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Early History

Recreation of the camel corps trek

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

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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

The Capture of the Bandit Tiburcio Vasquez in 1874 Was the First National News Story Reported from West Hollywood

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The Village of Sherman Rises around the Trolley Yard

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1920s aerial view of West Hollywood

Aerial View of West Hollywood in the 1920s

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