Don Benito Wilson
Subtitle: from mountain man to mayor, Los Angeles, 1841 to 1878
By: by Nat B. Read.
Publisher: Angel City Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Monica, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781883318833
Subjects: Wilson, Benjamin Davis, -- 1811-1878; Mayors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography; Pioneers -- California, Southern -- Biography; Pioneers -- Southwest, New -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- California, Southern; Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century; California, Southern -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Don Benito Wilson (née Benjamin Davis Wilson) is remembered as the namesake of Mount Wilson. Few know he was the second mayor of Los Angeles. Twenty-six State Senators divvy up the district that Benjamin Wilson once represented. Southern California will never again see anyone who made such a mark on so many different fields as Don Benito Wilson"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.