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When our long convoy pulled into the hilly drive Mr. Herman met us in front of the house. In the parking lot, he went over the property's past history. The graying, but well-built owner, explained that the San Fernando Valley was discovered by a Spanish exploring party led by Governor Gaspar de Portola in 1769. Here they discovered an Indian settlement at the southeast corner of the present intersection of Balboa and Ventura Boulevards in Encino. Eventually, the Indian villages became swallowed up in the early Spanish land grant ranches.
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In December 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs was living in Oak Park, Illinois, where he had been involved with the reserve militia. Now that the war had ended our favorite author began making plans to move back to California. In February 1919 the Burroughs family arrived in Los Angeles where they eventually rented a furnished home at 1729 North Wilton Avenue. On March 1 Edgar Rice Burroughs purchased the Otis estate and the details of its purchase were reported in the Sunday Times on March 2, 1919. With the estate, Edgar Rice Burroughs acquired a small herd of registered Angora goats, living in the hills and deeper canyons. Edgar Rice Burroughs had plans to continue raising goats in these upper areas while using the lower ground for his Berkshire hogs.
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Mr. Herman kindly took our large group, supposed to be fifty but I judged more, into his home and gave a tour of the insides. He explained the changes that had been made since Edgar Rice Burroughs' ownership and the ones that would follow. I really enjoyed the tour and found Mr. Herman's narration most interesting.
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About The Author
James Michael Moody is a lifelong fan and collector of Edger Rice Burroughs. Moody has contributed over two hundred articles to various ERB-related fanzines, over a span of forty-five years. He also manages an unauthorized Tarzan blog titled, Greystoke Chronologist: James Michael Moody. There the researcher chronologies the Tarzan books starting in May 1872 (known as the pushback theory). instead of the more excepted date May 1888.
James Michael Moody is also the author of the action-packed Sci-Fi fantasy adventure Unium series. Pioneers On Unium, published December 31, 2019, and Exiled On Unium, published August 25, 2022. Swordsman On Unium is going through the publishing process.
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