Old Los Al Sugar Factory was home for “light motor car” venture
After the Sugar Company moved its refining operations down to the Santa Ana Sugar plant, the factory buildings were home to diverse enterprises. Dr. Ross Pet food was probably the…
OBIT: Henry E. Lucas Funeral Held; Veteran Resident of Area
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…
OBIT: Alfred W. Jones (1851-Dec. 1914), longtime sugar factory sales manager, ambassador
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…
OBIT: Alfred W. Jones (1851-Dec. 1914), longtime sugar factory sales manager, ambassador
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…
Early Los Alamitos Recollections (1898-1904): Nellie Butterfield
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…
Dec. 13, 1959 – Old Factory said to be Death Trap (LA Times)
The beginning of the end of the Los Alamitos Sugar Factory began with the release of a report by Orange County officials detailing all the potential hazards of the abandoned…
DEC 1916 – MAY 1917 – Many improvements to Los Alamitos Sugar Factory and town
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…
August 1903 — Exciting Cattle Drive From Los Angeles County Foothills to Los Alamitos
printed in LA Times, August 11, 1903 and Covina Argus, Saturday, August 15 In these days when the fertile valleys of Southern California are cut up into small holdings and…
Local Mythbusting: Was the Rossmoor Wall built from the bricks of the demolished Los Alamitos Sugar Factory?
One of the most persistent local myths is that the original wall surrounding Rossmoor was built from the bricks of the demolished Los Alamitos Sugar Factory. While a nice story…
1910 – Dec. 10 – Los Alamitos Sugar Factory Barbecue
Local oldtimers have cited that the Los Alamitos Sugar Factory would kick off its annual campaign — the opening of the factory to take in the just-harvested sugar beet crop…