North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California along the Tujunga Wash. Established by the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company in 1887, the town was first named Toluca before being renamed Lankershim in 1896 and North Hollywood in 1927. It is home to the NoHo Arts District.
North Hollywood, like most of the rest of the San Fernando Valley, was once part of the vast landholdings of the Fra...
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North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California along the Tujunga Wash. Established by the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company in 1887, the town was first named Toluca before being renamed Lankershim in 1896 and North Hollywood in 1927. It is home to the NoHo Arts District.
North Hollywood, like most of the rest of the San Fernando Valley, was once part of the vast landholdings of the Franciscan Mission San Fernando Rey de España, which were confiscated by the government during the Mexican period of rule.
Following the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, a small group of Yankees raised the California Bear Flag on June 18, 1846 and declared independence from Mexico. United States troops quickly took control of the presidios at Monterey and San Francisco and proclaimed the Conquest complete. In Southern California, the Mexicans, for a time, resisted American troops, but when defeat became inevitable, Andrés Pico arranged the...
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