PUBLISHED PAPERS. The following is a list of the contributions to the Historical Society's publications by J. M. Guinn: 1889. History of the Attempts to Divide Los Angeles County. 1890. Inaugural Address (President's). The Great Real Estate Boom of 1887. Exceptional Years. Report of the Committee on "Meteorology." 1893. Early Gold Discoveries in Southern California. Siege and Capture of Los Angeles, September, 1846. California Fifty Years Ago. 1894. Historical Debris, or Myths That Pass for History. The Plan of Old Los Angeles. 1895. 1896. Old Time Schools and School Masters of Los Angeles. Capture of Monterey, October 19, 1842. 1897. Early Postal Service in California. Old Pueblo Archives. Los Angeles in the Adobe Age. Pioneer School Superintendents of Los Angeles. 1900. To California Via Panama in the Early '60s. Historic Seaports of Los Angeles. La Estrella, the Pioneer Newspapers of Los Angeles. 1901. The Passing of the Old Pueblo. Camel Caravans of the American Desert. The Pony Express. 1902. Poetry of the Argonauts. El Cañon Perdido. Some Eccentric Characters of Early Los Angeles. Fort Moore. 1903. Two Decades of Local History. Yuma Indian Depredations and the Glanton War. In the Days of '49. The Myth of Gold Lake. 1904. Down in Panama. Some Historic Fads and Fakes. Rain and Rainmakers. 1905. How California Escaped State Division. The Old Highways of Los Angeles. 1906. Some Early California Industries That Failed. Some California Place Names. 1907 and 1908. California Under the Rule of Spain and Mexico. The Pioneer Directory of Los Angeles. Twenty-Five Years of Local History Work. Las Salinas. A Forgotten Landmark. From Pueblo to Ciudad. 1909 and 1910. Museum of History, Science and Art. The Sonoran Migration. The Passing of the Cattle Barons of California (from The Pacific Monthly, by permission). The History of Cahuenga Valley and the Rancho La Brea. Southwest corner of Spring and First Streets -The Historical Society completed its organization in this building Dec. 6, 1883, and occupied a room in the northwest corner for two years. The Society gave a reception in these rooms to General and Mrs. J. C. Fremont. The Nadeau was erected in 1882. The cut shows the building and its surroundings as they were in 1886. The low buildings in front cover the present site of the Wilson Hotel. Between the Nadeau and Second Street in 1882 were a horse corral, a planing mill and a school-house. 1911. From Cattle Range to Orange Grove (by permission of The Pa cific Monthly). Pioneer Courts and Judges of California. The Beginnings of the Los Angeles School System. Pioneer Railroads of Southern California. True History of Central Park. The Gold Placers of Los Angeles. The Lost Mines of Santa Catalina. J. M. GUINN'S UNPUBLISHED PAPERS These papers were read before the Society, but have not been published in the Society's annuals. Most of these have been published in newspapers and magazines: The Historical Society of Southern California. Its Past, Present and Possible Future. The Great Storm of Feb. 22, 1891. Extracts from the Diary of a Pioneer of 1838. Fragments of Local History. Meteorological Myths and Superstitions. Mission Secularization and the Passing of the Neophytes. From Monarchy to Republic. The Indians of Los Angeles Valley-Their Customs, Myths and Traditions. Our Fourteenth Birthday. The Evolution of the Pueblo de Los Angeles. Phantom Cities of the Boom. The Myth of El Camino Real. Thirty Years' Work and Worry of Our Historical Society. |