Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge (/daɪˈiːdə/;[1] 1861 – August 7, 1914) donated land, named, and founded Hollywood, northwest of Los Angeles, California, in 1888.
[2] By February 1887, the Wilcoxes began to lay out a new town on their ranch, later filing a subdivision map for "Hollywood, California," with the Los Angeles County Recorder's office.
In 1884 they moved to Southern California and in 1886 they purchased a 120 acres (0.49 km2) ranch of apricot and fig groves outside of Los Angeles at the foot of the Hollywood Hills.
In 1894, Daeida married Philo J. Beveridge, a businessman and prominent citizen of Hollywood, the son of an Illinois governor, who shared her vision of community.
[3] The Los Angeles Times obituary stated that it was Daeida's dream of beauty that gave world fame to Hollywood, years before the first movie company arrived in 1913.