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Early History

1860 Henry Hancock Acquires Rancho La Brea

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Illustration from Harper's Magazine of the camel corps trekking west to Los Angeles in 1857

Greek George Caralambo, West Hollywood’s First Settler, Tended Camels around Today’s Melrose Place

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Left: Tiburcio Vasquez; right: A poster celebrating his arrest at "Greek George" Caralambo's adobe cabin (center) at what is now Melrose Place in West Hollywood

1874: The Capture of Tiburcio Vasquez in Future West Hollywood Made National News

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The Village of Sherman Rises around the Trolley Yard

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Recreation of the camel corps trek

Camels, Confederates and Other Stories from West Hollywood’s Civil War History

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1920s aerial view of West Hollywood

Aerial View of West Hollywood in the 1920s

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