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 3

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


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Miles, Charles E., I, 365


Miller, A. Blanchard, III, 779


Miller, Eleanor, III, 611


Miller, John B., II, 254


Milliken, Lillian, I, 245


Milliron, Clark J., II 235 Millspaugh Hall, I, 263


Minzer, Leo, II, 53


Miranda, Antonio, I, 30


Mission orchard of San Gabriel, I, 189 Mission Play, I, 382; synopsis of its three acts, 383 Missions: Franciscan, I, 10-23; Cali- fornia secularized by Spanish Cor- tes (1813), 21; confiscated by Mexi- can Government (1833), 22


Mitchel, Adelaide P., II, 290


Mitchell, Alexander, II, 213


Mitchell, Beatrice, II, 314 Mitchell, H. Milner, I, 365


Modini-Wood, C., I, 379


Molony, Clement, II, 146


Money, William, I, 282, 283; argues five years with Catholic clergy (1834-40), 286; fate of his dispu- tants, 287; death of, 288


Money's (Wm.) "Discovery of the Ocean,'' I, 284


Money and money lending (1854), I, 98: effect of Civil war on green- backs, 106 Monnette, Mervin J., II, 203


Monnette, Orra E., II, 204


Monterey: Protests against Los An- geles as California capital, I, 43; refuses to capitulate as capital, 44; a court center of the Southern Cali- fornia district (early 50's), 77, 179 Montgomery, Ernest A., II, 211


Montgomery, Francis S., III, 891


Montgomery, George A., II 312 Montgomery, Gertrude, III, 892


Montgomery, James A., II, 308 Montgomery, Los Angeles "aristo- cratic" gambling house, I, 94


Moody, Elmer I, III, 471


Moohr, Clara M., II, 423


Moore, Ben, I, 164


Moore, C. I. D., III, 616


Moore, Ernest C., I, 263


Moore, Harry E., III, 607


Moore, Ira, I, 262


Moore, Walter S., III, 566


Moore, William H., Jr., III, 736 Morales, Francisco, I, 38 Moran, Robert B., III, 913


Moreland, Watt L., II, 100


Moreno, Jose Matias, I, 167


Moreno, Juan Bautista, I, 160 Morosco, Oliver, a dominating figure in the theatrical world, I, 385


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INDEX


Morris, Oscar M., III, 507 Morrison, Murray, I, 364; sketch of, 366


Morrow, William S., I, 309


Morton, Harold C., II, 399


Moses, Betsey B. C., II, 353 Moses, Cassius M., II, 351


Mosier, Martin H., III 808


Mott, John G., III, 439


Mott, Stephen H., I, 364


Mott, Thomas' D., I, 364


Mount Lowe astronomical observa- tory, I, 138


"Movies," Los Angeles as world cen- ter of, I, 386


Mudd, Seeley W., III, 478


Mueller, Oscar C., II, 422


Muhleman, Frank L., II, 310


Mulholland, William, I, 118, sketch of, 232, 233, 235; II, 229


231;


Mullaly, Porter & Ayers, I, 193


Mullen, Andrew, II, 134


Mullen, Edward F., II, 135


Mullen, Mary D., II, 135


Municipal building erected, I, 122


Mulqueeney, Patrick C., III, 840


Munro, John, II, 236


Murphy, Florence C., III, 646


Murphy, Thomas C., III, 645 Murphy, William K., II, 309


Murray, John E., II, 314


Museum of History, Science and Art, I, 145


Mushet, William C., II, 173


Music and Art: From Greece to the Pacific Coast, I, 376, 377; from In- dian music to grand opera, 378; early history of choral music in Los Angeles, 379; opera in Los Angeles, I, 380; Los Angeles world center of "movies, '' 386


Musser, Henry L., III, 632 Myers, Charles L., II, 302 Myers, John S., II, 400 Myers, Louis W., III, 793 Myles Place, I, 89


Nadeau, George A., III, 519 Nadeau, Remi, I, 120, III, 518 Navarro, Jose Antonio, I, 30


