bio – John C. Ord, early Los Alamitos and Seal Beach judge and merchant
John Ord is one of Seal Beach’s most familiar names. Over the years he continually claimed that he was not only Seal Beach’s first resident, but that for a long…
1933 – Berger Going Ahead With His Race Track
originally published in Los Angeles Times, May 30, 1933 The sport of horse racing did not technically begin in the Los Alamitos area when Frank Vessels started his Sunday “bet-less”…
1931: We Really Live Now: Just try to Take us Back to the City
In their never-ending quest to synergize new ways of making money, the LA Times used to run many more special sections and pages. One was “Little Farm Homes”. This is…
1931: We Really Live Now: Just try to Take us Back to the City
In their never-ending quest to synergize new ways of making money, the LA Times used to run many more special sections and pages. One was “Little Farm Homes”. This is…
June 21, 1935 — Dorothy B. George, One of first women in Los Al to get pilots license
I’m not sure just how accurate the headline is but I thought this little tidbit from the June 25, 1935 LA Times to be of interest. Eleven applicants for mon-commercial…
Esther Mejia – Los Alamitos’ oldest living resident
originally submitted to the OC Register, and published on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 She tells stories from Los Alamitos’ past Esther Mejia, 94, lives in the house where she grew…
obit – Dr. Homer Eugene deSadeleer, long-time Seal Beach physician
Most histories of the Los Alamitos area frequently mention a strong heritage of Belgian immigrant farmers. While their numbers and impact to the area are usually overstated, some certainly had…
1964: 1st LAUSD Unification Attempt
June 19, 1964 – Press-Telegram, p. B-11 Alamitos School Unity Bid OKd By County Unit By JIM MELTON The proposed Los Alamitos Unified School District received county level approval without…
A c.1953 map of Los Alamitos — man, where is everything?
This is for the map junkies out there. Here is a rather parochial (i.e. Alamitos-centric) selection from a c.1953 map of Ranchos in Orange County. (It was labeled as a…
Airplane Crashes in Rossmoor
1966 Jet Bomber crash between Yellowtail and Rowena probably the worst One of the hazards of residing so close to a major (at least, at one-time) military airport is that…