Holidays & Celebrations “The Oil of Consolation Was Poured Upon the Troubled Waters of Many Mourning Souls”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Five by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 18, 2026 Read More
Places & Communities “In a Beautiful Locality, But It Is the Picture of Neglect”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Four by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 17, 2026 Read More
Law & Crime “We Carried Out These Sacred Duties With the Utmost Solemnity and Reverence”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Three by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 11, 2026 Read More
Law & Crime “Banish From This Sacred Precinct The Spirit That Kills Through Excessive, Heartless Doubt”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 10, 2026 Read More
Law & Crime “The Tenderest Sentiments of the Human Heart, Excited by the Memory of the Dead”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 Read More
Holidays & Celebrations “Comrades, Rest, Your March is Done!”: Decoration/Memorial Day in Los Angeles, 1876-1880 by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 25, 2026 Read More
Architecture & Decoration Taken for Granite: William Declez and the Los Angeles Marble Works, 1875-1900, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on November 30, 2025 Read More
Architecture & Decoration The Rise and Fall of Adobe Abodes in Greater Los Angeles, 1851-1876, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on June 24, 2024 Read More
Biographies Read All About It in the Los Angeles Herald, 3 November 1874 by homesteadmuseum Posted on November 3, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “The Americans Were Arming Themselves and Making Other Bellicose Displays”: The Killing of Antonio Ruiz by Deputy Constable William W. Jenkins, Los Angeles, 19 July 1856, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 22, 2023July 22, 2023 Read More
