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McAn~, McIn~, and McN~ (-inch/-ish) in Los Angeles City Directories 1897-1987 |
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Starting in the Pleistocene epoch, here's a brief list of some major events in early California |
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history, long before any of the various City Directories were published (selected events adapted |
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from the Historical Timeline of Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board) |
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http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/blog/historical-timeline-los-angeles |
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-38000 |
ca. 38,000 BCE - American Mastodons: future fossils are trapped inside what are now |
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the historical La Brea Tar Pits [Page Museum http://www.tarpits.org/la-brea-tar-pits] |
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Note: mammals, not dinosaurs [dinosaurs were 240 million years ago (mya) to 65 mya] |
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-8000 |
ca. 8000 BCE - Chumash people settle the Los Angeles basin. |
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~500 |
ca. 500 CE - Tongva people settle in the Los Angeles basin; by the 16th century, the |
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region’s main village will be called Yang-Na, near present-day Los Angeles City Hall. |
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1542 |
Portuguese explorer Juan Cabrillo navigates up and down the coast of California. |
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He calls present day San Pedro Bay the “Bay of Smokes.” |
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1769 |
Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola explores the area to open up a land route to the |
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port of Monterey and establishes the first Spanish settlement in the area. The settlers |
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name the local river “Rio de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula” |
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(River of Our Lady Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula). |
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1771 |
Father Junipero Serra establishes the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. |
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1781 |
A group of 11 families settles by the river. Felipe de Neve, Governor of Spanish |
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California, names the settlement “El Pueblo Sobre el Rio de Nuestra Señora la Reina |
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de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula”. The name is shortened rather quickly. |
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1821 |
Mexico achieves independence from Spain [celebrated on September 16th every year] |
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1847 |
Battle of Rio San Gabriel. The United States takes control of Los Angeles. Treaty |
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of Cahuenga is signed in the pass between Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. |
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1848 |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Mexico formally cedes California to the United States. |
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1849 |
The famous California Gold Rush to the northern California gold country. Settlers |
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flood into the territory, creating great demand for beef from Los Angeles-area ranchos. |
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1850 |
Los Angeles is incorporated as a municipality, and California becomes the 30th state. |
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1881 |
The Southern Pacific Railroad links Los Angeles directly with the eastern United States |
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1885 |
The Santa Fe Railroad opens a second line linking Los Angeles with the rest of the U.S. |
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1897 |
Five hundred oil wells are operating within Los Angeles, and California is now the |
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third-largest oil-producing state in America. |
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McAn~, McIn~, and McN~ (-inch/-ish) listings in Los Angeles City Directories 1897-1987 |
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Names (as listed in the directories) |
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1875 |
1878, 1881-1882, 1883-1884, 1886-1887, 1894, 1898 |
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[Note 1 (LAPL)] |
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No McA/I/Ninch names in any of these early Los Angeles City Directories |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XXIII n.2 / Sept. 2015 / Copyright Frank McAninch / p.2015-14 |