Economics “Peace, a Lasting Peace, Now Dawns Upon Our Land”: Some History of Civil War-Era Los Angeles, 1861-1865 by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 14, 2025 Read More
Agriculture “Few People Appreciate the Real Greatness of this Garden Spot Just at the City’s Gates”: Some Early History of Montebello to 1930, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 8, 2025 Read More
Law & Crime “Mr. Workman Was a Victim of His Own Convictions, Honestly Expressed”: The Primary Candidacy of Boyle Workman for Mayor of Los Angeles, 3 May 1921, Part Four by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 7, 2025 Read More
Law & Crime “The Enactment of Idiotic Laws Has Been a Monomania . . . to Force Us to Adopt the Most Restrictive Ideas of the Dark Ages”: The Primary Candidacy of Boyle Workman for Mayor of Los Angeles, 3 May 1921, Part Three by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 Read More
Law & Crime “Mr. Workman Has Unfurled the Banner of Personal Liberty and Aligned Himself Against the Forces of Parochial Bigotry”: The Primary Candidacy of Boyle Workman for Mayor of Los Angeles, 3 May 1921, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 4, 2025 Read More
Biographies “The Same Progressive and Constructive Service Which Marked the Administration of My Father”: The Primary Candidacy of Boyle Workman for Mayor of Los Angeles, 3 May 1921, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 3, 2025 Read More
Places & Communities “My Boyle Heights Property Is Just What You Want”: The Many and Varied Activities of William H. Workman in 1903, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 27, 2025 Read More
Agriculture “Trying to Bring the ‘Workman Empire’ in Boyle Heights to the Front”: The Many and Varied Activities of William H. Workman in 1903, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 26, 2025 Read More
Education “I Get No Commission From Any of the Banks and I Don’t Want Any”: A Receipt from the Office of Los Angeles City Treasurer William H. Workman, 22 April 1903, Part Four by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 25, 2025 Read More
Law & Crime “Mr. Workman Has Already Indicated His Willingness to Do Anything in Reason”: A Receipt from the Office of Los Angeles City Treasurer William H. Workman, 22 April 1903, Part Three by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 24, 2025 Read More
