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<P>City of West Hollywood: "A Long and Colorful History"</P>
<P>The City of West Hollywood has a long and colorful history. Once home
to the Gabrielino Indians, the area roughly bordered by what is now
Robertson Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, Gower Street, and the Cahuenga
Pass, was granted to Antonio Jose Rocha by Mexico in 1828. Named Rancho La
Brea, the Westernmost portion in 1874 was home to Los Angeles' Robin Hood,
Tiburcio Vasquez, until he was captured near his hideout at what is now
the top of Kings Road. Rancho La Brea was subsequently sold to Henry
Hancock, for whom Hancock park is named.</P>
<P>In 1874, Don Eugenio Plummer acquired a portion of what is now West
Hollywood and built his home and farm. This land was soon subdivided
and parcels were sold to farms growing fruits and vegetables for the Los
Angeles Markets.</P>
<P>One of the early movers and shakers in Los Angeles was Moses H.
Sherman, who had a plan to lay an electric railway (later known as the Red
Car system) to connect Los Angeles with the beaches of Santa Monica. In
1898, his Pacific Railway Company complex was erected at the corner of
Venice and San Vicente and dubbed Sherman Station. The settlement of
workers' houses and small neighborhood stores which developed there
became known as the town of Sherman within the unincorporated part of Los
Angeles County. Sherman eventually spread north into the area which is now
West Hollywood.</P>
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