Comments on: The Feliz Curse: Ghosts, Greed and Griffith Park http://mimlay.com/blog1/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/ Exploring the History, Mystery and Reality of SoCal Life From the Desert to the Sea... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:13:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dawn marschall PhD http://mimlay.com/blog1/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/comment-page-1/#comment-408 dawn marschall PhD Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:49:38 +0000 http://mimlay.com/blog/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/#comment-408 Thank you all of your efforts in the research you have done and conscientious writing pertaining to Griffith Park. I was very touched by the fate of Don Antonio Feliz and wondered if there is a placed where a visitor to Griffith Park where there is some history of Don Antonio Feliz. For instance, after he died of smallpox in 1863 where was he buried? Since it was a very widespread epidemic did the victims of smallpox not provided a traditional burial. Is there part of the hacienda left on the property? The only reference to any structure existing is the adobe building. Thank you for your consideration. Thank you all of your efforts in the research you have done and
conscientious writing pertaining to Griffith Park. I was very
touched by the fate of Don Antonio Feliz and wondered if there is
a placed where a visitor to Griffith Park where there is some history
of Don Antonio Feliz. For instance, after he died of smallpox in 1863
where was he buried? Since it was a very widespread epidemic did
the victims of smallpox not provided a traditional burial.
Is there part of the hacienda left on the property? The only reference to any structure existing is the adobe building.
Thank you for your consideration.

]]> By: David Uebersax http://mimlay.com/blog1/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/comment-page-1/#comment-25 David Uebersax Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:04:55 +0000 http://mimlay.com/blog/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/#comment-25 Hope the muses prevail over the unhappy felizia...fascinating tale of our fair city, and certainly has plenty to fuel the curse theory. I've recently to Los Feliz adjacent near Barndsall Park, and you'd think that Olive Hill had Mesmerized some of those spooks, too. Incidently, having done some docentry over at Leonis Adobe in Calabasas, I'm already familiar with Bell...somewhere I've got one of his tomes dealing with Miquel Leonis, and manages to stitch in Basque separatists into the tale culminating in Leonis' suspicious death "falling out of a wagon" while commuting over Cahuenga Pass. Write On! Hope the muses prevail over the unhappy felizia…fascinating tale of our fair city, and certainly has plenty to fuel the curse theory.

I’ve recently to Los Feliz adjacent near Barndsall Park, and you’d think that Olive Hill had Mesmerized some of those spooks, too.

Incidently, having done some docentry over at Leonis Adobe in Calabasas, I’m already familiar with Bell…somewhere I’ve got one of his tomes dealing with Miquel Leonis, and manages to stitch in Basque separatists into the tale culminating in Leonis’ suspicious death “falling out of a wagon” while commuting over Cahuenga Pass.

Write On!

]]> By: Shannon Feliz http://mimlay.com/blog1/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Shannon Feliz Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:45:52 +0000 http://mimlay.com/blog/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/#comment-27 I was the little girl that the LA times did about the Feliz Curse. I have a whole bunch of info that has been pasted down in our family about bee's rock and petronella who was the daughter that put the curse on the land....but your stuff was really interesting to me I was the little girl that the LA times did about the Feliz Curse. I have a whole bunch of info that has been pasted down in our family about bee’s rock and petronella who was the daughter that put the curse on the land….but your stuff was really interesting to me

]]> By: Shannon http://mimlay.com/blog1/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Shannon Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:45:27 +0000 http://mimlay.com/blog/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/#comment-26 I was the little girl that the LA times did about the Feliz Curse. I have a whole bunch of info that has been pasted down in our family about bee's rock and petronella who was the daughter that put the curse on the land....but your stuff was really interesting to me I was the little girl that the LA times did about the Feliz Curse. I have a whole bunch of info that has been pasted down in our family about bee’s rock and petronella who was the daughter that put the curse on the land….but your stuff was really interesting to me

]]> By: Dateline>City of Angels » Tuesday Scribblings: More Housekeeping Notes http://mimlay.com/blog1/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Dateline>City of Angels » Tuesday Scribblings: More Housekeeping Notes Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:32:27 +0000 http://mimlay.com/blog/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/#comment-21 [...] I’ve finally completed the first chapter in my new book on the Feliz Curse. (Who knew that spewing 3,000 words could be so laborious?) Now it’s onto the next, which I [...] [...] I’ve finally completed the first chapter in my new book on the Feliz Curse. (Who knew that spewing 3,000 words could be so laborious?) Now it’s onto the next, which I [...]

