Los+Angeles

Guest book: Masika Bakshara (1896)

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A little History: California was ruled by Spain until 1822 when Mexico assumed jurisdiction. After a two-year period of hostilities with Mexico beginning in 1846, the area came under U.S. control. In 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo made California a United States territory. The County of Los Angeles was established on February 18, 1850 as one of the 27 original counties, several months before California was admitted to the Union. It derived its name from the area known as Los Angeles, already a large community, and made it the designated "seat" of County government. On April 1, 1850 the people of Los Angeles County asserted their newly won right of self-government and elected a three-man Court of Sessions as their first governing body. A total of 377 votes were cast in this election. In 1852 the Legislature dissolved the Court of Sessions and created a five-member Board of Supervisors. In 1913 the citizens of Los Angeles County approved a charter recommended by a board of freeholders which gave the County greater freedom to govern itself within the framework of state law. (http://www.laavenue.com/LAHistory.htm)=====

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1860-Los Angeles is linked to San Francisco by telegraph. Traditional Mexican bull and bear fights are outlawed in Los Angeles. Baseball becomes the popular sport. Presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln is soundly defeated in Los Angeles County, but carries California as a whole. Los Angeles County Sheriff Tomas Sanchez enlists in the Confederate Army===== 1870 - Los Angeles houses are numbered for the first time in order to create a city directory. The last recorded lynching in Los Angeles takes place when a suspect is hanged for the murder of Jacob Bell. Both Pico House and the Merced Theatre open for business. For a time, Pico House is the finest hotel in Southern California. The Los Angeles County Medical Society is established. For the first time, whites outnumber Hispanics and Indians. The first permanent bridge is built across the Los Angeles River.

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1880-A rail line is extended to San Pedro that becomes the beginning of the modern port. The University of Southern California is founded. Los Angeles receives its first paved road on Main Street. The first oil pipeline in Los Angeles is laid. Helen Hunt Jackson visits Los Angeles. She later publishes the famous novel Ramona in 1884 about the life in the early California missions.=====

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1890 -Heavy floods occur. The first Tournament of Roses Parade is held in Pasadena. Edwin T. Earl invents the refrigerated railcar in which to ship oranges to the east coast. The park becomes known as Griffith Park. The official flag of the City of Los Angeles is designed.=====

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1910-The first international Air Meet ever is held at Dominguez Field for ten days. The first powered flight in the west occurs at this event. A [|bomb explosion], resulting in the death of 21 people, destroys the printing plant of the Los Angeles Times. Harrison Otis of the Los Angeles Times unites with Los Angeles business interests to fight the activities of trade unions. Hollywood is annexed by the City of Los Angeles in order to receive water from the city’s new water supply. The 11,050-foot breakwater at Los Angeles Harbor is completed.=====