Filmmakers fled westward to avoid Edison’s intellectual property claims.ĩ. Edison-who lived in New Jersey-held most of the country’s film patents.
How did the film industry end up in LA? To get away from Thomas Edison. While in February 1978, almost a foot of rain fell in 24 hours.Ĩ. On April 5, 1926, a gauge in the San Gabriel Mountains collected an inch of rain in just one minute.ħ. But if you do, the LA coroner’s office has a gift shop.Ħ. Not many people consider visiting the coroner to finish their holiday shopping. The school earns about $300,000 a year in royalties.ĥ. An oil derrick on the property of Beverly Hills High School produces about 400 barrels a day.
It still sits atop the third largest oil field in the country!Ĥ.
By 1923, Los Angeles produced one quarter of the world’s oil.