PREFACE

The Editors wish to acknowledge the coöperation given, from time to time, by many whose names, already mentioned in the text, are not repeated here, and in particular to Drs. Leo Newmark and Charles F. Lummis, and Joseph P. and Edwin J. Loeb, for having read the proofs. They also wish to acknowledge Dr. Lummis's self-imposed task of preparing the generous foreword with which this volume has been favored. Gratitude is also due to various friends who have so kindly permitted the use of photographs—not a few of which, never before published, are rare and difficult to obtain. Just as in the case, however, of those who deserve mention in these memoirs, but have been overlooked, so it is feared that there are some who have supplied information and yet have been forgotten. To all such, as well as to several librarians and the following, thanks are hereby expressed: Frederick Baker, Horace Baker, Mrs. J. A. Barrows, Prospero Barrows, Mrs. R. C. Bartow, Miss Anna McConnell Beckley, Sigmund Beel, Samuel Behrendt, Arthur S. Bent, Mrs. Dora Bilderback, C. V. Boquist, Mrs. Mary Bowman, Allan Bromley, Professor Valentin Buehner, Dr. Rose Bullard, J. O. Burns, Malcolm Campbell, Gabe Carroll, J. W. Carson, Walter M. Castle, R. B. Chapman, J. H. Clancy, Herman Cohn, Miss Gertrude Darlow, Ernest Dawson and Dawson's Bookshop, Louise Deen, George E. Dimitry, Robert Dominguez, Durell Draper, Miss Marjorie Driscoll, S. D. Dunann, Gottlieb Eckbahl, Richard Egan, Professor Alfred Ewington, David P. Fleming, James G. Fowler, Miss Effie Josephine Fussell, A. P. Gibson, J. Sherman Glasscock, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Edgar J. Hartung, Chauncey Hayes, George H. Higbee, Joseph Hopper, Adelbert Hornung, Walter Hotz, F. A. Howe, Dr. Clarence Edward Ide, Luther Ingersoll, C. W. Jones, Mrs. Eleanor Brodie Jones, Reverend Henderson Judd, D. P. Kellogg, C. G. Keyes, Willis T. Knowlton, Bradner Lee, Jr., H. J. Lelande, Isaac Levy, Miss Ella Housefield Lowe, Mrs. Celeste Manning, Mrs. Morris Meyberg, Miss Louisa Meyer, William Meying, Charles E. Mitchell, R. C. Neuendorffer, S. B. Norton, B. H. Prentice, Burr Price, Edward H. Quimby, B. B. Rich, Edward I. Robinson, W. J. Rouse, Paul P. Royere, Louis Sainsevain, Ludwig Schiff, R. D. Sepúlveda, Calvin Luther Severy, Miss Emily R. Smith, Miss Harriet Steele, George F. Strobridge, Father Eugene Sugranes, Mrs. Carrie Switzer, Walter P. Temple, W. I. Turck, Judge and Mrs. E. P. Unangst, William M. Van Dyke, August Wackerbarth, Mrs. J. T. Ward, Mrs. Olive E. Weston, Professor A. C. Wheat and Charles L. Wilde.

