Larry Strawther This ran in the Long Beach Press-Telegram on Jan. 13, 1960. Henryu Lucas was one of the very first employees of the Los Alamitos Sugar Factory and he ascted as a watchman at the plant through the company’s final days. After it was sold, he continued as the plant’s watchman for the new owners, at … Read more
In the mid 1920s the Long Beach Press-Telegram regularly ran a feature called News from neighboring Communities which featured articles submitted by readers in various surrounding communities. They seem to have usually been submitted by someone affiliated with local realtors who were trying to increase awareness of the homes and appeals of their communities. … Read more
CITY GARDEN ACRES, April 30—Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Bower were held at St. Isabel [Isadore?] Church Tueasday afternoon. Interment was at Central Park Memorial. Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Sjostrom spent Sunday in Pasadena, with Mrs. Sjostrom’s aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Furniss. Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Donnell of San Bernardino, spent the … Read more
This obituary ran in the Long Beach Press, January 2, 1915 Death date not given. Born in Vermont Nov. 16, 1851.Married Miss Emma Hall of Barton, Vt., in 1877 and they came to California 20 years ago, living in Los Alamitos for 17 years. He worked for the Los Alamitos Sugar company, becoming sales manager … Read more
Nellie Butterfield and her brother Harry left two of the earliest first person remembrances of life in early Los Alamitos. While some details differ4 (Nellie says the family came in 1898, Harry says it was 1897 and Harry is probably right) overall, they provide a consistent record of how things were in the young town. … Read more
LOS ALAMITOS, Jan. 31 — Loren Cloud, postmaster, will be installed as president of the Chamber of Commerce at uinstallation ceremonies, conducted this evening. The event, to be preceded by a 7 o’clock dinner, will be staged in the dining hall of the Athletic Club. Honor guests will include Supervisor Willis Warner and postmasters from … Read more
Okay, mythbusting is a strong term for this article, but it apparently did get your attention. The intent of this article is to solely to resolve conflicting information — and there is a lot of conflicting information about St. Isidore — by citing specific, sourced information to present our version of that nebulous creation we … Read more
HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY – Samuel Armour (1920) Biographies ELMER ORVAL HOOKER. — Prominent among the interesting pioneers of Orange County who have contributed something worth while toward the development of the section in which they have lived and toiled, must be mentioned Mr. and Mrs. Elmer O. Hooker, identified in an enviable way with … Read more
Hugh T. O’Connor is a name that pops up frequently in any study of the City of Los Alamitos from 1900 to 1940. He was first heard from while a store clerk in town for Felts Co., which was the general store in town. He then invested in his own store which was located on … Read more
Los Alamitos sugar factory General Manager E.C. Hamilton, who assumed control of the factory in 1914, continued to update and modernize the Los Alamitos factory and the town seem to get into the act as well. The war in Europe no doubt had some affect on the price of beets and its availability. Government quotas … Read more