Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles
Nichols Canyon is a residential area in the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, California, bounded by Hollywood Boulevard on the south and Mulholland Drive on the north, lying between Laurel Canyon and Runyon Canyon. It was also known as Miller Canyon.
For the painting, see David Hockney. For the racehorse, see Nichols Canyon (horse).
Nichols Canyon
History[edit]
Ownership[edit]
Nichols Canyon was named after John Gregg Nichols Jr., reputed to be "the first child born of American parents in Los Angeles" (in 1851). Nichols' ranch in the canyon was referred to as a "goat pasture."[1]
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Jacob Miller, a "pioneer avocado grower,"[5] and his wife, Dorothy, bought seventy acres of the property in 1879, and the area became known as Miller Canyon.[3][6] Mrs. Miller said in 1926: