J. S. Slauson

Jonathan Sayre Slauson (1829–1905) was a land developer in 19th century Southern California who was responsible for establishing the town of Azusa and mayor of Austin, Nevada.

[1][2] Slauson spent nine years as an attorney in New York City, but ill health impelled him to move to Austin, Nevada, in 1864, where he became a miner and was also elected mayor.

In 1886, he sold half the acreage to J. D. Bicknell, I. W. Hellman and others and retained 800 acres, which he incorporated as the Azusa Land and Water Company and laid out the design of a town.

[1] Slauson, who was president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Sunset Club, a social organization, contributed to establishing and assisting churches throughout Southern California.

[1][2] Thousands of people attended along the route of the funeral cortege and in the vestibule of the City Hall, where Slauson's body lay in state.