OC Historical Roundup blog features old Los Alamitos
The June 11 entry in Chris Jepsen’s OC Historical Roundup blog features one of the classic photos of early Los Alamitos, most likely taken in the late 19 teens or…
Los Alamitos as seen on Sanborn Maps – 1898, 1907 and 1922
A valuable tool for any history buff are the the Sanborn Maps. Originally created to assess fire insurance liability in urbanized areas in the United States, the maps are now…
Los Alamitos – The Floods of 1952
Before they were channeled in high concrete walls, the San Gabriel, Los Angeles, Santa Ana Rivers as well as Coyote Creek used to frequently flood during heavy rains. More often…
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1896 – USGS map showing Los Alamitos area as it was
To the left is a late 1896 USGS map showing the lower portion of “the Downey” quadrangle, the upper portion of the Bolsa quadrangle and the west portion of the…
August 1907 – Murder in Early Los Alamitos
The young town of Los Alamitos had a reputation as a rough place, and this incident did nothing to change that image. It is culled from the files of The…
1899-1900 – Orange County Directory – Los Alamitos
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…
1899 – Pete Labourdette opens a saloon just outside Los Alamitos
P. ___ Tarride operated a saloon, winery and grocery in what would become the city of Los Alamitos. He is listed in the 1899-1900 City index published in the Orange…
June-July 1903 – Mexican, Japanese field workers organize at Los Alamitos
This article is from the The Sugar beet, Volume 24, Issue 7, one of the three principal trade publications covering the Sugar Industry throughout the world. The Beet’s correspondent, Rialto,…
1908 – Alamitos Congregational Church gets new minister
The Pacific, Volume 58, Issues 1-26, p8-9 (1908). By Congregational Churches in California. Northern California Congregational Conference Los Alamitos.—The Los Alamitos Congregational Church, which has had a struggle to live,…
Oct. 14, 1897 – Weekly statistical sugar trade journal, Volume 21
LOS ALAMITOS, Cal.—The beet sugar factory of the Los Alamitos Sugar Co. employs 75 men day and night, and produces 40 tons of granulated sugar per day. The capacity of…