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Vernon California News
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City of Vernon Vernon was founded and
incorporated in 1905 by James J. and Thomas J. Furlong, both ranchers, and John B. Leonis,
rancher and merchant. John Leonis was of Basque origin, coming to Southern California in
1880 to work for his Uncle Miguel Leonis whose original 1862 adobe dwelling in Calabasas
was designated City of Los Angeles Cultural-Historic Monument #1. John Leonis established
his own ranch on unincorporated county land southeast of Downtown. Recognizing the
significance of the three major railroads running through the area, he convinced railroad
executives to run spur tracks off the main lines and incorporated the adjacent three miles
as an "exclusively industrial" city named after a dirt road, Vernon Avenue,
crossing its center.
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