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Bismarck Tribune. (Bismarck, D.T.), 2-08-1884 The Capital City, column 1, middle of page.
Bismarck Tribune 02-19-1886, Whitley the Banker column 3
Saint Paul Globe 07-06-1886 Roosevelt 4th of July Speech at Whitley's Bank
Wichita Eagle. (Wichita, Kan.), 4-28-1889 H J Whitley Elected Councilman Column 2
The Herald 10-14-1898 H J Whitley's elegant establishment opened column 5
Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXVIII, Number 64, 4 December 1900
The Coconino Sun 12-8-1900
House and Lot LA Times 4-5-1901
Hollywood Making Many Improvements LA Times 4-25-1901
New Cahuenga Valley Boulevard LA Times 5-26-1901
BOULEVARD IS WANTED Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXVIII, Number 234, 22 May 1901
Boulevard Inspection Trip LA Times 6-27-1901
Blvd. Enthisiasts Given Object Lesson LA Times 6-28-1901
Outlook Improving for Sunset Blvd. LA Times 8-11-1901
Doings On Hollywood Blvd. LA Times 9-12-1901
Whitley's Popular Opening LA Times 11-24-1901
Improvements in Hollywood Los Angeles Herald 11-26-1901
Sunset Boulevard Project LA Times 3-15-1902
Naming County Roads LA Times 3-30-1902
House and Lot LA Times 5-18-1902
Beach Resorts, The San Francisco Call 6-15-1902
Holiday For Hollywood LA Times 6-27-1902
House and Lot LATimes 8-10-1902
Hollywood Bank LATimes 8-31-1902
Hollywood Boulevard LATimes 9-14-1902
House and Lot LATimes 10-12-1902
Hand Out To Methodists LATimes 10-19-1902
Boulevard Headed For Los Angeles Gates LATimes 11-2-1902
Among Real Estate Owners and Dealers LATimes 11-16-1902
House and Lot LATimes 11-16-1902
Second Projected Hollywood Boulevard LA Times 11-25-1902
House and Lot LATimes 11-30-1902
Ocean View Tract LATimes 1-4-1903
House And Lot LATimes 1-11-1903
Hollywood LA Times 2-1-1903
Schools Outgrown About Hollywood LA Times 2-8-1903
Among Real Estate Owners And Dealers LA Times 3-8-1903
Hollywood LA Times 3-15-1903
Gala Boulevard Day LA Times 4-16-1903
House And Lot LA Times 4-19-1903
Hollywood LA Times 4-22-1903
Farewell Banquet To Mrs, Whitley LA Times 4-24-1903
Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXX, Number 201, 26 April 1903
Doings of Builders and Architects LATimes 5-24-1903
H J Whitley Jewelry Company's Marvelous Growth LA Times 6-21-1903
Banquet to H J Whitley, Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXX, Number 278, 12 July 1903
Hollywood Boomer Knocked Off His Feet LA Times 7-11-1903
BANQUET TO H.J. WHITLEY Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXX, Number 278, 12 July 1903
A Sample LA Times 11-8-1903
Death of Angeleno in Copenhagen LA Times 9-15-1903
Handsome Profit LA Times 12-8-1903
Flowers Rivaled Gems LA Times 12-10-1903
Hollywood LA Times 2-10-1904
Hollywood LA Times 2-17-1904
Hollywood LA Times 5-8-1904
Hollywood LA Times 5-15-1904
Happy Bouldevard Celebration, Hollywood LATimes 5-15-1904
Hollywood, Whitleys Go Aboard LATimes 5-29-1904
News of Society LA Times 10-30-1904
How Hollywood Has Grown LA Times 2-5-1905
Progress Told at Banquet LA Times 5-2-1905
Will Develop Lands North LA Times 6-4-1905
H J Whitley Pallbearer, Los Angeles Herald 3-14-1906
Entertain In Hollywood LA Times 9-9-1906
Large Realty Sale Made LATimes 9-14-1906
Farewell To Mrs Whitley LATimes 7-17-1907
Society, Los Angeles Herald, 7-18-1907
Two Hundred Banquet Los Angeles Herald, Volume 34, Number 326, 23 August 1907
Industries Found By Southern Capital LA Times 9-8-1907
Going On Long Journey LATimes12-23-1907
Bank Business Is Encouraging LATimes 1-1-1908
Irrigation Pointers LATimes 2-6-1908
Return from Holy Lands, Los Angeles Herald 4-1-1908
Imperial Valley Press 4-18-1908
H J Whitley Co's Diamonds, Los Angeles Herald 7-12-1908
Retiring LATimes 10-18-1908
Los Angeles Herald 12-20-1908
Plant Egyptian Cotten LATimes 1-10-1909
Society, Los Angeles Herald 2-13-1910
H J Whitley Vice President Home Savings Bank, Los Angeles Herald 4-11-1910
Great Land Opening, Los Angeles Herald 5-22-1910
Spreading of 47,100 Acres, Los Angeles Herald 5-29-1910
House, Lots and Lands LATimes 10-17-1909
H J Whitley founder of Hollywood, Imperial Valley Press 11-20-1909
Los Angeles Herald 5-25-1910
Los Angeles Herald 5-26-1910
Los Angeles Herald 5-29-1910
Mrs. H J Whitley donates $1000 to YMCA, Los Angeles Herald 12-10-1910
Profits Follow Improvements, Los Angeles Herald 12-25-1910
Van Nuys, Built In Day LA Times 3-12-1911
Realty Men Hold Revel LATimes 7-16-1911
The 100th anniversary of Hollywood’s first movie studio 10-26-1911
Sales Increase LA Times 1-21-1912
To Specialize LA Times 2-25-1912
Stork Hovers O'er The Vale LA Times 3-28-1912
Tribute To Father of Hollywood LA Times 6-29-1912
For Young Idea In New Field LA Times 8-11-1912
Home Bank Add Another Branch LA Times 5-25-1913
Blaze Of Light On Sherman Way LA Times 11-2-1913
Pacific Ocean Highway Is Strong Possibility LATimes 12-13-1913
Lights Blaze Welcome To Admiring Thousands LA Times 6-7-1914
New Owensmouth Bank LA Times 11-10-1914
Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii), 1-28-1916
To Span Nation With Highways LA Times 2-20-1919
Whitley Heights Opened LATimes 6-24-1920
Era of Development Dawns For Highlands LA Times 4-15-1923
Opening of Whitley Park The Van Nuys News 6-22-1923
The Magic Story of Hollywood LA Times 3-28-1924
End Comes To Mis LaMarr LA Times 1-31-1926
Father of Hollywood Dies Hollywood Daily Citizen June 4, 1931
Death Calls The Father of Hollywood LA Times 6-4-1931
Mourn HJ Whitley The Father of Hollywood LA Herald 6-5-1931
HJ Whitley Obit. Father of Hollywood 11 Jun 1931
Canadian Examiner Interview with author Gaelyn Whitley Keith - part 1
Canadian Examiner Interview with author Gaelyn Whitley Keith - part 2
Canadian Examiner Interview with author Gaelyn Whitley Keith - part 3
How Hollywood became Hollywood 7-5-2012
Washington Post Teddy Roosevelt speech Whitley Bank 7-4-1886 (Dickinson, D.T.), 7-4-1886

