The Los Alamitos Sugar Factory: A model for the Philippines?
A number of interesting facts about the Los Alamitos Sugar Factory can be discerned from this U.S. Government report on the factory and how it might be applicable to raising…
Alois (Louis) Denni – pioneer Los Alamitos dairyman
Besides having the first sugar beet factory in Orange County, Los Alamitos also had one if its first dairy farms. The factory went out of business in 1926, but dairys…
Bayside Land Company
The Bayside Land Company was formed by Phillip A. Stanton to to create and promote the town that would eventually become Seal Beach. 2 SEP 1903 – LA Times, pA2.…
Biography- George Pillsbury
GEORGE E. PILLSBURY. Los Angeles Born Tewksbury. Mass.. 1857. Educated public schools and Lawrence Academy. Began civil engineering in Lowell, Mass., and until 1880 was in the employ of various…
Early Los Alamitos residents
1902 Sugar Factory Beet Sugar Gazette, Oct. 1902, p.240 Additional Appointments for the Campaign of 1902-03 Los Alamitos Sugar Company, Los Alamitos, Cal. H. C. Lawrence, Superintendent. I. Evans Miller,…
Feb. 12, 1901 – Los Alamitos man battered in Labourdette’s Saloon
12 FEB 1901, Los Alamitos Man battered (LA Times) R.E. Powell of Los Alamitos came before a Long Beach judge and lodged a “John Doe” complaint, charging a Belgian laborer…
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…
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…
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…