[2] In April 1858, with 200 head of fine cattle and 50 horses, he set out, with 19 other young men, for California by the 35th parallel route.

While traveling through Kansas, the Rose company merged with one led by Gillum Baley, forming the Rose-Baley Party.

[4] Rose's record and great success as a vineyardist and orchardist on a large scale, and as a raiser of fine stock, was well known.

Early American settlers in Los Angeles gravitated to the moist lands on which corn could be raised without irrigation.

[5] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Historical Society of Southern California and Pioneer Register, Los Angeles's "Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California and Pioneer Register, Los Angeles" (1898)