Early Los Alamitos Recollections (1898-1904): Nellie Butterfield

Nellie Butterfield and her brother Harry left two of the earliest first person remembrances of life in early Los Alamitos.  While some details differ4 (Nellie says the family came in 1898, Harry says it was 1897 and Harry is probably right) overall, they provide a consistent record of how things were in the young town.   … Read more

Early Mexican workers in Los Alamitos

Source:  The Home missionary: Volumes 74-76 – Page 198  (1902) The Home Missionary was the annual publication of the Congregational Church Missionary Society, which supplied the minister for the Congregational Church in early Los Alamitos.   The minister’s report to the society provides much information about the early religious happenings in Los Alamitos. In this report … Read more