Philip A. Stanton – The Founder Behind Seal Beach’s Founders Day (Part II)
As befitting the reported founder of three cities, Phil Stanton was apparently quite the social guy. From the time he arrived in Los Angeles in 1887, Stanton wasted no time…
LATV – Dissolution might actually lead to a good thing
It might be a local tragedy. Then again it might actually be a golden opportunity. The decision last Monday to dissolve the LATV-3 non-profit corporation followed a five-month controversy that…
BUSINESS: Katella Deli
Katella Deli was opened by Sam Ratman and his sons in 1964. It was originally located in what was then called The Rossmoor Medical Park but is now the Rossmoor…
1979 – Local school unification approved by voters
abstract: Unification approved — 3,550 for, 1,541 against. New school board: Margrit Kendrick 3,182, Nancy Lander 2,040, Virginia Wilson 2,910, Mark Abrams 2,547, Bernard Beskind 2,253.
1959-60 – Incorporation/annexation fever sweep through Los Al, Rossmoor again
Sep. 17, 1959 – Feisty SRO Rossmoor crowd discuss, insult Los Alamitos incorporation SEP 17, 1959 – Enterprise A feisty, standing-room-only crowd at Rossmoor School… discuss Los Alamitos planned incorporation…
1955: Los Alamitos Park — New Residential Community Said more than 35% Sold (now part of Carrier Row)
Carrier Row was the second real estate development south of Katella Avenue. But it was originally called Los Alamitos Park and developed in three different phases after World War II.…
1901 – Local Timeline
The following are articles we have found over the years which have some connection to the growth and development of the Los Alamitos-Rossmoor area, and can be verified via a…
1895 – newspaper mentions of Los Alamitos –
For most of the time prior to the founding of the Los Alamitos townsite and sugar factory in 1896, the Anaheim Gazette was the primary source of news for happenings…