Navel Orange industry established (1873), I, 113 Neighborhood schools, I, 250 Neuman, Edward, I, 187


New Church (Swedenborgian), I, 316 New Mexicau trade, I, 64 Newlin, Thomas E., III, 479


Newmark, Harris, I, 60, 198; III, 449 Newmark, Maurice H., I, 143; III, 450 Newport, Fred P., III, 900 Nichols, John G., I, 69, 95, 274


Nigger Alley, I, 94 Night schools, I, 246 Nisbet, James, I, 276


Nordholdt, William, I, 72


Nordlinger, Louis S., II, 250


Nordlinger, Simon, II, 249


Norton, Myron, I, 72; sketch of, 363, 364 Noted events of 1851, I, 73


Oakley, Franc R., III, 828 Oakley, James, III, 828


Occidental (Presbyterian) College, I, 129


O'Connor, J. Robert, III, 486


O'Conor, Charles, I, 342 Odell, Samuel W., II, 356


O'Donoghue, Patrick, II, 200


Ogden, William B., III, 482


Ogier, Isaac S. K., I, 77, 309, 310, 365; sketch of, 366


O'Gorman, Michael, II, 95 Oil boom of 1892-1904, I, 135


Oil industry, I, 394 Olcovich, Emil, II, 282


Old jail, I, 85


Old courthouse, I. 85


Oldfield, Barney, III, 832 Old Plaza Church, II, 167 Old Soldiers Home, Sawtelle, I, 132


Olvera, Agustin, sketches of, I, 159, 360, 361


O'Melveny, H. K. S., I, 85, 86, 346, 364


O'Melveny, Henry, I, 245 O'Melveny, Henry W., II, 25


O'Neil, Patrick H., III, 558


O'Neil, Mrs. Richard, III, 567 Oneonta Park, I, 89


Orange county, carved from Los Ange- les, I, 135 Orcutt, Leafie S., II, 385


Ord, Pacificus, I, 366 Orfila, Antonio, II, 180


Orme, H. S., I, 268, 289


Orpheus Club, I, 379, 381


Ortega, Concepcion D., II, 186


Ortega, Emilio C., II, 184


Osborne, Henry Z., III, 506


Osborne, W. B., I, 78, 281


Osbourn, Guillermo B., sketch of, I, 273


Osbourne, George, I, 384


Osteopathy in California, III, 909 Otis, Harrison G., I, 120, 139, 398; III, 840


"Our Italy," by Charles D. Warner, I, 135 Overell, Arthur O., III, 780 Overns, Hugo, I, 242 Overstreet, Dr., I, 281


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Overton, Paul, II, 91 Owen, E. H., I, 365 Owens River, I, 229


Owens River Acqueduct, story of the I, 226-37 Owens, Timon E., III, 570


Pacific Coast Oil Company, I, 90


Pacific Electric building, I, 140


Pacific Steamship Company, I, 212


Pacific Steamship lines operating from Los Angeles, I, 216 Packard, Albert, I, 183 Packard, D. T., I, 320


Padres, Jose Maria, I, 360


Page, Benjamin E., II, 94


Page Military Academy, II, 293


Pahl, Harriet W., II, 225


Palethorpe, William J., II, 59


Palmer, Charles H., Jr., II, 349


Palmer, Frederick, II, 122


Palomares, Jose, I, 150


Palou, Francisco: Serra's successor as father president of missions, I, 15; literary works on Franciscan mis- sions and missionaries, 16


Parent-Teachers Association, I, 255


Parker, Alexander, I, 312, 320


Parker, Claude I., II, 327


Parker (Horatio) prize opera, I, 381 Parker, I N., I, 314


Parker, O. K., I, 231


Parkinson, John, II, 221


Parks, I, 370-75


Parochial and private. schools, I, 263


Parsons, Elias H., III, 769


Parsons, Mary A., III, 772


Pasadena: Settlement commenced in 1875, I, 89, 138 Pasadena Military Academy, III, 748 Pasadena Rose Tournament first held, I, 135


