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Jack Doyle's Saloon
Jack Doyle (December 27, 1877January 30, 1944) was an American railroad engineer, saloon owner, boxing promoter, and oil-industry investor. In the 1910s he ran what was called the "longest bar in the world" in Vernon, California, United States. He was later instrumental in the creation of both the Vernon Coliseum and the Olympic Auditorium. He retired from fight promotion by 1932 and successfully transitioned to oil drilling at Signal Hill. He also had a ranch in Kern County. His brother Thomas Doyle served in the California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The A .... Doyle died in Santa Monica, California, in 1944 at the age of 66."California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", , ''FamilySearch'' (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
The ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner'' was a major Los Angeles daily newspaper, published in the afternoon from Monday to Friday and in the morning on Saturdays and Sundays. It was part of the Hearst syndicate. It was formed when the afternoon '' Herald-Express'' and the morning ''Los Angeles Examiner'', both of which were published there since the turn of the 20th century, merged in 1962. For a few years after the merger, the ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner'' had the largest afternoon-newspaper circulation in the US. It published its last edition on November 2, 1989. Early years William Randolph Hearst founded the ''Los Angeles Examiner'' in 1903, in order to assist his campaign for the presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket, complement his ''San Francisco Examiner'', and provide a union-friendly answer to the ''Los Angeles Times''. At its peak in 1960, the ''Examiner'' had a circulation of 381,037. It attracted the top newspapermen and women of the day. The ''Examiner' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon, California
Vernon is a city five miles (8.0 km) south of downtown Los Angeles, California, the nearest separate city to downtown Los Angeles. The population was 112 at the 2010 United States Census, the least of any incorporated city in the state. Its population nearly doubled to 222 by the 2020 census, making it the second least populous city in the state after Amador City, whose population grew only slightly—from 185 in the 2010 census, to 200 in the 2020 census. The city is primarily composed of industrial areas and touts itself as "exclusively industrial". Meatpacking plants and warehouses are common. As of 2006, there were no parks in the city.Krasnowski, Matt.Is tiny, industrial Vernon a model city or corrupt fiefdom?." ''San Diego Union-Tribune''. December 24, 2006. Retrieved on June 2, 2010. History Vernon is the site of the Battle of La Mesa on January 9, 1847, when General Stephen W. Kearny again defeated General José María Flores the day after the Battle of Río ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Coliseum
The Vernon Arena, located just south of downtown Los Angeles, California, was a major early 20th-century west coast of the United States boxing venue. For much of its history the Vernon Arena was a "pavilion"—an outdoor boxing ring surrounded by seating for spectators—but the Vernon Coliseum, which stood from 1924 to 1927, was an indoor arena with capacity to host about 8,000 people. History Vernon Arena is largely significant because of the work of two fight promoters: Thomas J. McCarey, "Uncle Tom" McCarey and Jack Doyle (boxing promoter), Jack Doyle. Jefferies, Long & McCarey era The original Vernon boxing "pavilion" was constructed by boxer James J. Jeffries, Jim Jeffries and ubiquitous West Coast hotel-restaurant-club impresario Baron Long around 1908. Jeffries himself refereed some of the first fights at the venue, although Vernon fights were not financially successful under Jefferies. The first Vernon boxing arena was being leased by McCarey from owner Jeffries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
