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Mammon and Manon in Early New Orleans: The First Slave Society in the Deep South, 1718–1819. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-1572330245. Jackson, Joy J. (1969). New Orleans in the Gilded Age: Politics and Urban Progress, 1880–1896. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. Leavitt, Mel (1982). A Short History of New ...
The boundary between Los Angeles and Ventura was resurveyed in 1881 due to unclear or conflicting descriptions in some previous statues and an additional 300 mi2 were affirmed to belong to the jurisdiction of Ventura. Orange County was set apart from Los Angeles County in 1886 with the boundary between the two counties set at Coyote Creek with ...
The history of Los Angeles began in 1781 when 44 settlers from central New Spain (modern Mexico) established a permanent settlement in what is now Downtown Los Angeles, as instructed by Spanish Governor of Las Californias, Felipe de Neve, and authorized by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli.
1801 – France regains power, on paper. 1803 Napoleon sells a huge swath of North America to the U.S. via the Louisiana Purchase.Formalities of the Spanish transfer to France and the French cession to the United States do not take place until November and December, at the Cabildo; with Upper Louisiana ()'s ceremony occurring in the spring of 1804.
Los Angeles City Recorder (1850–1851) 4 Antonio F. Coronel (1817–1894; aged 76) May 3, 1853 – May 4, 1854 1 year, 1 day Democratic 1853: 1st Los Angeles County Assessor (1850–1853) 5 Stephen C. Foster (1820–1898; aged 77) May 4, 1854 – January 13, 1855 [b] 254 days Democratic 1854: Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education (1853 ...
Population: 1,610 city; 3,530 county. [1] Los Angeles County established. 1851 – Los Angeles Star, city's first newspaper, begins publication. [12] Hugo Reid, who was married to an indigenous woman Victoria Reid published his series The Indians of Los Angeles County in the newspaper as part of his campaign to be named Indian agent
Rancho geography remains readily visible in this L.A. County map created the year before the establishment of neighboring Orange County (1888) Federal Writers' Project map of the ranchos of Los Angeles County (1937); appears to be in the same style as many American Guide Series maps so possibly produced but not used for Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs
List table of the properties and districts — listed on the California Historical Landmarks in Los Angeles County, Southern California. Note: Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.