OC History Roundup
LOS ALAMITOS, Jan. 31 — Loren Cloud, postmaster, will be installed as president of the Chamber of Commerce at uinstallation ceremonies, conducted this evening. The event, to be preceded by a 7 o’clock dinner, will be staged in the dining hall of the Athletic...
Is St. Isidore Church the oldest building in Los Alamitos? No. The Layton house on Chestnut (reportedly built in 1897) , and probably two other houses on that street, are older than the church. An argument can be made that it’s the oldest...
The beginning of the end of the Los Alamitos Sugar Factory began with the release of a report by Orange County officials detailing all the potential hazards of the abandoned facility. With all the negatives laid out, and the placxe being labeled a “death...
A “Blind Pig” was an old slang term for a dive (or lower-class drinking establishment if you will) that sold alcoholic beverages illegally. The operator such as a saloon or bar would charge customers to see an attraction (such as a “blind pig”) and...
Los Alamitos sugar factory General Manager E.C. Hamilton, who assumed control of the factory in 1914, continued to update and modernize the Los Alamitos factory and the town seem to get into the act as well. The war in Europe no doubt had some...
printed in LA Times, August 11, 1903 and Covina Argus, Saturday, August 15 In these days when the fertile valleys of Southern California are cut up into small holdings and the large ranches are fast disappearing, the casual observer is apt to think that...
By LEONARD SARGEANT News Assistant City Editor LOS ALAMITOS— Miss Kate Rea, 85½, and her “kid” sister, Mrs. Ella Wallop, 80, were the hits of a ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday which opened an important link to a highway which had been named after them...
One of the most persistent local myths is that the original wall surrounding Rossmoor was built from the bricks of the demolished Los Alamitos Sugar Factory. While a nice story with some pleasant symmetry, this unfortunately, seems to be untrue. The wall was built...
Local oldtimers have cited that the Los Alamitos Sugar Factory would kick off its annual campaign — the opening of the factory to take in the just-harvested sugar beet crop — with a big barbecue picnic and celebration. This would usually occur in mid...
This bio was originally printed in Samuel Armor’s History of Orange County, Part 2, p. 1606. JOB DENNI. — A native of Canton Unterwalden, Switzerland, Job Denni was born on September 30, 1878, at Geswil. He was educated in the public schools of his...
