OC History Roundup
This is for the map junkies out there. Here is a rather parochial (i.e. Alamitos-centric) selection from a c.1953 map of Ranchos in Orange County. (It was labeled as a 1955 map, but I’m assuming it is about 1953 since Disneyland is not shown...
1966 Jet Bomber crash between Yellowtail and Rowena probably the worst One of the hazards of residing so close to a major (at least, at one-time) military airport is that sometimes the planes that are going up have on very rare occasions gone down...
Who’s who on the Pacific Coast: a biographical compilation of notable living … edited by Franklin Harper CLARK, J. Ross, Railroad Man; born, Connellsville, Pa., Apr. 10, 1850; son, John and Mary (Andrews) C. Edu.: public schools, Pa.; Acad., Bentonsport, la. Married, Miriam...
This article is reprinted from the Minutes of the General Congregational Association of Southern California which covers the years from at least 1896 through 1898. The “minutes” were copies of speeches and reports delivered at the group’s annual conference.s The 1898 conference naturally discussed...
The News-Enterprise headlined its article this week that the Community Congregational Church turned 100 years old this month. It’s an impressive achievement. What’s even more impressive is that church is actually 114 years old. Now I know it’s actually very easy to come...
This was originally published Wednesday, October 31, 1984, News-Enterprise, Page 11, when the city was celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Rancho Los Alamitos [which was technically incorrect, since it was Ranchos Los Nietos which received a Spanish grant in 1784; Alamitos wasn't formed...
When it first opened in 1942 NAS Los Alamitos was a training station for brand new pilots. It was what was commonly called an elimination base. If the would-be pilots couldn’t handle the basics, they were eliminated as a naval pilot. In mid 1943,...
North Orange County Directory 1930 Compiled and Published By WESTERN DIRECTORY CO. TRANSPORTATION BUILDING LONG BEACH, CAL. –Containing the following– ANAHEIM-FULLERTON-PLACENTIA BREA-LA HABRA-BUENA PARK STANTON-LOS ALAMITOS ATWOOD-CYPRESS YORBA LINDA and all the rural territory served by these Post Offices A Addaway Arthur...
27 march 1921 – Facts About Sugar, April 23, 1921, p.335 GUY SAWYER DYER DEAD News is received of the death at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 27, after an illness of two weeks, of Guy Sawyer Dyer, one of the pioneer...
Originally printed in the Enterprise, 27 OCT 1957 Rossmoor Homeowners Assn. formed at Sunday night meeting at Congregational Church. Ross Dorsett is appointed temporary chairman. Appointed as temporary executive board of the association are: Luther Robinson, Willis Clark, John Both, Mrs. Tom Tripp, David...
One of the leading citizens of Los Alamitos in the first decades of this century Karl Vucassovich Bennis had a long history with the Los Alamitos Sugar Factory. Born in Maine in 1875, Bennis came to California in 1897, and settled in Orange County...
Aviation has a long history in the Seal Beach area. When Phil Stanton imported most of the 1915 San Francisco’s Pan-Pacific Exposition’s amusements to build the Joy Zone at Seal Beach, aviation was part of the business plan. Daredevils like Joe Boquel thrilled attendees...
