Old Ranch – Chapter 3 – The Second Decade
This chapter basically covers Old Ranch Country Club from 1978 through the remodel of 1988. During this time the club underwent great change as it continued to grow under general…
Food for Thought, Part I: Rossmoor Center
This is the first in a series of posts about all the places to eat around here over the years. The development of the Rossmoor Shopping center is an interesting…
Mid 1940 – The beginnings of NAS Los Alamitos
In 1938, even before the war in Europe and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Congress had authorized the construction of new naval aviation training facilities and Navy…
1853 – October – Diary of Dr. Thomas Flint
The Bixbys are a legendary name in the history of Long Beach and the Rancho Los Alamitos, and deservedly so. The true start of the family fortune goes back to…
1853 – Sept. – Diary of Dr. Thomas Flint
The Bixbys are a legendary name in the history of Long Beach and the Rancho Los Alamitos, and deservedly so. The true start of the family fortune goes back to…
1853 – August – Diary of Dr. Thomas Flint
The Bixbys are a legendary name in the history of Long Beach and the Rancho Los Alamitos, and deservedly so. The true start of the family fortune goes back to…
1853 – July – Diary of Dr. Thomas Flint
The Bixbys are a legendary name in the history of Long Beach and the Rancho Los Alamitos, and deservedly so. The true start of the family fortune goes back to…
1853 – June – Diary of Dr. Thomas Flint
The Bixbys are a legendary name in the history of Long Beach and the Rancho Los Alamitos, and deservedly so. The true start of the family fortune goes back to…
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…
1860’s: Flint, Bixby & Co buy Irvine & Los Cerritos ranchos, will become largest landowners in the state,
The most prominent family in the growth and development of the Long Beach and West Orange County area were the Bixbys. The family’s “patriarch” of sorts was Lewellyn Bixby who…