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…
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…
July 31, 1897 – Louisiana Planter correspondent tours new Los Alamitos Sugar Factory
Los Alamitos, California. July 31, 1897. Editor Louisiana Planter: A recent visit to the factory disclosed the fact that the beets delivered from this neglected corner of the country are…
August 1897 – A German Immigrant farmer writes to Chicago of Los Alamitos
The Louisiana planter and sugar manufacturer was one of three major publications which regularly covered the sugar industry in America. Much of their writings were reprints of articles and letters…
An Excursion to the new Los Alamitos Sugar Factory
The article below was first published in the October 1897 issue of the Land of Sunshine, edited by Charles F. Lummis. Land of Sunshine was one of the most influential…
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Shark fishing in Alamitos Bay – 1913
Here is an early description of Alamitos Bay from Out West magazine, Charles Lummis booster-istic magazine which played a significant role in publicizing Southern California’s virtues, real and non-existent from…
Sweet Old Days in Los Alamitos
The following article was originally published in the June 1956 issue of Westways Magazine. At the time Los Alamitos was still an unincorporated area of 600 residents, mainly residing in…
Seal Beach Founders Day – the media onslaught continues
The photograph to the left goes to show that Main Street in Seal Beach has changed quite a bit over the past fifty years (and for the better, we think…
Philip A. Stanton – Part III — A new city, the Joy Zone and the not-so-Joyous zone
(Okay, this is real long, but cut us some slack. Seal Beach’s Founders Day is coming up, so how can you have too much information about its founder?) Seal Beach…