, and has raised his large family in the same belief. He has during all this time devoted himself exclusively to farming and a Cal- ifornia raneher's life. In 1828-29 lic was elected a member of the "Illustrious Ayuntamiento" of the city of Los Angeles. In 1829 he was elected a delegate to nominate representatives to the Mexican Congress. In 1832 he was elected First Alcalde and Judge of First Instance for the city of Los Angeles. In 1833-34 he was elected as Territorial Representative for Los Angeles conuty, the representatives assembling at Monterey. In 1834 he was ealled to a conference at Monterey for the secularization of the missions. In 1839 he was elected Second Alealde for the eity of Los Angeles. In 1842 he was elected First Alcalde and Judge of the First Instance. In May, 1843, he was elected Prefect of Second District of Cali- fornia-California being divided into two districts. In the same year two companies were formed for the defense of the county, and he was elected Captain of one of these. In 1844 the office was suppressed, and he again retired to private life. In 1849 he was elected delegate to the first ('on- stitutional Convention which assembled at Monte- rey. In 1854 he was elected a Supervisor for the county. He has heen at different times offered high positions in the Government, but has always refused, having too much attachment to his family and his private interests, and although now ad- vanced in years, he still oversees the working of his large ranch: under Spanish, Mexican and Amer- jean rule alike, Mr. Dominguez has ever striven faithfully to discharge the high trusts reposed in him. A view of his ranch will he found in this work.
DOWNEY, JOHN G., Ex-Governor. The life of Ex-Governor John G. Downey, like those of nearly all of our great men, is pregnant with the lesson that in this country the highest political honors
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and the most distinguished position in society may be obtained by every youth who starts out in his career with fixed principles, fair talents, tireless industry, and an iudomitahle determination to struggle up the road which leads to fortune. No young man with proper faculties can fail to make bis mark, if he aims high and falters not in his etforts to reach the goal of his ambition. In the words of Riehelien, of such it may he said: "in the hright lexicon of youth, which fate reserves for glorious manhood. there's uo such word as fail." The subject of this sketch was born in the county of Roscommou, Ireland, iu the year 1826, and came to the United States in 1840, His education in Ireland was confined to that he had received from the National school system-a system which in modern times has been justly celebrated for its scope and thoroughness. But a boy of fourteen could bardly have acquired more than the rudi- ments of a common school training. Shortly after his arrival in the United States, however. he spent two years in a Latin school in Maryland, taught by John Corcoran, justly renowned for his classical learning aud for his rigid discipline. Master Downey was thus enabled to start ont in life with a stock of knowledge upon which a young mau of studious proclivities could build as com- plete an education as if he had successfully graduated from the highest institute of learning. And as Governor Downey has been a close student all his life, and even now delights in one of the finest private libraries in the State, it is needless to say that he is a man of finc intellectual culture. At the age of sixteen he was forced, for want of means, to leave the school of Mr. Corcoran, aud start out npou the activities of life. lle entered the service of John F. Callan, as apprentice to the drug business, and remained with that gen- tleman till 1846, when he removed to Cincinnati, where he at ouce became a full partner of John Darling, a well-known apothecary of that city, taking sole charge of a branch store. Business prospered with the young man, and when the California gold excitement broke ont he started for this coast to seek his fortune. On his way he stopped at Vieksburg and was induced for a short time to accept a position in Oliver O. Woodman's establishment, the great book and drug concern of the South-west. Young Downey was fortunate in having been thrown in contact with such men us C'allan, Darling and Woodman. They were Tally- rauds in discipline and Bosshets in morals and classical lore, and in their polished society made up in part for the collegiate training which had heeu denied him, and for which he so fondly yearned. On his arrival in San Francisco in 1×50, yonng Downey seenred employment in the store of llenry Johnson & Co., Dupont street. He then Formed a partnership with Dr. James P. McFarland, in Los Angeles, under the firm style of MeFarland & Downey, and removed to that city. This partnership continned till 1856, when the subject of this sketch was elected to the Legislature. Prior to that time Downey had been elected to neurly every local office in the gift of the people. Under the administration of Buch- anan be held commissions as Collector of the Port of San Pedro, Superintendent of Light-houses, and as Disbursing Agent for the Treasury De- partment. In 1859 he was nominated for Lieutenant-Governor of the State by the Demo- cratic Convention, and elveted. Four days after he had taken his seat as President of the Senate.
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