Pascal, Julian, III, 694


Patton, George S., I, 345; II, 391


Patton, George S., Jr. III, II, 392


Paulding, Joseph, I, 65


Paulsen, Robert E., I, 379


Payne, Herbert A., III, 502


Peachy, A. C., I, 362 Pearson, Benjamin F., III, 533 Peck, Arthur R., II, 218 Peek, Earl C., III, 734


Peck, George H., II, 120


Peckham, George C., II, 406


Pelanconi, Antonio, II, 332 Pelanconi, Lorenzo A., II, 332 Pelanconi, Petra, II, 332 Pellissier, Germain, II, 289 Pellissier, Marie Julie, II, 290


Penelon, Henri, I, 192, 317 Penton, Joseph T., III, 677 Pershing Square, I, 373


Pesthouse built, I, 289 Pettebone, Henry W., II, 171 Pettingell, Frank H., II, 149 Pettit, Fred E., Jr., III, 903 Petty, F. Fern, III, 725 Philharmonic Orchestra, I, 381, 382 Phillips, Lee A., II, 20 Phillips, Louis, I, 356


Philp, Harry G. R., II, 192 Physicians and Surgeons: California's first, I, 266; Spanish laws regulat- ing the practice of medicine and sur- gery, 327 Pickarts, Albert J., III, 851 Pickrell, A. J., II, 215


. Pico, Andres, I, 48, 156, 162; com- mander of California forces capitu- lates to Fremont, 176, 189


Pico, Pio, I, 42, 60, 74; deposes Man- nel Victoria as governor, 151; last governor under Mexico, 152, 165; returns from Mexico, 167, 189, 301; last of the Mexican governors, 341


Pico House, I, 80, 82 Piel, Jessie, I, 245


Pierce, Albert D., III, 469


Pillsbury, Bertha A., III, 509


Pillsbury, George E., III, 509


Pina, Maxima, I, 238


Pioneer auction house of 1850, I, 197 Pioneer barber, I, 201


Pioneer photographer of Los Angeles, I, 317


Plaza, I, 59; sixty-five years ago, 60, 118; as originally laid out, 147; memories of the, 367


Plaza Church founded (1814), I, 37; in 1814-22, 150, 305; dedicated (1822), 306; oldest parish church on Pacific Coast, 307, 316


Politics: Jose Maria Carrillo runs for Mexican Congress, I, 41; Carrillo's successful Congressional campaign and revolution, 42; Los Angeles storm center (1822-47), 151


Polytechnic High School, I, 247


Ponet, Ellen J., III, 893 Ponet, Victor, III, 892 Port of San Pedro, I, 208


Porter, William J., I. 325


Post, Hoyt, Jr., III, 662


Pottenger, Francis M., III, 806


Potter, N. A., I, 309, 310


Potts, A. W., I, 364


Poulin, J. B., I, 379


Poulin, J. P., I, 381


Powell, George H., III, 462


Powell, N. T., II, 216


Powell, Robert J., II, 311


Power, Tyrone, I, 384


Powers, John F., II, 154 Powers, L. M., I, 288


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Prat, Pedro, I, 265; California's first doctor, 266


Prather, Will C., II, 417


Prehoda, Frank J., II, 378 Presbyterian churches, I, 310


Press: Los Angeles newspapers of the '50s, I, 79; first Los Angeles news- paper (1851), 96; Daily Times first issued (December 4, 188I), 120 Price, Frank T., II, 310


Pryor, Miguel N., I, 70, 165 Pryor, Nathaniel, I, 64


Property holders of 1851, 1, 74


Protestant Episcopal churches, I, 311 Providencia Rancho (Burbank), I, 90 Pruitt, Drew, 11, 114


