Once bought from Spanish hands in the 1800s, it was ended up in mining tycoon Col. Griffith’s paws, who after trying to off his wife several times attempted to sell the ten square miles around Mt. Hollywood known today as Los Feliz. He was unsuccessful since people strangely did not prefer land attached with an attempted murder scandal. He ended up gifting most of the land to the city of Los Angeles to form Griffith Park. The rest was sold off to developers which drew huge names in architecture who left their mark on the hills, such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Wallace Neff and others. Wright’s Ennis House atop the hills of Los Feliz still stands and was actually sold for $18 million in 2017.