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“As a Memorial to the Pioneer Temple Family”: The Announcement of the Town of Temple, 11 May 1923

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 11, 2023
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  • Places & Communities

Through the Viewfinder From Point A to Point B: A Streetcar in Front of the Pico House, Los Angeles, ca. 1878

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 23, 2023
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“The Appreciation by the Public That I Was Worthy of Trust”: A Receipt from William H. Workman, City Treasurer, Los Angeles, 22 April 1903

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  • Posted on April 22, 2023April 23, 2023
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“A Pacific Railroad is . . . Worthy of a Great and Powerful Nation”: A Report by the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, House of Representatives, 13 April 1860, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 19, 2023April 19, 2023
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“A Pacific Railroad is . . . Worthy of a Great and Powerful Nation”: A Report by the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, House of Representatives, 13 April 1860, Part Three

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  • Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023
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“A Pacific Railroad is . . . Worthy of a Great and Powerful Nation”: A Report by the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, House of Representatives, 13 April 1860, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 15, 2023
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“A Pacific Railroad is . . . Worthy of a Great and Powerful Nation”: A Report by the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, House of Representatives, 13 April 1860, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 13, 2023April 13, 2023
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Read All About It in the Los Angeles Herald, 12 April 1890

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  • Posted on April 12, 2023
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From Point A to Point B: Planning for the National Air Races at Los Angeles in Aviation Magazine, 26 March 1928

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  • Posted on March 26, 2023
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All Over the Map From Point A to Point B: A “Map of Location of Los Angeles and Independence Railroad through San Bernardino County from its intersection of Western Boundary Via Cajon Pass,” October-November 1874

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 25, 2023March 26, 2023
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Happy #nationaltrailsday ! Here's a photo from 1906 featuring a man atop a mule while traveling Mt. Wilson. Do you have a local trail you love to walk?
Check out these then and now photos of our Mission Walkway. The top picture is from 1925 and features Thomas Temple!
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Being in CA, we often think that slavery didn’t happen here, but after an enlightening and thought-provoking afternoon with Dr. Kevin Waite @kevinwaite yesterday discussing his book West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire all in attendance learned the true story. His book tackles the often untold history of how and why Southern slaveholders infiltrated the American West in the years leading up to the Civil War and how they kept a stranglehold there for decades to come.

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