Pueblos; how they differed from American municipalities, I, 340


Puente, I, 89


Pure Food laws of 1538 I, 328


Porviance, Edna, III, 801


Putnam, Charles E., II, 365


Quinby, E. Collins, II, 110


Quintero, Luis, I, 30


Quinton, John H., II, 35


Quinton, Code & Hill, II, 35


Radford, Joseph D., II, 168 Raho, Blas, I, 317


Railroads: Status of Southern Pacific in 1875, I, 80; opening of Los Ange- les and San Pedro Railroad (Oeto- ber 26, 1869), 100; Civil War blocks building of, 104, opposition to (1866), 107; city and county votes to aid Los Angeles & San Pedro R. R., 108; Central Pacific Railroad completed (1869), 109; extension of Southern Pacific (1872), 112; di- rect connection of Los Angeles with Southern Pacific through San Fer- nando tunnel, 118; Santa Fe reaches Los Angeles (1885), 123; first through service of Southern Pacific Railroad inaugurated (August,


1887), I, 132; Santa Fe branch from Los Angeles to San Diego com- pleted in 1891, I, 134; steam, electri- cized, I, 138; Los Angeles attempts adjustment of rates with, 1, 140; connections between Los Angeles, San Pedro and Wilmington, I, 208 Ralphs, Albert G., Jr., II, 271 Ralphs, George A., II, 270 Ralston, W. C., death of, I, 91 Ralston, W. C., I, 117


Ramirez, Jose Antonio, I, 37


Rancherias (Native Indian Villages), I, 2 Rand, June, II, 168 Randall, Charles H., III, 597 Ransford, John E., III, 466


Ransom, Adrian C., III, 653


Ransom, Don E., III, 653 Ransom, William E., III, 652


Read, Helen B., III, 757 Reardon, James A., II, 174


Recopilacion de las Indias (code of Spanish colonial laws), I, 325; de- fines duties of alcaldes in Spanish colonies, 329 Red Cross Shop, II, 15


Redick, John L., I, 400 Redlands Company, I, 396


Reed, John, I, 64


Reeve, Sidney N., II, 113


"Reform of the New Testament Church," by William Money (1854), I, 285


Reglamento (California's first code of laws), I, 26


Reid, George E., II, 369


Reid, Wallace, III, 796


Reid, William W., III, 796


Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormon), I, 316


Resa, Andrew, II, 166


Requena, Manuel, I, 242


Reyes, Francisco, I, 149


Reynolds, S. F., I, 362 Reynolds, Thomas S., II, 72


Rhoades, Nelson O., II, 337


Rhodes, Allin L., III, 629


Rhodes, Joseph F., III, 574


Rice, George, I, 37, 152


Rice, Paran F., III, 643


Richardt, Theophilus, II, 99


Richardson, Solomon, I, 89


Richardson, W. A., I, 37


Richardson, William H., III, 523


Riddle, Adeline, II, 209


Riddle, Julia, II, 209 Riley, Bennett, I, 66


Rios, Joaquin de los Rios y, I, 360 Rittersbacher, Charles, II, 93


Rittersbacher, Laura K., II, 94


Rivera, I, 89


Riverside County, iron deposits in, I, 398


Roads: Passenger road opened be- tween San Pedro harbor and Los Angeles (1849), I, 93; great stage lines and express, with Los Angeles as station (early 50's), 99


Robertson, Mrs. Matthew S., III, 885 Robinson, Alfred, I, 193


Robinson, Charles M., I, 142


Robinson, Henry M., III, 901


Robinson, Joseph E., II, 347


Robinson, Mrs. M. Hennion, III, 804


Robinson, Clare, III, 691 Rodman, Willoughby, I, 325


Rodriguez, Pablo, I, 30


Roger, Wilfred, I, 384 Rogers, Robert I., III, 57I


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Rohe, Clifford A., II, 410 Rojo, Manuel C., I, 361; sketch of, 363


Roland, Fred, I, 37


Roland, John, I, 74, 189


Roland, W. R., I, 365


Rolfe, H. C., I, 72


Roman, John, III, 446


Roman Catholic Churches: diocese of California created by Gregory XVI, I, 295; Bishop Diego journeys to Santa Barbara, his episcopal resi- dence, 302; contest with Governor Pico over secularization of missions, 303; Upper California erected into a diocese with Santa Barbara as episcopal city, 305; diocese of Mon- terey, 305


