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12 LA REINA LOS ANGELES IN THREE CENTURIES
When Pio Pico built the Pico H ouse in 1869 it was the finest hotel in the Southwest.
It was the terminus of the Banning stages which ran to Wilmin gton.
said. Governor De Neve addressed the little company and closed the ceremony of
founding El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles by ordering the
house lots assigned to each of the settlers. A guard was then stationed and camp
made for the night."
And thus came into being a great American city destined, as many predict,
to be the great American city Whatever the outcome, its start is a matter of record.
Its origin is not shrouded in mystery "It did not just happen." It was deliberately
planned, and upon the 4th day of September, 1931 it will have seen its first 150
years.
The names of its first land-owners are known, and the location of their posses•
sions; for in the Bancroft Library 1s a map showing all this.
The Courthouse in 1869 It stood on the site of the new City Hall. Erected first by
Don Juan Temple as a market and meeting hall.
