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CHAPTER

I.--CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH, 1834-1853 1

II.--WESTWARD, HO! 1853 6

III.--NEW YORK--NICARAGUA--THE GOLDEN GATE, 1853 14

IV.--FIRST ADVENTURES IN LOS ANGELES, 1853 27

V.--LAWYERS AND COURTS, 1853 45

VI.--MERCHANTS AND SHOPS, 1853 60

VII.--IN AND NEAR THE OLD PUEBLO, 1853 80

VIII.--ROUND ABOUT THE PLAZA, 1853-1854 97

IX.--FAMILIAR HOME-SCENES, 1854 112

X.--EARLY SOCIAL LIFE, 1854 128

XI.--THE RUSH FOR GOLD, 1855 146

XII.--THE GREAT HORSE RACE, 1855 157

XIII.--PRINCELY _RANCHO_ DOMAINS, 1855 166

XIV.--ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS, 1856 189

XV.--SHERIFF BARTON AND THE _BANDIDOS_, 1857 204

XVI.--MARRIAGE--THE BUTTERFIELD STAGES, 1858 220

XVII.--ADMISSION TO CITIZENSHIP, 1859 240

XVIII.--FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE TELEGRAPH, 1860 260

XIX.--STEAM-WAGON--ODD CHARACTERS, 1860 274

XX.--THE RUMBLINGS OF WAR, 1861 289

XXI.--HANCOCK--LADY FRANKLIN--THE DELUGE, 1861 299

XXII.--DROUGHTS--THE _ADA HANCOCK_ DISASTER,
1862-1863 310

XXIII.--ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN, 1864-1865 328

XXIV.--H. NEWMARK & COMPANY--CARLISLE-KING DUEL,
1865-1866 342

XXV.--REMOVAL TO NEW YORK, AND RETURN, 1867-1868 359

XXVI.--THE CERRO GORDO MINES, 1869 379

XXVII.--COMING OF THE IRON HORSE, 1869 393

XXVIII.--THE LAST OF THE VIGILANTES, 1870 408

XXIX.--THE CHINESE MASSACRE, 1871 421

XXX.--THE WOOL CRAZE, 1872-1873 437

XXXI.--THE END OF VASQUEZ, 1874 452

XXXII.--THE SANTA ANITA _RANCHO_, 1875 472

XXXIII.--LOS ANGELES & INDEPENDENCE RAILROAD, 1876 485

XXXIV.--THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC, 1876 496

XXXV.--THE REVIVAL OF THE SOUTHLAND, 1877-1880 509

XXXVI.--CENTENARY OF THE CITY--ELECTRIC LIGHT,
1881-1884 525

XXXVII.--REPETTO AND THE LAWYERS, 1885-1887 546

XXXVIII.--THE GREAT BOOM, 1887 564

XXXIX.--PROPOSED STATE DIVISION, 1888-1891 588

XL.--THE FIRST _FIESTAS_, 1892-1897 602

XLI.--THE SOUTHWEST ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
1898-1905 616

XLII.--THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE, 1906-1910 633

XLIII.--RETROSPECTION, 1910-1913 641

INDEX 653

ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING
PAGE

HARRIS NEWMARK. IN HIS SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR
Engraved from a photograph _Frontispiece_

FACSIMILE OF A PART OF THE MS 2

REPRODUCTION OF SWEDISH ADVERTISEMENT 3

PHILIPP NEUMARK 10
From a Daguerreotype

ESTHER NEUMARK 10
From a Daguerreotype

J. P. NEWMARK 10
From a Daguerreotype

MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH NEWMARK 10

LOS ANGELES IN THE EARLY FIFTIES 11
From a drawing of the Pacific Railway Expedition

BELLA UNION AS IT APPEARED IN 1858 26
From a lithograph

JOHN GOLLER'S BLACKSMITH SHOP 27
From a lithograph of 1858

HENRY MELLUS 50
From a Daguerreotype

FRANCIS MELLUS 50
From a Daguerreotype

JOHN G. DOWNEY 50

CHARLES L. DUCOMMUN 50

THE PLAZA CHURCH 51
From a photograph, probably taken in the middle
eighties

PIO PICO 68
From an oil portrait

JUAN BANDINI 68

ABEL STEARNS 68

ISAAC WILLIAMS 68

STORE OF FELIPE RHEIM 69

JOHN JONES 102

CAPTAIN F. MORTON 102

CAPTAIN AND MRS. J. S. GARCIA 102

CAPTAIN SALISBURY HALEY 102

_El Palacio_, HOME OF ABEL AND ARCADIA STEARNS 103
From a photograph of the seventies