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Videos

Watch FOX News interview with Jaime Garza:








Watch fact #7 to learn how Hollywood got it's name.









Library of Congress Original Movie 1903

Watch to the end of the movie. H J Whitley is the man getting into the carriage wearing a bowler. He rides off with Teddy Roosevelt. Click on the picture to see the movie.
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The Whitley Papers

Margaret Virginia (Gigi) Whitley's Diary Naming of Hollywood 1886
National Registry of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 1982

Historic Preservation Groups:

Conference of California Historical Societies
Whitley Heights
Los Angeles Conservancy - Holly Hill Terrace
Los Angeles Conservancy - Milner Road University of California - H J Whitley purchased Hurd Home 1899
Historical Landmark Data Base 1911

Encyclopedias:

Britannica - H J Whitley
Britannica - Hollywood California
World Heritage Encyclopedia Hobart Johnstone Whitley

Magazine Articles About Hollywood:

Mr. Whitley's Neighborhood
Discover Hollywood Magazine
Los Angeles Magazine August 17, 2017
Historic Neighborhood Whitley Heights
Cal Poly Magazine
Foothill Styles Magazine
Keith and Kin

HJ Whitley Gravesite:

Hobart Johnstone (HJ) Whitley Gravesite
HJ Whitley Gravesite

Websites About Hollywood:

