Biography- George Pillsbury
GEORGE E. PILLSBURY. Los Angeles Born Tewksbury. Mass.. 1857. Educated public schools and Lawrence Academy. Began civil engineering in Lowell, Mass., and until 1880 was in the employ of various…
Biography- George Pillsbury
GEORGE E. PILLSBURY. Los Angeles Born Tewksbury. Mass.. 1857. Educated public schools and Lawrence Academy. Began civil engineering in Lowell, Mass., and until 1880 was in the employ of various…
Early Los Alamitos residents
1902 Sugar Factory Beet Sugar Gazette, Oct. 1902, p.240 Additional Appointments for the Campaign of 1902-03 Los Alamitos Sugar Company, Los Alamitos, Cal. H. C. Lawrence, Superintendent. I. Evans Miller,…
1901 – Early work of the Congregational Church among the Mexican laborers
One of the best things about Google’s effort to digitize library book collections is that much information on the early days of Los Alamitos has popped up in a number…
Feb. 12, 1901 – Los Alamitos man battered in Labourdette’s Saloon
12 FEB 1901, Los Alamitos Man battered (LA Times) R.E. Powell of Los Alamitos came before a Long Beach judge and lodged a “John Doe” complaint, charging a Belgian laborer…
Nov. 24, 1900 – Beet Sugar Gazette
24 NOV 1900 – Beet Sugar Gazette , Vol 1, No. 10 (December 1900) Chicago Illinois, p18 LOS ALAMITOS, CAL. Editor Beet Sugar Gazette:—The unusually long drouth of this coast…
May-Sep 1900 – late rains salvage Alamitos sugar hopes
What is significant here is that the article indicates the strong presence of Mexican workers, who had apparently already replaced all the Japanese, and non-Hispanic whites in the fields. “In…
Sep 30, 1900 – Clarks sue Bixbys over right of way for drainage of factory waste
Susan Hathaway Bixby loved her Rancho Los Alamitos adobe, but positively hated the stench caused by the effluent from the new sugar factory. What this article would most significantly seem…
Sep 30, 1900 – Clarks sue Bixbys over right of way for drainage of factory waste
Susan Hathaway Bixby loved her Rancho Los Alamitos adobe, but positively hated the stench caused by the effluent from the new sugar factory. What this article would most significantly seem…
April 4, 1900 – Bixby Land Company struggles to raise money
April 4, 1900 — Bixby Land Company minutes book- , the minutes note that the company borrowed money from Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles. By February 1901 the…