Born in Hicksville,Ohio, 22 July 1862, Daeida Hartell, was the daughter of farmers, Amelia and John Emerson Hartell. Daeide attended private school in Hicksville before moving to Canton, Ohio. Daeida married H.H. Wilcox, a Kansas prohibitionist. They moved west by train in 1883. Three years after setting in Los Angeles, the Wilcox purchased 120 acres of apricot and fig grove in a frost-free belt nearby. H.H. subdivided the property into lots. Daeide landscaped the lots and named the streets to appeal to buyers. Their property, bought for $150 an acre, now sold for $1000 a lot.
Soon thereafter Daeida traveled back to Hicksville by train and met a women whose description of her summer home near Chicago so captured Daeida's attention that she insisted its name given to the Wilcox subdivision. In 1887, a subdivision map was filed as Hollywood, California, with street name including Sunset Boulevard. According to the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, into which Daeida was inducted in 1995, many Hollywood streets and location names were taken from friends and places in Hicksville (Ohio).
Although H.H., an invalid, died in 1891, Daeida increased the value of the properties and continued to be an important force in the up building from a collection of lots into a community. She donated land for 3 churches, the first library, and a city hall. She built the first banks, post office, the Hollywood club, and a theatrical playhouse. Daeida installed the first sidewalks and developed one of two commercial districts. She gave land for a park, primary school, and a police station. Daeida used her power judiciously, always with a eye to the betterment of her city.
In 1894, Daeida married Philo J. Beverridge, son of the governor , who shared her vision of community. The Beveridges had 4 children and continuted philanthropic and civic good works. At the time of her 1914 death, Daeida's associated had only kind words for her- reliable, forcible, kindly, a woman of rare judgement, and worthy opponent. Not bad description of a woman born in Hicksville, Ohio who moved west and became "just a housewife."
Soon thereafter Daeida traveled back to Hicksville by train and met a women whose description of her summer home near Chicago so captured Daeida's attention that she insisted its name given to the Wilcox subdivision. In 1887, a subdivision map was filed as Hollywood, California, with street name including Sunset Boulevard. According to the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, into which Daeida was inducted in 1995, many Hollywood streets and location names were taken from friends and places in Hicksville (Ohio).
Although H.H., an invalid, died in 1891, Daeida increased the value of the properties and continued to be an important force in the up building from a collection of lots into a community. She donated land for 3 churches, the first library, and a city hall. She built the first banks, post office, the Hollywood club, and a theatrical playhouse. Daeida installed the first sidewalks and developed one of two commercial districts. She gave land for a park, primary school, and a police station. Daeida used her power judiciously, always with a eye to the betterment of her city.
In 1894, Daeida married Philo J. Beverridge, son of the governor , who shared her vision of community. The Beveridges had 4 children and continuted philanthropic and civic good works. At the time of her 1914 death, Daeida's associated had only kind words for her- reliable, forcible, kindly, a woman of rare judgement, and worthy opponent. Not bad description of a woman born in Hicksville, Ohio who moved west and became "just a housewife."
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