He bounced around from different things," she says. "He was a tall, blonde, handsome businessman, but not focused. Otto notes how different Philo was from Harvey. She would give birth to four children, two of which would die young. Three years after Harvey's death, 33-year-old Daeida, met and married 43-year-old Philo Beveridge, the son of former Illinois governor John Beveridge. Although she faced financial difficulties and water shortages from a long drought, Daeida refused to give up on her dream of a Christian temperance community. Shortly before his death, the real estate market had taken a turn for the worse. Not long into their new venture, tragedy would again strike Daeida. Daeida named the children's path after them, Ivar and Selma Avenues." His two children crossed the Wilcox property daily on their way to a one-room school at Sunset and Gordon. Weid, the Dane who farmed plots of land around Nopalera. They named two streets after the children of Mr. For a personal touch, there was a street for Harvey - Wilcox Avenue, and one for Daeida - Dae Avenue (later Hudson Avenue and Schrader Boulevard). The two amused themselves creating street names. "During rest breaks and lunches, Harvey and Daeida sat in the shade of the fig barn near Prospect Avenue and Pass Road, refining his map of Hollywood with its ramrod-straight streets, parks and picnic grounds. In an essay in the book Los Angeles in Maps, Creason writes: County Board of Supervisors to be recognized as accurate." Glen Creason with the History and Genealogy Department at the Los Angeles Public Library explains says during that era, registering a map meant it had been presented to "the L.A. In 1887, Harvey registered a "Map of Hollywood" with the L.A. The Wilcoxes bought four separate parcels of land bordered by what is now Gower Street, Whitley Avenue, Sunset Boulevard and Franklin Avenue. Daeida became especially fond of the Cahuenga Valley and took a particular interest in an abandoned fig orchard around Pass Road and Prospect Avenue. They found solace by taking carriage rides around Los Angeles, much of which was still unpaved and undeveloped. The death of their 19-month-old boy left the couple grief stricken. The couple tried raising figs and apricots but Harvey got bored and went back into real estate, according to Otto.ĭaeida stayed home and took care of their first child while developing techniques for drying figs. "Harvey decided he wanted to be a gentleman farmer," says Ann Otto, a distant relative of Daeida and author of the historical novel Yours In A Hurry.
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