Alexander and Francis Mellus, and he purchased the western portion of the Rancho San Rafael (4,603 acres) from Jonathan R. In 1867, he purchased Rancho La Providencia from David W. At the time the American Civil War broke out, he was again well established in his profession as a dentist in Pueblo de Los Angeles.
He joined the great migration westward in the early 1850s and, by 1853 was living in San Francisco. Scott tract, forming eastern Burbank along San Fernando Boulevard, called here the "Camino Real".Ī professionally trained dentist, Burbank began his career in Waterville, Maine. The city was named after David Burbank, a New Hampshire-born dentist and entrepreneur who established a sheep ranch there in 1867. The city was referred to as "Beautiful Downtown Burbank" on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, as both shows were taped at NBC's former studios. The Hollywood Burbank Airport was the location of Lockheed's Skunk Works, which produced some of the most secret and technologically advanced airplanes, including the U-2 spy planes that uncovered the Soviet Union missile components in Cuba in October 1962.īurbank consists of two distinct areas: a downtown/foothill section, in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains, and the flatland section. Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, The Burbank Studios, Cartoon Network Studios with the West Coast branch of Cartoon Network, and Insomniac Games. īilled as the "Media Capital of the World" and only a few miles northeast of Hollywood, numerous media and entertainment companies are headquartered or have significant production facilities in Burbank, including Warner Bros. In addition, it contains the largest IKEA in the U.S. Studios, and Nickelodeon Animation Studios. Located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Downtown Los Angeles, Burbank is home to Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California.
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