december july american doctor educator historian religious leader american_civil_war led medicine followed brothers california received medical degree saw southern california garden los_angeles founder strong proponent new second president founding dean major interests real estate interests california flourished early promoter new metropolis believed deeply los_angeles major city city use water local mountains recreate lake founder los_angeles methodist pastor published books mainly views california history peoples commercially published died having seen los_angeles major city conspicuous southern generation cultural leader los_angeles nearly seventy years early life born december ohio son nephew father died pneumonia age graduating entered oxford ohio months studied latin greek classics received honorary doctor laws degree race life peoples enlisted union_army civil war served medical ships ohio mississippi rivers discharged physical nervous collapse encouragement older brothers uncle california sailed san_francisco panama arriving november travelled california visited missions lived spanish speaking inhabitants returned university receiving master arts degree later january moved san_francisco june began session medical course later graduating head class doctor medicine degree october married twice wife california lived los_angeles california area brother judge died los_angeles february buried los_angeles city cemetery second wife married december california february los_angeles river flood caused loss homes including moved 26th street nearer new founder flower festival society organized flower festivals raise money home poor working women died march home los_angeles remarried medical career graduated california october enlisted army military surgeon posted drum barracks wilmington california month named acting assistant surgeon wars discharged moved los_angeles began medical practice october sharing offices griffin general mexican patients anti law enacted doctors licensed medical practitioners advertise medical skills january helped found oldest association california founders wanted establish medical schools publications raise medical standards advocated aid poor public health civic philanthropy medical licensing created licensed medical society president bust commissioned placed lobby headquarters believed scientific medicine opposed faith healing mind cure practitioners professor principles practice medicine college medicine proposed structure study medicine advocated creation los_angeles public health officer helped organize helped establish society monthly journal served editor years author helped found served board governors years judge wrote edited history los_angeles published collaborated founder producing california south california tourist guides volume race life peoples published funk published works said diseases written money sole object carving broader lines human race years careful historical study thought planned worked end ultimate purpose run publications drum barracks arizona interested conservation chairman committee years credited white settlement improvements southern_california climate including variation temperature winds increased rainfall concerned water conservation warned called identifying concern gained official recognition los_angeles sought preservation great forest areas future generations january suggested flooded establish lake criticized proposal ranger book americas said atlantis area bahamas located thought semi tropical island inhabited peoples americas europe believed submerged lost continent california development saw potential los_angeles visit january posted drum barracks brother arrived los_angeles lawyer later judge city real estate agent publisher invested real estate los_angeles area financially independent allowed retire practice medicine los_angeles_times called extensive property owner city time owned block street block sixth broadway property corner ninth streets erected methodist episcopal church owned building street college medicine located investment land started early april august bought thirty lots wilmington near harbor area acres near owned parcel land stands washington los_angeles california home victorian mansion way stood los_angeles boom bought acres km2 land miles northeast los_angeles comprising relatively undeveloped township california formed create town personal reflection period speculative conspiracy honest houses built los_angeles_times june said purchased hotel bath houses town known miles east downtown los_angeles springs purchased renamed town said look log cabin days looking multi lane highway cow track supported development los_angeles age wrote plan development los develop los_angeles proposed roads tunnels cross sierra mountains linking city interior desert according future city lies hands ought larger deeper great water system factors settle future time strike lists los_angeles avid civic expect urban growth bring gains predicted city great metropolis envisioned los_angeles developing health capital world health culture member october books promoted california california south described earliest tracts wrote health suffering mind body trying cold climate minnesota warm climate florida visiting cannes nice traveling cuba noticing losing flesh grown sunken appetite breath temperature longer normal turns hope meant southern_california people followed found hope public service helped define railroad maritime commercial policy southern_california robert professionals effective railroad harbor improvements active transport enterprises development harbor wanted los_angeles harbor successfully lobbied united_states congress funding harbor california port los_angeles chairman successfully opposed attempt railroad interests partners claiming state harbor purposes ensuring lands remained public hands supported dividing state california establishing commonwealth southern_california regarded enthusiastic advocates new california south years advocated division state california states order maximize representation indicated topography geography climatic commercial laws work separation california distinct civil organizations said distinct peoples growing state time rapidly drawing near separation working natural laws making people separation civil laws book americas suggested united_states canada united_kingdom australia new_zealand south_africa form anglo saxon federation freedom migration common citizenship republican general politics earnest worker cause los_angeles_times piece suggested liquor question restriction manufacture sale subject republican party platform issue party rebuilt interested progress prohibition served head city anti saloon league regarded outstanding early educator los_angeles involved conception served member heavily responsible creation beginning year boom cycle los_angeles served founding dean responsibility accepted years resignation september according academic year declared applicants medical school rest denied admission race color religion sex death founding president december elected second president recognized lord accepted presidency difficult time history young institution undergraduate students focus providing secondary education eighteen thousand dollars debt set separate governing board debt tying branch institution closely california raised giving personal security loans saving bankruptcy increased support conference enthusiastically adopted new financial program institution church distinguished trusted leaders helm time annual conference university passed financial crisis principal work spring resigned years intensive service university president announced intention spend year studying east board finally accepted resignation turned aside repeated requests reconsider decision addition responsibilities served years member president october dedication hall announced intention organize bible practical nursing principal studies religious interests raised street methodist ohio uncle methodist missionary china early methodist missionary japan korea los_angeles methodist members organization devoted securing better support supported founded non wanted church poor announced service october near october organised suggested new church returned methodist church pastor appointed church formally organized thousands years pastor growth congregation led building seat building paid cost construction compensation new building dedicated june church renamed methodist resigned methodist episcopal church influenced teachings preacher broad minded inclusive minister described king great broad minded spirits church racial beliefs lamented decline influence power original hispanic population california said visit hospitals late look vain mexican history indicates spring probably colored persons city numbered souls hold good city property acquired industry farmers mechanics useful occupation remarkable good habits african american activist race life peoples support view significance contributions blacks development modern civilization wrote occupied wider territory vastly greater influence earth americas suggested united_states buy united_kingdom african americans slavery later years attributed longevity living simply keeping busy age advocated liquor tobacco drugs fanatic liquor medicine need excuse tobacco drugs recommended hours sleep night short day died july home los_angeles california aged services held home buried cemetery los_angeles california july march new crippled children high school renamed school aged special educational needs hall alumni house university original building declared los_angeles historic cultural monument december honors distinguished graduates presenting alumni award portrait painted american artist bust sculpted list works books authored walter california south physical geography climate resources complete guide book southern_california company 3rd edition warner california spanish occupancy founding september july prepared committee appointed reprint books california containing history earliest period occupancy present time prospective future biographical mention pioneers prominent citizens day chicago author page jane centennial history actively involved society garden pages details los_angeles biography city berkeley imperial valley sea yesterday today los_angeles biography founder author biographical notes colleague age carries california western medicine san_francisco history los_angeles community builders los pages physician mystic los_angeles anderson simon gay history potter family reprinted international archives project reprinted thesis leaves
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