West Hollywood History

Wild West WEHO

CHAPTERS

Introduction

1. Greek George

2. Camels Are Coming

3. Camp Drum

4. Henry Hancock

5. No Man’s Canyon

6. Tiburcio Vasquez

7. Gallows

8. Daisy Dell

9. Eugenio Plummer

10. Plummer Park

11. Epilogue

PLAYGROUND TO THE STARS The Sunset Strip’s Early Years

1927 Chateau Marmont Opens

1932 Draq Star Karyl Norman at La Boheme

1934 Cafe Trocadero Opens on the Strip

1944 Bugsy Siegel and the Battle of the Balcony

1955 Video Recording Invented at Crosby Building

1954 Wrong Door Raid Puts Marilyn in Spotlight

In-Depth Series

Hacienda Park: Riviera in the Foothills

Cock ‘n Bull: Birthplace of the Moscow Mule

A Place Called the Garden of Allah

Crescent Heights market, with Schwab’s on the right – note florist’s Rolls-Royce delivery truck at curb

A Story Like No Other

Few cities West Hollywood’s size have histories as rich and storied as ours.
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West Hollywood History

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