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Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California, 1906

California Historical Society

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This volume was published in 1906.

Excerpt:

LOS ANGELES FIFTY YEARS AGO
Read before Historical Society, April 16, 1905
By H. D. Barrows

The first time that I ever heard that there was such a place
as Los Angeles, was in the summer of 1854, at Benicia, where, in
buying some fruit, which at that time, was both of indifferent
quality and scarce, as well as dear, a friend told me that Los
Angeles grapes would, later, be in the market and that they
would be far superior to any other kind of fruit then to be
had.

I arrived in Los Angeles December 12, 1854, and it has been
my home ever since. I came from San Francisco on the steamer
"Goliah," in company with the late William Wolf skill, the
Pioneer, and his nephew John Wolfskill, the latter still a resident
of this county. The fare on the steamer at that time was forty
dollars. Arriving at the Port of San Pedro, we came ashore
on a lighter, and from thence by stage to Los Angeles, where we
arrived about noon.

Pages: 63

Format: Kindle Edition

Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California, 1906

California Historical Society

0/5 ( ratings)

This volume was published in 1906.

Excerpt:

LOS ANGELES FIFTY YEARS AGO
Read before Historical Society, April 16, 1905
By H. D. Barrows

The first time that I ever heard that there was such a place
as Los Angeles, was in the summer of 1854, at Benicia, where, in
buying some fruit, which at that time, was both of indifferent
quality and scarce, as well as dear, a friend told me that Los
Angeles grapes would, later, be in the market and that they
would be far superior to any other kind of fruit then to be
had.

I arrived in Los Angeles December 12, 1854, and it has been
my home ever since. I came from San Francisco on the steamer
"Goliah," in company with the late William Wolf skill, the
Pioneer, and his nephew John Wolfskill, the latter still a resident
of this county. The fare on the steamer at that time was forty
dollars. Arriving at the Port of San Pedro, we came ashore
on a lighter, and from thence by stage to Los Angeles, where we
arrived about noon.

Pages: 63

Format: Kindle Edition

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