Hollywood Land

Hollywood Land was founded by Harvey Henderson Wilcox and his wife Daeida in 1888, as part of a residential developement.

Daeida Wilcox came up with the name for the developement, after she overheard a woman tell another about her summer home, which was called Hollywood.

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