Montgomery House (Los Angeles, California) Informations

Montgomery House was a popular hotel and saloon in 1850's Los Angeles, California.

Montgomery House was owned by William C. Getman (elected County Sheriff in 1858), was also a center of civil affairs, public meetings and other affairs occurred there. Montgomery House served as the headquarters of the militia companies of Los Angeles that were organized to protect the city from the Flores Daniel Gang after the killing of Sheriff Barton and his posse. A meeting to draw up and sign a petition for military forces to be sent to defend the southern counties from Mormon raiders during the Utah War, following the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the mass evacuation of San Bernardino Mormons to Utah, was held there on December 12, 1857.

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