CONTENTS

PAGE
In Memoriam[v]
Introduction[vii]
Foreword[xi]
Preface[xv]
CHAPTER
I.—Childhood and Youth, 1834-1853[1]
II.—Westward, Ho! 1853[6]
III.—New York—Nicaragua—The Golden Gate, 1853[14]
IV.—First Adventures in Los Angeles, 1853[27]
V.—Lawyers and Courts, 1853[45]
VI.—Merchants and Shops, 1853[60]
VII.—In and near the Old Pueblo, 1853[80]
VIII.—Round about the Plaza, 1853-1854[97]
IX.—Familiar Home-Scenes, 1854[112]
X.—Early Social Life, 1854[128]
XI.—The Rush for Gold, 1855[146]
XII.—The Great Horse Race, 1855[157]
XIII.—Princely Rancho Domains, 1855[166]
XIV.—Orchards and Vineyards, 1856[189]
XV.—Sheriff Barton and the Bandidos, 1857[204]
XVI.—Marriage—The Butterfield Stages, 1858[220]
XVII.—Admission to Citizenship, 1859[240]
XVIII.—First Experience with the Telegraph, 1860[260]
XIX.—Steam-Wagon—Odd Characters, 1860[274]
XX.—The Rumblings of War, 1861[289]
XXI.—Hancock—Lady Franklin—The Deluge, 1861[299]
XXII.—Droughts—The Ada Hancock Disaster, 1862-1863[310]
XXIII.—Assassination of Lincoln, 1864-1865[328]
XXIV.—H. Newmark & Company—Carlisle-King Duel, 1865-1866[342]
XXV.—Removal to New York, and Return, 1867-1868[359]
XXVI.—The Cerro Gordo Mines, 1869[379]
XXVII.—Coming of the Iron Horse, 1869[393]
XXVIII.—The Last of the Vigilantes, 1870[408]
XXIX.—The Chinese Massacre, 1871[421]
XXX.—The Wool Craze, 1872-1873[437]
XXXI.—The End of Vasquez, 1874[452]
XXXII.—The Santa Anita Rancho, 1875[472]
XXXIII.—Los Angeles & Independence Railroad, 1876[485]
XXXIV.—The Southern Pacific, 1876[496]
XXXV.—The Revival of the Southland, 1877-1880[509]
XXXVI.—Centenary of the City—Electric Light, 1881-1884[525]
XXXVII.—Repetto and the Lawyers, 1885-1887[546]
XXXVIII.—The Great Boom, 1887[564]
XXXIX.—Proposed State Division, 1888-1891[588]
XL.—The First Fiestas, 1892-1897[602]
XLI.—The Southwest Archæological Society, 1898-1905[616]
XLII.—The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906-1910[633]
XLIII.—Retrospection, 1910-1913[641]
Index[653]

ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
Harris Newmark. In his Seventy-ninth Year
Engraved from a photograph[Frontispiece]
Facsimile of a Part of the MS[2]
Reproduction of Swedish Advertisement[3]
Philipp Neumark[10]
From a Daguerreotype
Esther Neumark[10]
From a Daguerreotype
J. P. Newmark[10]
From a Daguerreotype
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Newmark[10]
Los Angeles in the Early Fifties[11]
From a drawing of the Pacific Railway Expedition
Bella Union as it Appeared in 1858[26]
From a lithograph
John Goller's Blacksmith Shop[27]
From a lithograph of 1858
Henry Mellus[50]
From a Daguerreotype
Francis Mellus[50]
From a Daguerreotype
John G. Downey[50]
Charles L. Ducommun[50]
The Plaza Church[51]
From a photograph, probably taken in the middle eighties
Pio Pico[68]
From an oil portrait
Juan Bandini[68]
Abel Stearns[68]
Isaac Williams[68]
Store of Felipe Rheim[69]
John Jones[102]
Captain F. Morton[102]
Captain and Mrs. J. S. Garcia[102]
Captain Salisbury Haley[102]
El Palacio, Home of Abel and Arcadia Stearns[103]
From a photograph of the seventies
The Lugo Ranch-house, in the Nineties[103]
J. P. Newmark[112]
From a vignette of the sixties
Jacob Rich[112]
O. W. Childs[112]
John O. Wheeler[112]
Benjamin D. Wilson[113]
George Hansen[113]
Dr. Obed Macy[113]
Samuel C. Foy[113]
Myer J. and Harris Newmark[128]
From a Daguerreotype
George Carson[128]
John G. Nichols[128]
David W. Alexander[129]
Thomas E. Rowan[129]
Matthew Keller[129]
Samuel Meyer[129]
Louis Sainsevain[154]
Manuel Dominguez[154]
El Aliso, the Sainsevain Winery[154]
From an old lithograph
Jacob Elias[155]
John T. Lanfranco[155]
J. Frank Burns[155]
Henry D. Barrows[155]
Maurice Kremer[168]
Solomon Lazard[168]
Mellus's, or Bell's Row[168]
From a lithograph of 1858
William H. Workman and John King[169]
Prudent Beaudry[169]
James S. Mallard[169]
John Behn[169]
Louis Robidoux[174]
Julius G. Weyse[174]
John Behn[174]
Louis Breer[174]
William J. Brodrick[175]
Isaac R. Dunkelberger[175]
Frank J. Carpenter[175]
Augustus Ulyard[175]
Los Angeles in the Late Fifties[188]
From a contemporary sketch
Myer J. Newmark[189]
Edward J. C. Kewen[189]
Dr. John S. Griffin[189]
William C. Warren[189]
Harris Newmark, when (about) Thirty-four Years Old[224]
Sarah Newmark, when (about) Twenty-four Years of Age[224]
Facsimile of Harris and Sarah Newmark's Wedding Invitation[225]
San Pedro Street, near Second, in the Early Seventies[254]
Commercial Street, Looking East from Main, about 1870[254]
View of Plaza, Showing the Reservoir[255]
Old Lanfranco Block[255]
Winfield Scott Hancock[290]
Albert Sidney Johnston[290]
Los Angeles County in 1854[291]
From a contemporary map
The Morris Adobe, once Frémont's Headquarters[291]
Eugene Meyer[310]
Jacob A. Moerenhout[310]
Frank Lecouvreur[310]
Thomas D. Mott[310]
Leonard J. Rose[311]
H. K. S. O'Melveny[311]
Remi Nadeau[311]
John M. Griffith[311]
Kaspare Cohn[342]
M. A. Newmark[342]
H. Newmark & Co.'s Store, Arcadia Block, about 1875,Including (left) John Jones's Former Premises[343]
H. Newmark & Co.'s Building, Amestoy Block, about1884[343]
Dr. Truman H. Rose[370]
Andrew Glassell[370]
Dr. Vincent Gelcich[370]
Charles E. Miles, in Uniform of 38's[370]
Facsimile of Stock Certificate, Pioneer Oil Co.[371]
American Bakery, Jake Kuhrts's Building, about 1880[371]
Loebau Market Place, near the House in whichHarris Newmark was Born[384]
Street in Loebau, Showing (right) Remnant of ancientCity Wall[384]
Robert M. Widney[385]
Dr. Joseph Kurtz[385]
Isaac N. Van Nuys[385]
Abraham Haas[385]
Phineas Banning, about 1869[400]
Henri Penelon, in his Studio[400]
Carreta, Earliest Mode of Transportation[401]
Alameda Street Depot and Train, Los Angeles & SanPedro Railroad[401]
Henry C. G. Schaeffer[428]
Lorenzo Leck[428]
Henry Hammel[428]
Louis Mesmer[428]
John Schumacher[428]
William Nordholt[428]
Turnverein-Germania Building, Spring Street[429]
Vasquez and his Captors[452]
(Top)D. K. Smith,
William R. Rowland,
Walter E. Rodgers.
(Middle)Albert Johnson,
Greek George's Home,
G. A. Beers.
(Bottom)Emil Harris,
Tibúrcio Vasquez,
J. S. Bryant.
Greek George[453]
Nicolás Martinez[453]
Benjamin S. Eaton[464]
Henry T. Hazard[464]
Fort Street Home, Harris Newmark, Site of Blanchard Hall; Joseph Newmark at the Door[464]
Calle de los Negros (Nigger Alley), about 1870[465]
Second Street, Looking East from Hill Street, Early Seventies[465]
Round House, with Main Street Entrance[476]
Spring Street Entrance to Garden of Paradise[476]
Temple Street, Looking West from Broadway, about 1870[477]
Pico House, soon after Completion[477]
William Pridham[500]
Benjamin Hayes[500]
Isaac Lankershim[500]
Rabbi A. W. Edelman[500]
Fort Street, from the Chaparral on Fort Hill[501]
Antonio Franco and Mariana Coronel[520]
From an oil painting in the Coronel Collection
Fourth Street, Looking West from Main[520]
Timms Landing[521]
From a print of the late fifties
Santa Catalina, in the Middle Eighties[521]
Main Street Looking North from Sixth, Probably inthe Late Seventies[530]
High School, on Pound Cake Hill, about 1873[530]
Temple Court House, after Abandonment by theCounty[531]
First Street, Looking East from Hill[531]
Spring Street, Looking North from First, about 1885[566]
Cable Car, Running North on Broadway (PreviouslyFort Street), near Second[567]
Early Electric Car, with Conductor James Gallagher(still in Service)[567]
George W. Burton[594]
Ben C. Truman[594]
Charles F. Lummis[594]
Charles Dwight Willard[594]
Grand Avenue Residence, Harris Newmark, 1889[595]
Isaias W. Hellman[616]
Herman W. Hellman[616]
Cameron E. Thom[616]
Ygnácio Sepúlveda[616]
First Santa Fé Locomotive to Enter Los Angeles[617]
Main Street, Looking North, Showing First FederalBuilding, Middle Nineties[617]
Harris and Sarah Newmark, at Time of Golden Wedding[636]
Summer Home of Harris Newmark, Santa Monica[637]
Harris Newmark, at the Dedication of M. A. Newmark& Co.'s Establishment, 1912[644]
J. P. Newmark, about 1890[644]
Harris Newmark Breaking Ground for the JewishOrphans' Home, November 28th, 1911[645]

SIXTY YEARS
IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA