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Sep 30, 1900 – Clarks sue Bixbys over right of way for drainage of factory waste

May 1, 2011 Larry Strawther

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…

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April 4, 1900 – Bixby Land Company struggles to raise money

May 1, 2011 Larry Strawther

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…

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April 4, 1900 – Bixby Land Company struggles to raise money

May 1, 2011 Larry Strawther

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…

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1899 – Los Alamitos Directory

May 1, 2011 Larry Strawther

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…

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1895 – Bolsa Chica Gun Club formed

May 1, 2011 Larry Strawther

In 1899, the Bolsa Chica Gun Club was formed. The club was one of many duck hunting clubs which were established in the cienegas and coastal estuaries which formed where…

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Sept. 14, 1898 – Hellman, Huntington syndicate buys LA Railway system, begins to piece together the PE & “Big Red Cars”

May 1, 2011 Larry Strawther

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…

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October 9, 1897 – Anaheim Gazette: A Crackerjack Sugar Mill

May 1, 2011 Larry Strawther

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…

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December 1897 – Sugar Beet report on Los Alamitos

May 1, 2011 Larry Strawther

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…

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This article covered the end of the very first sugar beat season for the new Los Alamitos Sugar Factory. The Los Alamitos Bee was the town’s very first newspaper and…

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October 31, 1897 – Alamitos Campaign Closes

May 1, 2011 Larry Strawther

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…

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