When Goller arrived in Los Angeles, a man named Louis Wilhart or Wilhardt outfitted Goller with blacksmithing tools and sent him customers. He was the first blacksmith in Los Angeles;"Local Brevities," Los Angeles Herald, July 9, 1874, image 4 his first order was for an awning, for which he received five hundred dollars. He put together an American-style wagon, which remained unsold for a time because "The native people gazed at it with curiosity, but distrust, and went back to their carretas.""Passes Her Life Here," Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1913, page 18Juan Jose Warner, An Historical Sketch of Los Angeles County, California, From the Spanish Occupancy . . .
