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City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks company history timeline

1850

The City was incorporated on April 4, 1850.

1880

Then in the 1880's the population grew fivefold.

1889

From humble beginnings, City Council created the Department of Parks in 1889.

1896

In a generous mood during Christmas of 1896, Colonel Griffith J. Griffith offered to donate five square miles of the Los Feliz Rancho to the City as a park.

1908

Today with 150 recreation centers, Ann Street Recreation Center (near City Hall) being the first, opened its doors in 1908.

1913

Children's camps and family camp as a municipal recreation service began in 1913.

1924

Camp High Sierra in the Mammoth region opened to families in 1924 and has proved popular to this day with generations of the same family members attending the camp.

1925

Then came the local camps; Griffith Park Boys Camp opened in 1925 and a year later Hollywoodland Girls Camp opened.

1947

In 1947, after the war ended, voters approved a bond issue for parks and playgrounds for $12.5 million.

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