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Which U.S. Vice-President had a Tie to Studio City

So…. You’re lucky enough to live in Studio City.  But -  “Do you really see what you look at every day?”  Or maybe you’ve set your sights on exploring Studio City?  Whichever - you’ve come to the right place.  I have a road map just for you.  I spent 5 years digging up the facts, the gossip, and the hilarious, some say weird,  stories, putting them all together in my book Studio City -  A Mile of Style, What’s History, What’s Gossip.

If you know something about Studio City that I’ve missed - give me a holler.  If you want to share your stuff - give me a holler.  If I made a boo-boo, and you know better - give me a holler!

Here in the Studio City Patch I‘ll be posting some stories that didn’t make it into the book.  People have been coming up to me and giving me their old memorabilia, taking me on tours of places even I hadn’t managed to dig up.  I’m going to share these stories and videos with you. 

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Some of the research I’m working on right now -

I’m determined to find the names of all 13 sections of Studio City before they are lost to history forever.  I’m starting with Colfax Meadows. 

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Where did the name come from?  Answer: From Schuyler Colfax, the Vice President of the United States under President Ulysses Grant.

But there’s more to it than one sentence.  As the Speaker of the House, in 1865, Colfax [nicknamed The Smiler] embarked on a stagecoach tour beginning in Topeka and traveling through California.  His companion and publisher joined him on this adventure and officially documented the travels and lecture tour. In his Introduction to the collection of lectures, his publisher wrote, “I could hardly realize… that there was in our literature no connect and complete account of the great Western Half of our Continent.”  I’m dying to find out if Colfax actually set foot in Studio City.  Help me out here. 

After serving one term as VP, Colfax was accused of having accepted bribes from the Union Pacific Railroad in exchange for a no-bid contract to build the transcontinental railroad. The scandal broke during the Presidential re-election campaign in 1872 and Colfax was peeled off the ticket.

Politics and scandal apparently have a long and distinguished marriage.

Joann Deutch, Author

Studio City -  A Mile of Style, What’s History, What’s Gossip

Available on Amazon.com  Paperback & ebook  (in full color)

Author@StudioCityMileofStyle.com

 





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