John Goller was an American pioneer and the first blacksmith in Los Angeles, California.
11 Facts About John Goller
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John Goller owned a blacksmith and carriage-making business and was a member of the governing body of Los Angeles as well as a founder of the city's first gas company.
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John Goller grew up in a community of miners in St Louis, Missouri, before settling in Illinois.
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John Goller set out with other California Gold Rush pioneers from Galesburg, Illinois, on April 5,1849, and traveled with them through Missouri to Salt Lake City.
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When Goller arrived in Los Angeles, a man named Louis Wilhart or Wilhardt outfitted Goller with blacksmithing tools and sent him customers.
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John Goller was the first blacksmith in Los Angeles; his first order was for an awning, for which he received five hundred dollars.
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John Goller made shoes, one account relating that he "hunted up old tires thrown away on the plains" to make them.
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John Goller worked in the forwarding business in San Pedro, Los Angeles, in competition with Phineas Banning, and continued his prospecting endeavors in partnership with Grant B Cuddeback.
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John Goller served on the Los Angeles Common Council from 1862 to 1863 and again from 1865 to 1866.
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John Goller is memorialized in Goller Canyon, located in the southern portion of the Panamint Range, which offers passage from the Panamint Valley into Death Valley.
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John Goller was survived by three daughters, his wife having predeceased him.