At this time, the City had a population of 4,399. Local gold mines were producing $12,000 a month and the first telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco was opened which gave access to the Eastern States. Portrait of Major Henry Mellus who served as Mayor of Los Angeles in 1860.
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