CHARLES DWIGHT WILLARD 594 GRAND AVENUE RESIDENCE, HARRIS NEWMARK, 1889 595 ISAIAS W. HELLMAN 616 HERMAN W. HELLMAN 616 CAMERON E. THOM 616 YGNÁCIO SEPÚLVEDA 616 FIRST SANTA FÉ LOCOMOTIVE TO ENTER LOS ANGELES 617 MAIN STREET, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING FIRST FEDERAL BUILDING, MIDDLE NINETIES 617 HARRIS AND SARAH NEWMARK, AT TIME OF GOLDEN WEDDING 636 SUMMER HOME OF HARRIS NEWMARK, SANTA MONICA 637 HARRIS NEWMARK, AT THE DEDICATION OF M. A. NEWMARK & CO.'S ESTABLISHMENT, 1912 644 J. P. NEWMARK, ABOUT 1890 644 HARRIS NEWMARK BREAKING GROUND FOR THE JEWISH ORPHANS' HOME, NOVEMBER 28TH, 1911 645 SIXTY YEARS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Sixty Years in Southern California CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 1834-1853 I was born in Loebau, West Prussia, on the 5th of July, 1834, the son of Philipp and Esther, _née_ Meyer, Neumark; and I have reason to believe that I was not a very welcome guest. My parents, who were poor, already had five children, and the prospects of properly supporting the sixth child were not bright. As I had put in an appearance, however, and there was no alternative, I was admitted with good grace into the family circle and, being the baby, soon became the pet. My father was born in the ancient town of Neumark; and in his youth he was apprenticed to a dealer in boots and shoes in a Russian village through which Napoleon Bonaparte marched on his way to Moscow. The conqueror sent to the shop for a pair of fur boots, and I have often heard my father tell, with modest satisfaction, how, shortly before he visited the great fair at Nijni Novgorod, he was selected to deliver them; how more than one ambitious and inquisitive friend tried to purchase the privilege of approaching the great man, and what were his impressions of the warrior. When ushered into the august presence, he found Bonaparte in one of his characteristic postures, standing erect, in a meditative mood, braced against the wall, with one hand to his forehead and the other behind his back, apparently absorbed in deep and anxious thought.