THE LUGO RANCH-HOUSE, IN THE NINETIES 103

J. P. NEWMARK 112
From a vignette of the sixties

JACOB RICH 112

O. W. CHILDS 112

JOHN O. WHEELER 112

BENJAMIN D. WILSON 113

GEORGE HANSEN 113

DR. OBED MACY 113

SAMUEL C. FOY 113

MYER J. AND HARRIS NEWMARK 128
From a Daguerreotype

GEORGE CARSON 128

JOHN G. NICHOLS 128

DAVID W. ALEXANDER 129

THOMAS E. ROWAN 129

MATTHEW KELLER 129

SAMUEL MEYER 129

LOUIS SAINSEVAIN 154

MANUEL DOMINGUEZ 154

_El Aliso_, THE SAINSEVAIN WINERY 154
From an old lithograph

JACOB ELIAS 155

JOHN T. LANFRANCO 155

J. FRANK BURNS 155

HENRY D. BARROWS 155

MAURICE KREMER 168

SOLOMON LAZARD 168

MELLUS'S, OR BELL'S ROW 168
From a lithograph of 1858

WILLIAM H. WORKMAN AND JOHN KING 169

PRUDENT BEAUDRY 169

JAMES S. MALLARD 169

JOHN BEHN 169

LOUIS ROBIDOUX 174

JULIUS G. WEYSE 174

JOHN BEHN 174

LOUIS BREER 174

WILLIAM J. BRODRICK 175

ISAAC R. DUNKELBERGER 175

FRANK J. CARPENTER 175

AUGUSTUS ULYARD 175

LOS ANGELES IN THE LATE FIFTIES 188
From a contemporary sketch

MYER J. NEWMARK 189

EDWARD J. C. KEWEN 189

DR. JOHN S. GRIFFIN 189

WILLIAM C. WARREN 189

HARRIS NEWMARK, WHEN (ABOUT) THIRTY-FOUR YEARS OLD 224

SARAH NEWMARK, WHEN (ABOUT) TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OF AGE 224

FACSIMILE OF HARRIS AND SARAH NEWMARK'S WEDDING
INVITATION 225

SAN PEDRO STREET, NEAR SECOND, IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES 254

COMMERCIAL STREET, LOOKING EAST FROM MAIN, ABOUT 1870 254

VIEW OF PLAZA, SHOWING THE RESERVOIR 255

OLD LANFRANCO BLOCK 255

WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK 290

ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON 290

LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN 1854 291
From a contemporary map

