Showing posts with label Joseph Mascarel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joseph Mascarel. Show all posts
Thursday, October 19, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 6: Hollywood and West Hollywood

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Back in the day, Hollywood and West Hollywood were mostly farmland and well outside of Los Angeles proper. Today, nothing remains of the f...
Saturday, July 1, 2017

The Monster of Calabasas: Michel "Don Miguel" Leonis

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Updated to add: I want our stories told, for better or for worse. That said, a rather unpleasant character has tried to fight me, i...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 3: The San Fernando Valley

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Continuing my series on surviving places linked to Southern California's forgotten French community, we come to a place that hits close ...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Joseph Mascarel and the Lazard Street Poltergeist

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Despite his gruff, no-nonsense demeanor, former Mayor Joseph Mascarel was not immune to odd occurrences. The September 6, 1889 edition of t...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

The Warren Buffett of Early LA: Mayor Joseph Mascarel

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Joseph Mascarel, second French mayor of Los Angeles, on a small information kiosk outside the French Hospital. Joseph Mascarel was bo...
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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Jean-Louis Vignes: Father of French Migration to California

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Jean-Louis Vignes (pronounced "vines") was born in Béguey, France (in Bordeaux's wine country) in 1780. In 1827, at the age of...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

France and the Founding of Los Angeles

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The French have loved California ever since they found out it existed. Theodore de Croix, Captain General of northwestern Mexico under Kin...