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Culver City Chronicles
Culver City has rivaled Hollywood for nearly a century as the "Heart of Screenland"--a center of the movie and television trades. Here, the giant Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer evolved into Sony Pictures, and the Ince and Selznick movie empires became today's Culver Studios. But the same lands along Ballona Creek had been a wilderness traversed by Native Americans and settled by hardy Spanish pioneers named Machado, Talamantes and Higuera. Union soldiers occupied the area's Civil War-era Camp Latham. By 1910, visionary Harry H. Culver saw possibilities for these ranchlands and led Culver City to incorporate in 1917. Join official city historian Julie Lugo Cerra, a descendant of early settlers, as she relates the fascinating stories of how and why Culver City grew and prospered.
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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July 22, 2016
Can't get enough about Culver City!
November 11, 2013
Terrific & very readable, a feat when chronicling facts about a city. Author brings Culver City to life and her love of the city and her heritage is evident.
March 11, 2020
Not particularly well-edited, but what you gonna do? I enjoyed learning more about Culver City's history.
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