It's almost a given that if you hold public office in California, someone will name something after you. For one former governor, the "something" is a street in Huntington Park.

The street used to be called Irvington Avenue, and then Baker. Eventually it was rechristened Gage Avenue. Local historian and archivist Wally Shidler says it's named after Henry T. Gage. "He was a Republican elected Governor of California and he was inaugurated on January 4th, 1899, and he served from that time until January 7th, 1903, and then he was appointed minister to Portugal."

There's also a middle school in Huntington Park named after Governor Gage. But before it was a middle school, Shidler says it was the Los Angeles Jewish Orphans home. Shidler has a letter from the home's principal asking the city's permission for the kids to play sports on Sunday, since Saturday was their Sabbath day. The orphan's home was sold to the local public school district in 1923.

(Airdate for this story: 8/12/07)