Historical Society of Southe California
Published: 2017-01-26
Total Pages: 70
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Excerpt from Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California, 1905, Vol. 6: Part III The first time that I ever heard that there was such a place as Los Angeles, was in the summer of 1854, at Benicia, Where, in buying some fruit, which at that time, was both of indifferent quality and scarce, as well as dear, a friend told me that Los Angeles grapes would, later, be in the market and that they would be far superior to any other kind of fruit then to be had. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.