H. J. Whitley: Father of Hollywood
One-hundred Years of Hollywood
Hollywood Then and Now
First Hollywood movie filmed on Whitley Estate on October 26, 1911
Our History
History.com
KCET: A Charming Hostelry: The Hollywood Hotel Story
LLOYD'S BEWARE THE BLOG A Motion Picture and Television History Blog
Sacramento City Library
WhitleyHeights.org
Whitley's Hollywood Holdings
The Ontario man who invented Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood Facts
Hollywood Hotel
How Did Hollywood Get Its Name?
11+ Amazing, Best, Crazy and Funny Hollywood facts
Early Los Angeles (Hollywood) Historical Buildings (1900 - 1925)
HJ Whitley
Stars on the Hill
Rudolph Valention's Home in Whitley Heights
Barbara LaMarr's Home in Whitley Heights
H J Whitley Letter
Letterboxing
Whitley Heights
The Historic Whitley/Hollywood Heights Walking Tour
Hobart Johnstone Whitley
How Hollywood became Hollywood
6749 Whitley Terrace Secret Mediterranean village
FROM THE INSIDE Turning lemons into lemonade
When Life Gives You Lemons
Our fresh lemonade is back!
Whitley Heights Residents
HJ Whitley American Businessman
Hollywood Before Hollywood
Janes House: Hollywood's Oldest Remaining Residence
A Brief History Of Hollywood Before It Was Hollywood
Where Is Hollywood?
Hollywood Facts
Suburban mansion of H. J. Whitley, Van Nuys California State University, Northridge
H J Whitley Transformed It Into America's Movie Capitol, City #8
STEAM #9 - Lights, Camera, Micheaux!
The Beginner's Guide to Hollywood
H J Whitley Came Up With Idea For Hollywood Sign
Infamous (2020)
Yamashiro: A Feudal Fortress built on Whitley Hill
The birth of Hollywood
The Hollywood Dream (3): H.J. Whitley Paves Paradise
Whitley Heights Vintage Photos
About Whitley Heights
Classic Movie Star Style
A Walk in Whitley Heights: Secrets of Hollywood’s Golden Era Revealed!
Hollywood Blvd 1962
Hollywood California History
All About Rudolph Valentino
H. J. WHITLEY FOUNDED BOTH HOLLYWOOD AND VAN NUYS
Discover a little slice of Europe tucked away on a hillside in Hollywood.
HOLLYWOOD
Hollywood before and after photos
H. J. Whitley, pg. 62, 1890
Whitley Heights
Barbara Stanwyck’s Whitley Heights Estate – 6666 Whitley Terracee
The Owensmouth Baby: The Making of the San Fernando Valley Town
Corcoran California
Find A Grave

Listen to Radio Interviews with Gaelyn Whitley Keith:

WMBS-CBS Radio Interview - with Jack Evans
Ripleys Radio 7-11-11 Mantz & Mitchell Radio Show May 21 2011
850 KOA-AM Denver, Colorado with Rick Barber
Peter Anthony Holder, CJAD 800 AM, Montreal, CFRB 1010 AM, Toronto
Dresser After Dark Radio Show with Michael Dresser
PIVTR Radio Interview
Hometown Radio San Luis Obispo, California
Freedom Yell with Jack Mizell, Ozark, Alabama
FCCFreeRadio.com San Francisco, California

Book Reviews of The Father of Hollywood:

D Fowler
Another Review at MyShelf.Com
Library Thing - The Father of Hollywood

Books About Hollywood:

Who's Who in Los Angles County 1927
Who's who in the Pacific Southwest page 391
Los Angeles from the mountains to the sea : with selected biography 1921 pgs. 814-817
H J Whitley Board of Directors, Home Savings Bank 1912 pg. 115
H J Whitley Vice President Home Savings Bank 1912
Sunset Volume 32, 1913 pgs. 361-363
H J Whitley President of Bank of Lankersheim 1913 gp. 420
In the Valley of the Cahuengas The Story of Hollywood 1922 pg. 20
Hollywood 1900-1950 in Vintage Postcards
The Owensmouth Baby by Catherine Mulholland
William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles, pg. 97
Hollywood: the movie lover's guide : the ultimate insider tour to movie L.A. page 47-50
Hollywood & the Best of Los Angeles Alive! page 112 White
Sunset, Volume 32 By Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept 1914 p6 361-363
Motor age, Volume 5 page 133 1904
Ivar Weid page 93 and 95 Unexpected Death 1901 made it impossibl for Ivar Weid to reveal how Hollywood got its name.

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