As the second mayor of Los Angeles, Benjamin Davis Wilson's legacy lives on most notably as the namesake of Mount Wilson. But Wilson was also a prominent war captain in 1846, a founding father of would-be University of Southern California and the grandfather of General George S. Patton Jr. In his biography of Don Benito Wilson, author Nat B. Read documents the mayor's lasting impact on Southern California, including his many landholdings, which would become Pasadena, Culver City, Beverly Hills and beyond. Nat Read joins Larry Mantle to talk about the life and times of Don Benito Wilson.
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