Most histories of the Los Alamitos area frequently mention a strong heritage of Belgian immigrant farmers. While their numbers and impact to the area are usually overstated, some certainly had an impact. One of those was long-time Seal Beach doctor, Homer Eugene deSadeleer, whose obituary is reprinted below. According to Frans De Man, Denderhoutem in … Read more
June 19, 1964 – Press-Telegram, p. B-11 Alamitos School Unity Bid OKd By County Unit By JIM MELTON The proposed Los Alamitos Unified School District received county level approval without difficulty Thursday night, but it may face rougher going at the state level. Orange County Committee on School District Organization approved the plan at a … Read more
It is almost universally acknowledged that one of the great strengths of the Los Alamitos School District is its small size. It has allowed local parents to feel like their votes makes a difference. Since the Los Al high school students were separated from the Anaheim District in 1979, while other districts have suffered, we … Read more
The Bixbys are a legendary name in the history of Long Beach and the Rancho Los Alamitos, and deservedly so. The true start of the family fortune goes back to the early 1850s when cousins Benjamin and Thomas Flint and Lewellyn Bixby returned home to Maine from Gold Rush California, where they had some success … Read more
The Bixbys are a legendary name in the history of Long Beach and the Rancho Los Alamitos, and deservedly so. The true start of the family fortune goes back to the early 1850s when cousins Benjamin and Thomas Flint and Lewellyn Bixby returned home to Maine from Gold Rush California, where they had some success … Read more
This is for the map junkies out there. Here is a rather parochial (i.e. Alamitos-centric) selection from a c.1953 map of Ranchos in Orange County. (It was labeled as a 1955 map, but I’m assuming it is about 1953 since Disneyland is not shown on the map.) (Click to it and go to a large … Read more
1966 Jet Bomber crash between Yellowtail and Rowena probably the worst One of the hazards of residing so close to a major (at least, at one-time) military airport is that sometimes the planes that are going up have on very rare occasions gone down — that has happened at least three times in Rossmoor.l There … Read more
Who’s who on the Pacific Coast: a biographical compilation of notable living … edited by Franklin Harper CLARK, J. Ross, Railroad Man; born, Connellsville, Pa., Apr. 10, 1850; son, John and Mary (Andrews) C. Edu.: public schools, Pa.; Acad., Bentonsport, la. Married, Miriam A. Evans, Apr. 16, 1878, at Butte, Mont. Moved to Mont., … Read more
This article is reprinted from the Minutes of the General Congregational Association of Southern California which covers the years from at least 1896 through 1898. The “minutes” were copies of speeches and reports delivered at the group’s annual conference.s The 1898 conference naturally discussed the happenings of 1897, which is the year the actual townsite … Read more
This article is reprinted from the Minutes of the General Congregational Association of Southern California which covers the years from at least 1896 through 1898. The “minutes” were copies of speeches and reports delivered at the group’s annual conference.s The 1898 conference naturally discussed the happenings of 1897, which is the year the actual townsite … Read more