Aerial View of West Hollywood in the 1920s
This is a section of an aerial photo of West Hollywood taken in the early 1930s that has been slightly […]
The Village of Sherman Rises around the Trolley Yard
The transcontinental railroads reached Los Angeles in the 1880s, transforming it seemingly overnight from a dusty, brawling pueblo at the […]
The Capture of the Bandit Tiburcio Vasquez in 1874 Was the First National News Story Reported from West Hollywood
In May 1874, a sheriff’s posse descended on a remote, rough-hewn adobe cabin in Rancho La Brea, six miles west […]
Greek George Caralambo, West Hollywood’s First Settler, Tended Camels around Today’s Melrose Place
Henry Hancock, a New Hampshire-born, Harvard-trained lawyer and surveyor, arrived in Los Angeles in 1852, two years after California was […]
Camels, Confederates and Other Stories from West Hollywood’s Civil War History
California is famous for the 1849 Gold Rush, but how many people realize that its gold paid for one-fourth of […]