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EDWARD DAVIS
DAVIS, EDWARD, Proprietor, Hotel Lankershim, Los Angeles, California, was born at Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 25, 1851. His father was U. B. Davis and his mother Maria (Graham) Davis. He married Mary Smith on Dec. 25, 1877, at Wamego, Kansas.
Mr. Davis was educated in the common and grammar schools of Pennsylvania, where he spent the early part of his life.
As a young man he began his career as a railroad employe (sic) in his native State, which occupation he followed for eleven years. He was thrifty and accumulated a little capital. At the end of this period he moved to St. Paul, Minn. Where he owned and operated a restaurant for over six years.
Denver then began its period of rapid growth. Its great tourist business appeared to offer unusual opportunities in the hotel and restaurant line. He sold out his St. Paul establishment and moved to the Colorado city. He bought and operated hotels, and there, for fourteen years, he was the owner of various hotels, ten years of which period he was the proprietor of the noted Metropole Hotel. He profited greatly by his stay in that city.
In 1904 he left Colorado and located in Los Angeles. Early in 1905 he secured a half interest in the lease of the Hotel Lankershim, which has since become one of the most popular hostelries of the city.
At the time of the opening of the Lankershim Hotel it was far removed from the business center, but that Mr. Davis was wise in his move is proved by the fact that today the hotel is surrounded on all sides by a number of the leading stores and business houses of Los Angeles, with the trend of growth pushing far beyond.
Mr. Davis is widely known in California as a hotel man and has built up for himself an enviable reputation as a host.
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11-2-10 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 533, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2010 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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