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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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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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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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