Nov. 24, 1900 – Beet Sugar Gazette
24 NOV 1900 – Beet Sugar Gazette , Vol 1, No. 10 (December 1900) Chicago Illinois, p18 LOS ALAMITOS, CAL. Editor Beet Sugar Gazette:—The unusually long drouth of this coast…
May-Sep 1900 – late rains salvage Alamitos sugar hopes
What is significant here is that the article indicates the strong presence of Mexican workers, who had apparently already replaced all the Japanese, and non-Hispanic whites in the fields. “In…
Sep 30, 1900 – Clarks sue Bixbys over right of way for drainage of factory waste
Susan Hathaway Bixby loved her Rancho Los Alamitos adobe, but positively hated the stench caused by the effluent from the new sugar factory. What this article would most significantly seem…
Sep 30, 1900 – Clarks sue Bixbys over right of way for drainage of factory waste
Susan Hathaway Bixby loved her Rancho Los Alamitos adobe, but positively hated the stench caused by the effluent from the new sugar factory. What this article would most significantly seem…
April 4, 1900 – Bixby Land Company struggles to raise money
April 4, 1900 — Bixby Land Company minutes book- , the minutes note that the company borrowed money from Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles. By February 1901 the…
April 4, 1900 – Bixby Land Company struggles to raise money
April 4, 1900 — Bixby Land Company minutes book- , the minutes note that the company borrowed money from Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles. By February 1901 the…
1899 – Los Alamitos Directory
1899-1900 Orange County Directory Belt Fine Publishing, Santa Ana — $2.00 March 1899 LOS ALAMITOS Is located on a branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad some 14 miles northwest of…
1895 – Bolsa Chica Gun Club formed
In 1899, the Bolsa Chica Gun Club was formed. The club was one of many duck hunting clubs which were established in the cienegas and coastal estuaries which formed where…
Sept. 14, 1898 – Hellman, Huntington syndicate buys LA Railway system, begins to piece together the PE & “Big Red Cars”
14 SEP 1898 – Dinkelspiel, Towers of Gold, p.185 – In 1898, I.W. Hellman heads a syndicate of San Francisco bankers which backs Henry Huntington in his $3.5 million purchase…
October 9, 1897 – Anaheim Gazette: A Crackerjack Sugar Mill
Los Alamitos—A Crackerjack Sugar Mill. An infinity of noises smiting upon the ear. ceaseless, never-ending, repetitive; the hum of myriads of wheels, whirling with spokes indistinguishable; the sung of belts…