THE MORRIS ADOBE, ONCE FRÉMONT'S HEADQUARTERS 291

EUGENE MEYER 310

JACOB A. MOERENHOUT 310

FRANK LECOUVREUR 310

THOMAS D. MOTT 310

LEONARD J. ROSE 311

H. K. S. O'MELVENY 311

REMI NADEAU 311

JOHN M. GRIFFITH 311

KASPARE COHN 342

M. A. NEWMARK 342

H. NEWMARK & CO.'S STORE, ARCADIA BLOCK, ABOUT 1875,
INCLUDING (LEFT) JOHN JONES'S FORMER PREMISES 343

H. NEWMARK & CO.'S BUILDING, AMESTOY BLOCK, ABOUT
1884 343

DR. TRUMAN H. ROSE 370

ANDREW GLASSELL 370

DR. VINCENT GELCICH 370

CHARLES E. MILES, IN UNIFORM OF 38'S 370

FACSIMILE OF STOCK CERTIFICATE, PIONEER OIL CO. 371

AMERICAN BAKERY, JAKE KUHRTS'S BUILDING, ABOUT 1880 371

LOEBAU MARKET PLACE, NEAR THE HOUSE IN WHICH
HARRIS NEWMARK WAS BORN 384

STREET IN LOEBAU, SHOWING (RIGHT) REMNANT OF ANCIENT
CITY WALL 384

ROBERT M. WIDNEY 385

DR. JOSEPH KURTZ 385

ISAAC N. VAN NUYS 385

ABRAHAM HAAS 385

PHINEAS BANNING, ABOUT 1869 400

HENRI PENELON, IN HIS STUDIO 400

_Carreta_, EARLIEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION 401

ALAMEDA STREET DEPOT AND TRAIN, LOS ANGELES & SAN
PEDRO RAILROAD 401

HENRY C. G. SCHAEFFER 428

LORENZO LECK 428

HENRY HAMMEL 428

LOUIS MESMER 428

JOHN SCHUMACHER 428

WILLIAM NORDHOLT 428

TURNVEREIN-GERMANIA BUILDING, SPRING STREET 429

VASQUEZ AND HIS CAPTORS 452
(_Top_) D. K. SMITH,
WILLIAM R. ROWLAND,
WALTER E. RODGERS.
(_Middle_) ALBERT JOHNSON,
GREEK GEORGE'S HOME,
G. A. BEERS.
(_Bottom_) EMIL HARRIS,
TIBÚRCIO VASQUEZ,
J. S. BRYANT.

GREEK GEORGE 453

NICOLÁS MARTINEZ 453

BENJAMIN S. EATON 464

HENRY T. HAZARD 464

FORT STREET HOME, HARRIS NEWMARK, SITE OF BLANCHARD
HALL; JOSEPH NEWMARK AT THE DOOR 464

CALLE DE LOS NEGROS (NIGGER ALLEY), ABOUT 1870 465

SECOND STREET, LOOKING EAST FROM HILL STREET, EARLY
SEVENTIES 465

ROUND HOUSE, WITH MAIN STREET ENTRANCE 476

SPRING STREET ENTRANCE TO GARDEN OF PARADISE 476

TEMPLE STREET, LOOKING WEST FROM BROADWAY, ABOUT
1870 477

PICO HOUSE, SOON AFTER COMPLETION 477

WILLIAM PRIDHAM 500

BENJAMIN HAYES 500

ISAAC LANKERSHIM 500

RABBI A. W. EDELMAN 500

FORT STREET, FROM THE CHAPARRAL ON FORT HILL 501

ANTONIO FRANCO AND MARIANA CORONEL 520
From an oil painting in the Coronel Collection

FOURTH STREET, LOOKING WEST FROM MAIN 520

TIMMS LANDING 521
From a print of the late fifties

SANTA CATALINA, IN THE MIDDLE EIGHTIES 521

MAIN STREET LOOKING NORTH FROM SIXTH, PROBABLY IN
THE LATE SEVENTIES 530

HIGH SCHOOL, ON POUND CAKE HILL, ABOUT 1873 530

TEMPLE COURT HOUSE, AFTER ABANDONMENT BY THE
COUNTY 531

FIRST STREET, LOOKING EAST FROM HILL 531

SPRING STREET, LOOKING NORTH FROM FIRST, ABOUT 1885 566

CABLE CAR, RUNNING NORTH ON BROADWAY (PREVIOUSLY
FORT STREET), NEAR SECOND 567

EARLY ELECTRIC CAR, WITH CONDUCTOR JAMES GALLAGHER
(STILL IN SERVICE) 567

GEORGE W. BURTON 594

BEN C. TRUMAN 594

CHARLES F. LUMMIS 594

CHARLES DWIGHT WILLARD 594

GRAND AVENUE RESIDENCE, HARRIS NEWMARK, 1889 595

ISAIAS W. HELLMAN 616

HERMAN W. HELLMAN 616

CAMERON E. THOM 616

YGNÁCIO SEPÚLVEDA 616

FIRST SANTA FÉ LOCOMOTIVE TO ENTER LOS ANGELES 617

MAIN STREET, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING FIRST FEDERAL
BUILDING, MIDDLE NINETIES 617

HARRIS AND SARAH NEWMARK, AT TIME OF GOLDEN WEDDING 636

SUMMER HOME OF HARRIS NEWMARK, SANTA MONICA 637

HARRIS NEWMARK, AT THE DEDICATION OF M. A. NEWMARK
& CO.'S ESTABLISHMENT, 1912 644

J. P. NEWMARK, ABOUT 1890 644

HARRIS NEWMARK BREAKING GROUND FOR THE JEWISH
ORPHANS' HOME, NOVEMBER 28TH, 1911 645

SIXTY YEARS
IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Sixty Years in Southern California