Verdugo Views: McGroarty left an impact on history with his ‘Mission Play’
In 1901, after marrying a young woman named Ida Lubrecht, the couple made their way west, eventually settling in Tujunga, in hopes that the clear air would ease his asthma. That same year, he began writing his weekly column for the Times, according to Wikipedia.
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