1876 Young and Young

Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182 pp., 1876

". . . The Santa Monica Outlook began publication in 1876 . . .

     " . . . in 1876 . . . Ludwig Louis Salvator, Archduke of Austria, and author of Los Angeles in the Sunny Seventies: A Flower from the Golden Land . . . described . . . the seventeen-mile trip by stage from Los Angeles, following the old Indian trail to New Santa Monica-an "unprepossessing town" supported by shipping, the railroad, and sea bathing . . . .

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     " . . . in 1876 . . . the first school, operated by the county, held sessions in the Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica from March until June under Professor McKissick, and opened again in the fall in a fine, new building with one new teacher. The district included all of the Malibu and La Ballona ranchos, as well as the incorporated Santa Monica area. Some of the children came long distances on foot or horseback, or stayed with families in town. There is no record of names in the first class . . ."

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