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…
1899 – Los Alamitos Directory
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…
Sept. 14, 1898 – Hellman, Huntington syndicate buys LA Railway system, begins to piece together the PE & “Big Red Cars”
14 SEP 1898 – Dinkelspiel, Towers of Gold, p.185 – In 1898, I.W. Hellman heads a syndicate of San Francisco bankers which backs Henry Huntington in his $3.5 million purchase…
October 9, 1897 – Anaheim Gazette: A Crackerjack Sugar Mill
Los Alamitos—A Crackerjack Sugar Mill. An infinity of noises smiting upon the ear. ceaseless, never-ending, repetitive; the hum of myriads of wheels, whirling with spokes indistinguishable; the sung of belts…
December 1897 – Sugar Beet report on Los Alamitos
The December 1897 issue of the Sugar Beet Planter’s correspondent had a couple references to s activities at the Los Alamitos Sugar Factory. In the first he wrote: The Champion…
October 31, 1897 – Alamitos Campaign Closes
This article was originally printed in the Nov. 3 issue of the Lehi, Utah Banner. Lehi was the site of another sugar factory that had been constructed by E.H. Dyer…
July 31, 1897 – Louisiana Planter correspondent tours new Los Alamitos Sugar Factory
Los Alamitos, California. July 31, 1897. Editor Louisiana Planter: A recent visit to the factory disclosed the fact that the beets delivered from this neglected corner of the country are…
July 1897 – Anaheim Gazette coverage of the new Los Alamitos Sugar Factory
The Anaheim Gazette was the major newspaper covering Orange County from the county’s formation through the first two decades of the 20th Century. Copies of it are available on microfilm…
August 1897 – A German Immigrant farmer writes to Chicago of Los Alamitos
The Louisiana planter and sugar manufacturer was one of three major publications which regularly covered the sugar industry in America. Much of their writings were reprints of articles and letters…
An Excursion to the new Los Alamitos Sugar Factory
The article below was first published in the October 1897 issue of the Land of Sunshine, edited by Charles F. Lummis. Land of Sunshine was one of the most influential…