]]> By: Dateline>City of Angels » History and Intrigue at Griffith Park’s “Cursed” Ranger HQ http://mimlay.com/blog1/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Dateline>City of Angels » History and Intrigue at Griffith Park’s “Cursed” Ranger HQ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:10:07 +0000 http://mimlay.com/blog/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/#comment-24 [...] Los Feliz. Even Maj. Horace Bell had briefly touched on its background in his famous tale of the Feliz Curse, coincidentally explaining all the architectural embellishments that park commissioners advanced as [...] [...] Los Feliz. Even Maj. Horace Bell had briefly touched on its background in his famous tale of the Feliz Curse, coincidentally explaining all the architectural embellishments that park commissioners advanced as [...]

]]> By: Administrator http://mimlay.com/blog1/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Administrator Thu, 22 May 2008 16:19:05 +0000 http://mimlay.com/blog/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/#comment-22 Alisa -- Thanks so much for visiting and sharing this fascinating story. I will be contacting you shortly to swap info. -- MI Alisa — Thanks so much for visiting and sharing this fascinating story. I will be contacting you shortly to swap info. — MI

]]> By: Alisa Griner http://mimlay.com/blog1/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Alisa Griner Thu, 22 May 2008 04:13:21 +0000 http://mimlay.com/blog/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/#comment-23 Hi Michael, My grandmother, Maria Teresa Feliz just turned 90 this year...as a child I have heard this story many times. Her family has passed down the story and it is true. What we have been told by previous family members (and my grandmother in particular) related to Don Antonio Feliz is that Petranilla was actually sent to the kitchen to make some tea for the men. The men (attorney Coronel, and judge, city council people, and/or mayor - ) attached a stick to Don Antonio's arm and had him put his mark on a deed granting title to Coronel. .... His niece came back with the tea and the men all swore that he signed his name on the Deed giving their precious ranchero away. We've heard all about the curse. .... My 10 yr. old daughter is actually doing a report on it and we came across your blog. We loved it! .... Hi Michael,
My grandmother, Maria Teresa Feliz just turned 90 this year…as a child I have heard this story many times. Her family has passed down the story and it is true. What we have been told by previous family members (and my grandmother in particular) related to Don Antonio Feliz is that Petranilla was actually sent to the kitchen to make some tea for the men. The men (attorney Coronel, and judge, city council people, and/or mayor – ) attached a stick to Don Antonio’s arm and had him put his mark on a deed granting title to Coronel. …. His niece came back with the tea and the men all swore that he signed his name on the Deed giving their precious ranchero away. We’ve heard all about the curse. …. My 10 yr. old daughter is actually doing a report on it and we came across your blog. We loved it! ….

]]> By: Dateline>City of Angels » Seen Any Griffith Park Spooks Lately? http://mimlay.com/blog1/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Dateline>City of Angels » Seen Any Griffith Park Spooks Lately? Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:30:17 +0000 http://mimlay.com/blog/2007/06/17/the-feliz-curse-ghosts-greed-and-griffith-park/#comment-20 [...] It’s no secret that for a while now, the legendary Feliz Curse has been a passion of mine. Thanks to years of rummaging through early California archives, I’ve finally got quite a compelling story to tell. (Without giving it all away, let’s just say truth is stranger than fiction and you can forget everything you’ve ever read about the tale from ghost hunters, historians and tourist websites…) [...] [...] It’s no secret that for a while now, the legendary Feliz Curse has been a passion of mine. Thanks to years of rummaging through early California archives, I’ve finally got quite a compelling story to tell. (Without giving it all away, let’s just say truth is stranger than fiction and you can forget everything you’ve ever read about the tale from ghost hunters, historians and tourist websites…) [...]

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