Romero, Dona Guadalupe, I, 69


Roodhouse, Robert, III, 548


Rosas, Alejandro, I, 30


Rosas, Basilio, I, 30


Rose, Andrew H., II, 341


Rose, L. J., I, 89, 111, 116


Rose. (L. J.) place, (Sunny Slope), I, 89


Rose, W. H., I, 243


Rosenberg. Carl E., III, 878


Ross, E. M., I, 85, 345


Ross, Ida H., II, 80


Ross, N. A., III, 447


Rossiter, John G., II, 322


Rossetti. Vietor H., II, 179


Rothwell, Walter H., I, 381


Rowan, George D., II, 304


Rowan, Robert A., II, 152 Rowan, T. E., I, 365


Rowland, Charlotte M., II, 77


Rowland, John, I, 64; III, 924 Rowland, William R., III, 925


Rowley, Edwin S., II, 90


Rowntree, John T., II, 266


Rubottom, William, I, 71


Rush, Judson R., II, 50


Russell, John N., Jr., II, 420


Ryan, Andrew, I, 365 Ryan, M., I, 365


Sabichi, Frank, II, 312 Sabichi, G. Carlos, III, 848


Sabichi, William W., II, 314


Sackett, Russell, I, 361


Sacred Heart Academy, II, 416


Safford, George S., III, 614


Safford Mae C., III, 615


Salandie, Madame, I, 183


Salazar, Jose, I, 165


Salt Lake Railroad, I, 134 San Antonio de Padua, I, 13


San Antonio Light and Power Com- pany, I, 396


San Bernardino County; source of pou try and dairy supplies (1853), I. 96


San Bueno Ventura, I, 13 San Carlos Mission (Monterey), I, 13 San Diego: Founded, I, 13, 134, 155; established as episcopal city by Gregory XVI (1840), 297; "Insig- nificant town" (1841), 301, 302 San Diego Bay: Fray Junipero Serra arrives at, I, 10, 203


San Fernando Farm Association, I, 109


San Fernando Rancho, great wheat farm, now part of Los Angeles, I, 109


San Fernando tunnel, I, 80, 233


San Gabriel, Mother of Los Angeles, I, 12, 14; mission founded (Septem- ber, 1771), near site of present, 15; Palou's account of its founding, 16; Queen of the Missions, 18; its indus- trial and normal schools, center of hospitality, 19; fonnders of Los An- geles issue from, 31; in 1875, 89, 228 San Gabriel Vineyard, I, 190


San Joaquin Light & Power Corpora- tion, II, 320


San Jose (pueblo) founded, I, 11 San Juan de Arguello (pueblo), I, 361 San Pascual, I, 164, 177


San Pedro: Harbor first viewed by white men, I, 4; as whaler's fitting- out post, 106; or San Miguel, 204 San Pedro Harbor, I, 38; closed by Mexican government, (1828), 40, 62: in 1875, 80; first steamer into (1849), 93; government first im- proves (1871), 111; becomes (offi- cially) Los Angeles Harbor, 143; first known American ship to arrive at, 149; trading vessels of, 183; first steamers to, 184; port of Los Angeles, 204; described in 1835, 205 San Rafael Rancho (Glendale), I, 90, 148


Sanchez, Mattias, I, 117


Sanchez, Thomas A., I, 365 Sanford, W. T. B., I, 242 Sanitary inspectors created, I, 291


Sansevaine, Jean L., I, 71, 190 Santa Anita Rancho, I, 116


Santa Barbara, receives new Catholic bishop of the Californias, I, 302 Santa Catalina Island, center of early Yankee trade, I, 58, 111, 129, 205


Santa Fe Railroad: Enters Los An- geles (1885), I, 123; branch from Los Angeles to San Diego completed (1891), 134 Santa Monica, I, 111, 138, 208 Santa Monica bay, described in 1542, I, 6 Sargent, Edwin W., II, 177 Sartori, Joseph F., II, 31 Sannders, J. H., I, 362


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Sawyer School of Secretaries, The, II, 209


