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Reproduced
essentially verbatim (some spelling corrections) from a copy of the
article
found in The Sentinel. The Sentinel was an Oak View newspaper
whose address was:
P.O. Box 504 - MI 9-1754 It was published weekly on Thursday by
Chuck and Faye Hill,
with advertising by Joe Colville
Editor's Note: This
is another in a series of articles about eh history of the Oak View
area
as told by Percy Watkins to Chuck Hill
It was in the early and middle 1920's that Oak View really started
to become a community. If you ever wondered where
Apricot, Olive, Bundren and Mahoney streets got their names, then read on.
That land on which "Oak View Gardens" was developed
originally comprised part of the broad acres of the Mahoney Ranch.
There were about 55 acres on this ranch which originally belonged to
a man named Sherwood before the turn of the century. It was later
sold to Mahoney.
Imagine, if you can, one house standing on these
oak-covered acres. This was the Mahoney house built in the typical
two-story style of those days, straight up and down boards with a
lean-to built on the side. This house has long since disappeared,
but was situated a little east and north of what is now Straw's
Olive Street Market.
The drive from the old grade road to the Mahoney house
stared at about the location of the house at 785 N. Ventura avenue
which is now occupied by the John Proctors.
This drive was tree lined from the old grade road to
this house. Olive trees lined the south side of the drive. On the
north side, the trees alternated palms and sour orange trees.
It was in the 20's, as mentioned before, that Oak View
stared to grow. A subdivider named Moffett bought land from George
Bundren which stared Oak View Gardens No. 1. Oak View Gardens No. 2
was made up of Mahoney land by the same subdivider. Oak View Gardens
later just became Oak View.
Next week: "Don Jose de Arnaz." |
