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”…
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…
Crawford Airfield – Seal Beach
Aviation has a long history in the Seal Beach area. When Phil Stanton imported most of the 1915 San Francisco’s Pan-Pacific Exposition’s amusements to build the Joy Zone at Seal…
Newspapers in Los Alamitos / West Orange County area
The following publications regularly carried information on Los Alamitos. I have information on about half of them and will start filling in as time allows. EARLY DAYS (PRE 1915) Los…
1857-1910 – Anaheim Landing was first permanent settlement in this area
Before Los Alamitos, before Seal Beach (even before Long Beach), there was Anaheim Landing. Now it’s swallowed up by the US Naval Weapons Station, but it was the first major…
Isais W. Hellman
Los Alamitos
Los Alamitos Sugar Factory
Phillip A. Stanton
Seal Beach
The Bixbys
The Clarks
The Land & Rivers
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…
March 1967 – Seal Beach annexes the Rossmoor Center
You’d have to be a hermit or living jn the Bin Laden compound to be oblivious to the recent John Moorlach inspired local conversation about Rossmoor, Los Alamitos, and Seal…
Bayside Land Company
The Bayside Land Company was formed by Phillip A. Stanton to to create and promote the town that would eventually become Seal Beach. 2 SEP 1903 – LA Times, pA2.…
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…