Saxon, Thomas A., I, 365


Scarborough, James G., II, 415


Scarborough, William B., II, 355


Schenck, Paul W., III, 577 Schertzinger, Victor L., III, 867 Schmidt, Edward, II, 412 School Libraries, I, 258 Schumacher, John, I, 185


Schumacher, John J., II, 366


Schwartz, Hyman, II, 262


Scott, Jonathan R., sketch of, I, 361


Scott, Joseph, I, 245; III, 783


Scott, Ralph J., II, 359


Scott, William B., III, 872


Scott, Winfield, I, 314


Searles, Moses, I, 273 Seaver, Everett H., II, 217 Seco, Arroyo, I, 87 .


Second Dragoons, Fort Tejon, I, 72


Sellers, Edgar E., II, 263


Sentous, Louis, Jr., II, 103


Sepulveda, Andronico E., I, 365


Sepulveda, Diego, I, 160


Sepulveda, Fernando, I, 189


Sepulveda, Ignacio, I, 364; sketch of, 365


Sepulveda, Jose Andras, I, 60, 74


Sepulveda, Jose Diego, III, 936


Sepulveda, Maria F., III, 936


Sepulveda, Ygnacio, I, 77, 85 Sepulveda family, 1, 58


Serra, Fray Junipero, arrives at San Diego Bay (July I, 1769), I, 10; death of, 15; names San Francisco, 203, 226, 228, 265, 383


Serrano, Jose, I, 190 Seventh Day Adventists, I, 316


Severance, T. E., I, 315


Sewer system established, I, 29I Seyler, Charles, Jr., II, I11


Seyler, Charles, Sr., II, 11I


Shatto, Clara R., I, 373 Shawn, Ted, III, 861


Shenk, John W., III, 788


Sherer, Albert J., III, 606 Sherer, Edward T., II, 40I


Sherman, M. H., I, 138 Sherman, Moses H., III, 649


Shiels, Albert, 1, 255; II, 273


Shinn, Charles H., I, 58 Shirley, Ira W., II, 382


Shirley, Nellie B., II, 383 Shoestring Strip annexed to the City (1909), I, 142 Shontz, Orfa J., III, 691 Shorb Ranch, I, 89 Shore, John W., I, 364 Shore, William, I, 311 Shore, William H., I, 309, 310 Shoults, Tracy E., III, 927


Shoup, Paul, III, 562 Shubrick, W. Branford, I, 179 Sims, C., I, 309 Simpson, Frank, III, 795 Sinclair, John, III, 568


Sinclair, Martha R., III, 568


Sirova, Jose Francisco, I, 148


Sisters of Charity, I, 100 Sisters of Mercy, III, 623


Sixth Judicial Circuit of the Mexican Republic, I, 334 Slauson, Jonathan S., I, 80, 245


Slauson, Sarahı R., III, 819 Sloan-Orcutt, Leafie, I, 375 Slusher, Margaret F., II, 146


Smallman, John, I, 379


Smallpox epidemies, I, 106, 289


Smith, A. J., I, 163 Smith, Clarence F., III, 584


Smith, George H., I, 344


Smith, Harry B., III, 937


Smith, Jedediah S., I, 63, 65


Smith, Laura G., I, 238


Smith, Oscar C., II, 355


Smith, Spencer H., III, 726


Smith, Thomas H., I, 345


Smith, W. J. A., I, 315


Smith-Hughes Act, I, 247, 253, 259


Smithers, A. C., I, 315


Smurr, Charles R., II, 427


Snooks, Joseph, I, 70


Snyder, Edward R., II, 158


Snyder, Meredith P., II, 394


Social life: Hospitality of old Cali- fornians, I, 46; old Californians temperate, 51; filial reverence, 54; customs of women in olden times, 55; entertainments of the '50s, 79; the "Fandango," 98; horse racing, 166; marriages between Catholics and Protestants, 303


