Big Business & Major Players

Abel Stearns

The Bixbys

• Lewellyn Bixby
  • Flint, Bixby Co.
    • Diary of Dr. Thomas Flint
  • Rancho Los Cerritos
  • Bixby Land Co.
• Jotham Bixby
  • J. Bixby Co.
• John W. Bixby
  • Rancho Los Alamitos
  • Fred H. Bixby
    • Bixby Ranch Co.
    • Katherine Bixby Hotchkis / Preston Hotchkis
  • Susannah Bixby Bryant

The Clarks

• William A.  Clark
• J. Ross Clark
• Los Alamitos Sugar Company
• Montana Land Co. / Montana Ranch
  • Clark Bonner
  • Gus Strodthof
• Sugar Beets
• Dr. Ross Dog Food Company (leased Sugar Factory 1933-1942)

I.W. Hellman

• President, Farmers & merchants Bank of Los Angeles (1873-1905c)
• Rancho Los Alamitos (co-owner)
• Hellman Ranch
• Anaheim Landing
• Philip A. Stanton (land agent)
• President, Nevada Bank & Wells Fargo Bank (1905
• partner of Henry Huntington & Pacific Electrical Railroad

Ross Cortese

• Rossmoor (1955-61)
• Leisure World  (1961-1965)
• Lakewood Ranchos (1952-55)
• Frematic Homes – Anaheim (1955-57)