Download or read book A Century History Of The Santa Monica Bay Cities written by Luther A. Ingersoll and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ingersoll's book basically consists of three parts: the first and second parts offer a brief history of California and Los Angeles county and are given as a preface to the local history in order that the reader may have a connected story from the date of the discovery of the country. Included here are also sketches of each of the twenty-one Franciscan missions of Alta California. The third and final part deals with the history of the Santa Monica Bay cities and shows their growth and expansion through the years.