City-makersIllustrated history of the real estate boom in and around Los Angeles, from 1868 to 1876, and of the men who struggled to control it. |
Contents
Queen of the Cow Counties | 11 |
Widney Sells the Land | 17 |
Bannings Wonderful Railroad | 25 |
Copyright | |
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adobe Angelenos Angeles and Independence Angeles County Angeles Street arrived Bakersfield bandit Banning's began Belshaw and Beaudry boom building bullion kings Cajon Pass Caliente camp Canyon Cerro Gordo Cerro Gordo Freighting Charles Crocker Chavez Chinese citizens city-makers Coast Crawford crowd dollars Downey early F. P. F. Temple farmers furnace haul Hellman horse Hotel hundred Inyo County John G Jones land Los Angeles County Los Angeles Star Main Street Mexican miles miners mines Mojave months mule teams Nevada Number Owens Lake Owens River Owens Valley Panamint passengers Phineas Banning Pueblo's rail Rancho Remi Nadeau road route saloons San Bernardino San Diego San Felipe San Fernando Tunnel San Francisco Santa Monica Security-First National Bank Senator sheriff silver soon Southern California Southern Pacific Southern Pacific's stage Stanford station steamer subsidy Tehachapi Pass tion town track tunnel Union Vasquez wagons Widney Widney's Wilmington Yellow Grade