1880 (1879) (1881) (1870-1880) (1880-1890) Table of Contents
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Harry Carr Los Angeles City of Dreams (Illustrated by E.H. Suydam), D. Appleton-Century Co.: NY, 1935, 402 pp. See Text
See Beach House Photo and Text
Chapter VII. Public Institutions: Schools; Post Offices
Chapter XI Venice of America and Its Founder
James W. Lunsford The Ocean and the Sunset, The Hills and the Clouds: Looking at Santa Monica, illustrated by Alice N. Lunsford, 1983, 1880, See Text
Grant H. Smith The History of the Comstock Lode 1850-1920, Geology and Mining Series No. 37, University of Nevada Bulletin: Reno, Nevada, vol. XXXVII. 1 July 1943, no. 3, (revised 1966), Ninth printing, 1980, 305 pp., 1880, See Note See Text
Les Storrs Santa Monica Portrait of a City Yesterday and Today, Santa Monica Bank: Santa Monica, CA, 1974, 67 pp., 1880 See Text
Betty Lou Young Our First Century: The Los Angeles Athletic Club 1880-1980, LAAC Press: Los Angeles, California, 1979, 176 pp., 1880, 1880s See Text
Notes
[p. 243] "After the first few years the number of foreign-born miners [on the Comstock] increased steadily. Lord (pp. 383, 384) gives statistics for the year 1880: 1,996 miners, of whom 394 were Americans, 691 Irish, 543 English, 132 Canadians, and the rest from everywhere. The average age was 35, average weight 165 pounds, average height 5 feet 9 inches. The majority were married." -Smith, 1943
"The 1880 census showed a population of only 417, and this included the entire township of La Ballona, now Ocean Park and Venice." Storrs, 1974, p. 287, 1908a
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