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Tag: Boom of the 1880s

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“Its Cheerful Outlook, its Semi-Tropical Surroundings and its Profusion of Home Comforts Have Made it Popular”: Some Further History of Sierra Madre Villa, 1887-1891

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 20, 2024November 21, 2024
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

Read All About It in the San Pedro Harbor Advocate, 5 October 1889

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  • Posted on October 5, 2024
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Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Frank Herbert Barclay of Los Angeles to Benjamin F. Jones, Chair of the Republican National Committee, 19 August 1884

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  • Posted on August 19, 2024August 20, 2024
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Treading the Boards With a Program from the Burbank Theatre, Los Angeles, the Week of 16 August 1914, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 16, 2024August 17, 2024
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“The Great Things That Can be Achieved Under the Favoring Sun and Soil of Semi-Tropical California”: Some History of Leonard J. Rose, 1827-1899, Part Nine

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 25, 2024
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“An Empire is Growing Up, With Possibilities So Glittering That They Are Dazzling”: Some History of Leonard J. Rose, 1827-1899, Part Eight

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 24, 2024
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Reading Between the Lines From Point A to Point B With a Letter to Richard Smith of New York City From William B. King, California Southern Railroad Company, Los Angeles, 16 June 1887, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 25, 2024
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  • Places & Communities

Reading Between the Lines From Point A to Point B With a Letter to Richard Smith of New York City From William B. King, California Southern Railroad Company, Los Angeles, 16 June 1887, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 21, 2024
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Reading Between the Lines From Point A to Point B With a Letter to Richard Smith of New York City From William B. King, California Southern Railroad Company, Los Angeles, 16 June 1887, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 18, 2024
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Sharing Some History With the Civil War Roundtable of Orange County About “Old Rosy,” General William S. Rosecrans, 1819-1898

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 21, 2024
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