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| Boyle Heights |
| In the 20s, Boyle Heights was populated by Anglos, Armenians, Jews, Italians and Japanese. Many new Mexican immigrants migrated to California and some of them found their way into communities like Boyle Heights which is in East Los Angeles. The Mexican section of the Boyle Heights, which was very small, was bounded by 4th Street to the north, Whittier Blvd to the south, Euclid Ave to the west and Lorena St to the east. It was a very close knit community. Everybody knew eachother from the neighborhood and almost every Mexican family attended the local catholic church which was called La Purissima. La Purissima Church was the heart and focus point of the community. It not only served as a spiritual center but as a social center aswell. The leaders of the Church sponserd an athletic club to foster brotherhood and friendship among the Mexican/Chicano minority members within the community. During the 1920s and 30s there was alot of rascism and violence towards Chicanos and Mexican immigrants in the Boyle Heights area. School aged children were regularly harrased and bullied by members of the larger ethnic groups. Working men did not have the ability to defend thier children while away from the home and most Police at the time did not care what happened to "lil mexican kids". The younger boys in the community decided to form a self protection group which would serve as escorts to and from school for their younger brothers and sisters. This group became known as Lil Fence or The Fence . The name had a dual meaning. Many of the houses in the "Mexican" section of Boyle Heights had White picket Fences along the front portions of homes and walkways plus the City of Los Angles erected a long row of White Fences along Whittier Blvd. Also a Fence is both sybolic and practical as a means of self protection. The Fence began to become a presence on the street corners of Boyle Heights. There were many clashes and bloodshed through out the streets of Boyle Heights during these times. The original group or "OGs" were very succesfull in assuring that no children would become victims of random acts of violence at the hands of other ethnic groups. As time passed they began to rival with other chicano groups that sprouted up in various parts of Los Angeles. Some of the other "clubs" had names like Alpine St, East Side Clover, Primer Flats, Clantone, Diamond St, and Hoyo Maravilla. During the next couple of years White Fence slowly moved from self protection group, to aggresive barrio gang. By 1939 The Los Angeles Times was writting articles about the "White Fence Gang" which murdered 2 males and left thier bodies along Whittier Blvd. White Fence was one of the barrios in Los Angeles to activley partcipate in the Zoot Suit Riots and target marines and sailors that invaded the barrios to victimize "Mexicans " in "Zoot Suits" who were deemed foreigners and unpatriotic. This was from 1942-43. White Fence is still a very active barrio and is well respected in the streets and prison system. Many things have changed in the neighborhood since the early days in the 1920s till now. The neighborhhod, WF, has been featured in many movies, books, documentaries, vidoes etc. Much of the modern "gangster style" (Dress, Graffitti, Slang, Lowriders) originated in the White Fence barrio. White Fence has other clicks in Hollywood, Bell Gardens, Alhambra, San Gabriel Valley, Las Vegas, El Paso and Florida. I was a very active member of White Fence The Hole Locos during the late 80s and early 90s. I believe the initial intentions were a very positive and necesarry move, although I can no longer consider myself an active member due to the continous senseless violence that plagues the barrio and other barrios and ghettos in this world. I am not attempting to glamourize the hood or gangbanging but present an accurate picture of real and true barrio history.  LOCATION : Eastern Border: Indiana St Southern Border Between Euclid and Indiana: Atlantic St Southern Border Between Euclid and Soto: 7th ST Western Border: SOTO ST Northern Border Between Euclid and Soto: 6th St Northern Border Between Euclid and Indiana: 4th/3rd St THE BEGINNING La Purissima Crowd 1920s The Fence or Lil Fence 1930s White Fence 1930s White Fence Monsters 1940s White Fence Cherries 1940s-50s White Fence Midgets 1950s White Fence Termites 1960s White Fence Pwees 1960s White Fence Spiders 1960s-Present White Fence Monstro Locos 1960s White Fence Tiny Monsters 1970s White Fence The Hole 1970s-Present White Fence The Hole Locos 1980s-Present White Fence Tiny Locos 1980s-Present White Fence Lil Spiders 1980s (turned Spiders) White Fence Malos 1990s-Present White Fence Alley Locos 1990s-Present HISTORICAL ENEMIES East Side Hoods: Varrio Nuevo Estrada (VNE), Lil Valley, Primera Flats, Cuatro Flats, East La 13, esTMC, 3rd St, Vickys Town, Hoyo Maravilla, Marianna Maravilla, MCF, KAM13, Opal St, Evergreen West Side Hoods: 18st, wsRockwood, Satanas, wsDrifters, wsTemple St, wsTMC, wsAP, wsLa Mirada Ls, wsMS, wsJefrox, wsRebels13, wsC14st. History By Gibby Moderator at ALLHOOD.NET/Sureno Sur 13 in So. Cal Return to Home Page |
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