Pico House, circa 1878. Courtesy of California Historical Society Collection at USC Library. The death of an Anglo man attempting a citizen’s arrest on a Chinese merchant provokes an angry …

Hollenbeck was elected to the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of the city, on December 3, 1877, for a term ending on December 6, 1878. In 1878 Hollenbeck became a …

The late- Victorian-era Downtown of Los Angeles in 1880 was centered at the southern end of the Los Angeles Plaza area, and over the next two decades, it extended south and west along …

In 1879, the Los Angeles Telephone Company was formed and it began offering telephone service in the area of what is now Downtown Los Angeles. This was just one year after the …

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Jan 17, 2025 · Los Angeles Star, 10 October 1878. Here were “an intelligent class of settlers” enjoying “the rich soil, cool water and healthful climate,” but it was added that “the late …

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Jan 16, 2025 · Los Angeles Herald, 12 September 1878. The next day’s edition of the Los Angeles Herald provided its summary on the situation, beginning with the statement that, …

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