Soler, Pablo, I, 267


Solomon, Fred H., III, 595


Somera, Angel, I, 14


Sonoratown, I, 94


South Park, I, 373


South Pasadena, a sheep pasture in 1875, 1, 89


Southern Branch of the State Univer- sity, I, 263


Southern California, worst rain in (1859), I, 102; its sheep industry devastated, 118; its "Big Boom,"' 125; described by Charles Dudley Warner as "Our Italy," 135; bene- fits of its climate to invalids, 268- 71


Southern California Edison Company, II, 256 Southern California Gas Company, II, 319


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INDEX


Southern California Power Company, I, 396 Southern California produets exhibit, I, 391 Southern District Agricultural So- ciety, I, 111


Southern Pacific Railroad, status of, in 1875, I, 80; extension of (1872), 112; San Fernando tunnel of, com- pleted (1876), 118; through service inaugurated (1887), 132; adjusts rates favoring Los Angeles (1910- 12), 140


Southwest Society of the Archæolog- ical Institute of America, I, 140 Southwestern University, II, 366


Spanish-American War I, 139


Spellacy, Timothy, II, 88


Spence, E. F., I, 91, 116


Spence, E. M., I, 365


Spencer, Charles H., III, 627


Spill, William A., II, 403


Spires, Joseph H., II, 340


Spires, Mary H., II, 341


Springer, Isaac, III, 562


Sproul, Joseph P., III, 564


Stage and freight lines, I, 184


Stagg, Raymond M., 1I, 71


Standard Oil Company, I, 212


Stanford, Leland, I, 113


Stanley, Mme. Coman, III, 678 Stanton, Edwin M., I, 342 Stanton, Philip A., II, 112


Stearns, Abel, I, 70, 74; sketch of, 66, 10I, 151, 152; his sumptuous home ("Palace of Don Abel Stearns"), 154, 183, 189, 193, 196, 200, 241, 361


Steckel, George, III, 876


Steindorff, Paul, I, 379


Stephens, William D., III, 710


Stern, Jacob, III, 528


Stern Realty Company, III, 528


Stevenson, Jonathan D., I, 163; leaves for San Francisco, 167; investigates land grants in military district (1847), 343 Stevenson, Matthew R., I, 163 Stevenson, Walter R., III, 544


Stockton, Robert F. (Commodore), ar- rives at San Pedro, I, 155; takes possession of Los Angeles and de- clares California U. S. Territory, 156; sketch of, 167, 179 Stockton, William M., I, 190 Stockton fire of 1851, I, 73 Stone, Duke, II, 242 Stoneman, G., I, 89 Story, Walter P., III, 630


Strassberger, Carl C., III, 557


Street car lines: First in Los Angeles (1874), I, 90, 114; first cable and


electric (1884-85), 123; consolidation of various systems (1888-9I), 132; electric interurban car system of Los Angeles, 138; development of Huntington interurban electrie sys- tems, 140


Strode, C. B., I, 362


Strong, Frank R., III, 608


Strother, William M., II, 285


Strover, William, II, 344


Stump, J. H., I, 319


St. Athanasius (St. Paul's) Church. I, 311, 319


St. Charles Hotel, I, 82


St. Denis, Ruth, III, 861


St. Joseph's Catholic Parish, II, 97


St. Luke's Parish, I, 311


St. Paul's Church, I, 311


St. Thomas The Apostle Church, II, 149


St. Vincent's College, II, 183


Sullivan, Anna C., II, 42


Sullivan, Dennis, JI, 42


Sullivan, John E., III, 444


Summerfield, John W., III, 499


Summerland, Estelle, III. 811


Summerland, Theodore, 11I, 810


Sumner, Edwin V., I, 104 Sunny Stope, I, 191


Superintendents of schools; changes in modes of selection, 1853-81, I, 245 Superior Court (Mexican system), I, 336


Supreme Court of California draws distinction between pueblos and American municipalities, I, 339


Supreme Court of the United States: On difficulty of locating Mexican land grants, I, 341 Sutherland, Byron C., 111, 644


