Isaac Lankershim (c. 1819 – April 10, 1882) was an American landowner and pioneer in California . He was the owner of 60,000 acres in Los Angeles County, California .
9-547: Lankershim may refer to: People [ edit ] Isaac Lankershim (1818–1882), early developer of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley James Boon Lankershim (1850–1931), son of Isaac Lankershim Places [ edit ] Lankershim Hotel , a now-demolished hotel on the corner of Broadway and 7th Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles Lankershim Hotel, San Francisco Lankershim station of
18-533: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Isaac Lankershim Sources from during his life vary on Lankershim's birth year and place. He was born into a Jewish family in the Kingdom of Bavaria , in either the towns of Scheinfeld , Nuremberg , or Albertkunstadt, and on April 8, between 1818 and 1820. Lankershim settled in St. Louis , Missouri and worked in
27-740: The San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad in California Lankershim Boulevard , a major north–south thoroughfare in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley Lankershim, Los Angeles County, California (1896–1927) an archaic placename for what is now North Hollywood, Los Angeles , or adjacent West Lankershim (?–1927) Lankershim Depot in North Hollywood, built 1896 as Toluca Depot of
36-784: The Southern Pacific Railroad , used 1911–1952 as dual Southern Pacific- Pacific Electric station Lankershim Reading Room , LAHCM 978, see list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood Lankershim Elementary School in North Hollywood See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Lankershim Topics referred to by
45-629: The Lankershim Ranch Land & Water Co., a 12,000-acre real estate development in what is now known as North Hollywood, Los Angeles . Lankershim married Annis Lydia Moore (1818–1901), an English immigrant in 1842. He relinquished his Jewish faith and converted to the Baptist faith . They had a son, James Boon Lankershim (1850–1931), and a daughter, Susanna Lankershim, who married Isaac Newton Van Nuys (1836–1912). He died on April 10, 1882. Lankershim Boulevard in Los Angeles
54-746: The grain and livestock shipping business. In 1854, Lankershim moved west to the Napa Valley in California. A year later, in 1855, he sowed and harvested 1,000 acres of wheat in Solano County, California . Shortly after, he expanded to over 14,000 acres near Fresno, California . In 1868, he purchased a bigger ranch in San Diego, California and grew wheat. In 1860, the rest of his family moved from St. Louis to California, and he established an office in San Francisco, California . In
63-686: The late 1860s, Lankershim moved to Los Angeles, California , where he became associated with businessman Harris Newmark . In 1869, Lankershim purchased 60,000 acres of the San Fernando Valley from Pio Pico for US$ 115,000 together with other businessmen from San Francisco, known as the San Fernando Valley Farm Homestead Association. These acres included what is now Woodland Hills , Tarzana , Encino , Sherman Oaks , Van Nuys and North Hollywood . By 1873, they raised 40,000 sheep on
72-609: The ranch. When wool prices fell, they grew wheat instead. To take the wheat from the valley to Santa Monica, California , he built a wagon path, which he turned into a toll road in 1876. The route is followed by today's Interstate 405 . With his son-in-law, Isaac Newton Van Nuys , Lankershim started the Los Angeles Farming and Milling Co, and they took over full ownership of the San Fernando Valley Ranch Company. They also established
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