![]() ![]() ![]() A year later he had established himself as the first merchant of the Pueblo de Los Angeles in an adobe building at the intersection of what is now Spring and Main Streets. Pliny’s eldest brother, Jonathan, or Don Juan as he became known in Alta, California, sailed around the Horn, visited the Sandwich Islands and finally landed in San Diego in 1826. ![]() ![]() He was a descendant of Abraham Temple who had landed in Salem from England in 1636. Temple was the son of Pliny Fisk Temple who was born in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on February 12, 1822. The redundancy in the name City of Temple City came when Temple City incorporated on May 25, 1960.īehind the story of the proud family bearing the name of Temple lies the romance of missions and ranchos, the gallantry of the pioneering dons and beautiful senoritas and indeed the history of the San Gabriel Valley down to the derivation of many of the street names in Temple City. A one-year celebration for the Town of Temple took place in September 1924 with a rodeo and became officially designated as Temple City in 1928. The town of Temple was founded on when approximately 285 acres of land were purchased by land developer Walter P. ![]()
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