Sutherland, Thomas W., I, 364 , Sycamore Grove, I, 373


Taft, Frederick H., II, 253 Taft, Stephen H., II, 251


Talbot, J. J., I, 319; pitiful vietim oť drink, 320


Talmadge, Margaret, III, 744


Tatlow, Joseph B., II, 429


Tatum, C. C. C., II, 306


Tatum, Frank D., III, 613


Taylor, Frauk W., III, 569


Taylor, June R., II. 168


Taylor, Minuie C., III, 569


Taylor, Nelson, I, 163 Tebbetts, Francis W., III, 696


Tebbetts, Hiram W., III, 695


Telegraphic communication between Los Angeles and San Francisco (1860), I, 104


Temple Block, I, 80, 193 Temple estate, I, 95


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Temple, Francis P. F., I, 365; III, 917 Temple, Jonathan, III, 916


Temple, John, I, 37, 71, 74, 152, 182, 183, 187, 189 Temple, John H., III, 919


Temple, T. P. F., I, 9I


Temple & Workman bank, failure of (1875), I, 90, 91, 117 Teschemaker, H. F., 1, 71


Teter, Ilarry E., II, 127 Thalhammer, Karl W., II, 334


"The Higher Christian Life," by W. E. Boardman, I, 319 Thec, E. J., III, 725 Thom, Cameron E., I, 86, 365, 366 Thom Block, I, 86


Thomas, Theodore, 1, 379 Thompson, Ira F., II, 406


Thomson, David M., 11, 135


Thorne, Edwin C., II, 241 Thornton, Harry, I, 366 Thornton, Tom C., II, 191 Thorpe, Helena B., II, 67 Thorpe, Spencer R., II, 66 Tibbetts, L. C., I, 113 Tidings, The, II, 222


Times building dynamited, with great loss of lite (October 1, 1910), I, 142


Titeomb, H. B., II, 54 Titus Ranch (Dew Drop), I, 89


Tivoli, San Francisco, I, 380


Toberman, Charles E., II, 409 Toland, Thomas O., III, 910


Toll, Charles H., II, 148 Tomlinson, J. J., 1, 184


Tompkins, P. W., I, 362


Tonner, P. C., I, 243


Tononi, Isabel R., 331 Tononi, Giacomo, II, 331


Toplitzky, Joseph, III, 886


Torres, Francisco, 1, 360


Townsend, James R., III, 503


Trafford, John, I, 365 Treble Clef Club, I, 379


Turner, George H., III, 763 Turner, Joel, I, 109 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, I, 167, 342


"Two Years Before the Mast," by Richard Henry Dana (1835), I, 205


Union Oil Company, I, 212 United States Hotel, I, 83 Universal City, III, 791 University of Southern California (see also Methodist College), 1, 118 Upham & Rea, 1, 82 Urban Military School, III, 629


Valdez, Antonio, 1, 69 Valdez, Lucian, I, 238


Valdez family, I, 189 Valentine, Louis H., II, 419 Valentine, William L., II, 165


Vance, Arlyn T., III, 813 Vance, Champ S., III, 612 Vance, Jessiea S., II, 199 Van de Kamp, Theodore J., II, 348 Vanegas, Jose, first mayor of Los An- geles, 1, 30, 34, 147, 148 Van Loan, Charles E., III, 697


Van Nuys, I. N., I, 89, 109, 118 Vasquez, Tiburcio, noted bandit, I, 113; hanged, 114 Veitch, Arthur L., II, 214


Vejar, Ricardo, I, 74, 189 Verdugo, Jose Maria, I, 148


Verdugo, Manuel, I, 30I


Victoria, Emanuel, 1, 42, 151


Vignes, Louis, first orange planter of Los Angeles, 1, 70, 175, 189, 190


Vilavicencio, Antonio (Felix), 1, 30


Viseano, Sebastian, I, 204


Vocational training, I, 259, 260, 26I


Volunteer Fire Company organized (1873), I, 113 Vordermark, John F., II, 188 Vosburg, Kate, III, 819


Wade, Charles J., II, 227 Wade, Franklin S., II, 228 Wagner, Charles D., II, 413


Walker, George W., II, 12I


Walker, Mrs. Horatio, Jr., III, 626


Walker, Lillian, III, 929




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