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The precise geography is hazy, but in the 1860s, the government deeded about 160 acres, likely including Runyon Canyon, to the man known to history as “Greek George.” His is a long story, but the canyon was bought in 1919 by coal millionaire Carman Runyon. An Irish tenor named John McCormack bought the land in 1929. When McCormack was on tour, his estate became a high-end place to stay for movie folk.
In the 1960s, Hartford offered the land as a flat-out gift to the city, but for some reason, Mayor Sam Yorty turned him down. In 1984, the city was finally able to buy the land. Somehow, of all of the landowners, it was the name “Runyon” that stuck.
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