Image: Benjamin (Don Benito) Wilson, a portrait

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Description: Wilson served as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1851-1852, and organized the first Los Angeles police force. President Millard Fillmore appointed him Indian agent and as a result of his experience wrote a history of the Indians of the area. In 1855 and 1869, he was elected to the California Senate. Mount Wilson was named for him.
Title: Benjamin (Don Benito) Wilson, a portrait
Credit: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/97332/rec/6
Author: Security Pacific National Bank Collection
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List of mayors of Los Angeles

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