Law & Crime “There Needs to be Unity in This Town So That There Can Be Security”: The Trial of William W. Jenkins for the Killing of Antonio Ruiz, August 1856, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on August 24, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “The Leaders Boldly Avowed Their Intentions and Indulged in the Fiercest Maledictions Against the Americans”: The Killing of Antonio Ruiz by Deputy Constable William W. Jenkins, Los Angeles, 19 July 1856, Part Three by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 24, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “Never So Daring An Outrage Upon a Community”: News of Murder from Los Angeles in the “New York Tribune,” 25 August 1853 by homesteadmuseum Posted on August 25, 2021 Read More
Politics & Government “Policy As Well as Justice”: Still More Documents from a Report on California Claims from the Mexican-American War, 8 August 1848 by homesteadmuseum Posted on August 19, 2019January 7, 2021 Read More
