The Register looks at Los Alamitos in 1930
The Feb. 19, 1930 issue of the Santa Ana Register, celebrating the paper’s 25 anniversary, featured pages dedicated to each Orange County community. Los Alamitos had a full page of…
Sept. 15 and Sept. 26, 1924 – Press-Telegram News from Neighboring Communities: Los Alamitos
In the mid 1920s the Long Beach Press-Telegram regularly ran a feature called News from neighboring Communities which featured articles submitted by readers in various surrounding communities. They seem to…
1951- Laurel School Photobook – Staff photos
Founded in 1897, Laurel School was the only School in the Los Alamitos Community until 1958 when Rossmoor School was opened. This is the staff photo from the 1951 Laurel…
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…
The history of the Los Alamitos School District, Part I
Many previous local histories cite the Los Alamitos School District’s s origins as going to back to 1881, a reference which is incorrect.
Alois (Louis) Denni – pioneer Los Alamitos dairyman
Besides having the first sugar beet factory in Orange County, Los Alamitos also had one if its first dairy farms. The factory went out of business in 1926, but dairys…
Alois (Louis) Denni – pioneer Los Alamitos dairyman
Besides having the first sugar beet factory in Orange County, Los Alamitos also had one if its first dairy farms. The factory went out of business in 1926, but dairys…